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General Bourret and the Army Networks of His Time –...
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General Bourret and the Army Networks of His Time – 1904–1949 – From Daladier to… de...

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General Bourret is one of the leading representatives of the military left between the two wars, both in the era of the Cartel (1924) and that of the Front Populaire (1936). Initiated into Freemasonry at an early age, he was continuously aided in his career by the powerful Masonic networks that were intrinsic to the Third Republic, networks reconstituted...
That Good Mr Paul - The Former Collaborator Who Fooled...
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That Good Mr Paul - The Former Collaborator Who Fooled Everyone

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That old family friend everyone thought they knew so well… When Paul Pradier dies at the age of 93, the Albert family loses a friend, an "adoptive uncle" full of life and humour. But a phone call from the Dordogne shakes this image: a troubled past is mentioned, a conviction, prison. Frédéric Albert then embarks on an investigation that will overturn...
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The Cristero Generalissimo Gorostieta The Cristero Generalissimo Gorostieta 2
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The Cristero Generalissimo Gorostieta

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Organized Catholics were seeking a professional military man to build a real army that would fight for God and Country. General Enrique Gorostieta Velarde, although having received a liberal education in his military training, very quickly reconciled himself with religious mysticism for the struggle he was about to lead. This book is the result of...
MUSSOLINI and the Arcana of Fascism MUSSOLINI and the Arcana of Fascism 2
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MUSSOLINI and the Arcana of Fascism

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Plunge into a captivating journey through the mysterious and occult undercurrents of Benito Mussolini and fascism in this fascinating book, the fruit of years of meticulous research and bold exploration. Based on rare and abundant documentation, this unusual work reveals the deepest secrets and most extraordinary realities of a historical period long kept...
BOB DENARD - The Story of a Man BOB DENARD - The Story of a Man 2
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BOB DENARD - The Story of a Man

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3rd edition "Bob Denard was '… a man of values (…), but above all a great patriot who was always driven by the feeling of defending the superior interests of France'."— Me Elie Hatem "Alongside Bob Denard, (…) symbol of the French-style mercenary, I had lived more than 15 years of exotic adventures, armed to the teeth, almost like in a film."— Captain...
Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War 2
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Dictionary of French Generals of the Second World War

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The French army ground force commanders serving during the Second World War have not been the subject of an exhaustive biographical study, unlike, for example, those of the United Kingdom or Germany. The main purpose of this dictionary is to fill this gap and to provide an overview of the career of every general who held responsibilities between 1939 and...
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CHURCHILL
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CHURCHILL

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The finest biography of Churchill, enriched with previously unpublished documents. A towering publishing success. Of Churchill, one believes, everything has been said — first and foremost by himself. And yet Andrew Roberts has managed to unearth press articles, private correspondence, personal diaries — not the least of which is that of King George VI,...
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GENERAL CATROUX - A Military Man and Diplomat - Portrait...
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GENERAL CATROUX - A Military Man and Diplomat - Portrait of a "grand seigneur" of Free...

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A man of shadow and light, General Georges Catroux embodies the paradoxes of his era. A brilliant military officer, skilled diplomat and key intelligence operative, he moved through the major conflicts of the 20th century leaving an often overlooked mark. Heir to Lyautey, companion from the first hour of Charles de Gaulle, Catroux distinguished himself...
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CHARLES AILLERET, DE GAULLE'S STRATEGIST
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CHARLES AILLERET, DE GAULLE'S STRATEGIST

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After the end of the Algerian War, General de Gaulle relied on one man to transform an army that had become an instrument of colonial order-keeping into a modern force equipped with nuclear weapons, intended primarily to maintain France's rank and sovereignty in Europe. A graduate of the École Polytechnique, resistance fighter, deportee, key architect of...
In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the... 2
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In the Footsteps of Captain Cam - Méhariste of the Interwar Years

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Camille Mathieu entered the army by entering the war. At the age of 20. He had intended to go into teaching, but from the very first engagements of 1914–1918, amid the thunder of shells and bombs, his military vocation imposed itself upon him. He took part in, among other engagements, the Second Battle of Champagne on 25 September 1915. Wounded twice....
Boemelburg - Head of the Gestapo in France
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Boemelburg - Head of the Gestapo in France

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Karl Boemelburg took charge of the Gestapo in Paris in the summer of 1940, at the age of 55. Drawing on the connections he had established with the French police before the war, he waged a relentless campaign against the communist, Gaullist, and independent Resistance. By 1942 he commanded 2,500 men, backed by more than 30,000 French Gestapo agents. In...
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De Tribord à Bobard De Tribord à Bobard 2
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De Tribord à Bobard

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Being born in the middle of the century of the two world wars offered the opportunity for exceptional encounters: with the ghosts of the First, with the legends of the Second in the shadow of General de Gaulle. Having become a naval officer without always quite understanding why, flights and voyages at sea followed one another amid minefields and missile...
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