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Commando Kieffer – 177 Faces of D-Day
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Commando Kieffer – 177 Faces of D-Day

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The book that gives a face back to the 177 heroes of Commando Kieffer! On 6 June 1944, at dawn, the 177 French berets of the 1st Marine Fusiliers Commando Battalion landed on Sword Beach alongside the Allies. They were the only French combatants to land on the Normandy beaches. At their head, a banker turned commando: Philippe Kieffer. Although these...
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Red Berets – June 1944: A French S.A.S. Paratrooper's...
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Red Berets – June 1944: A French S.A.S. Paratrooper's Account

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On the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, as the Allied armada approached the Normandy coastline, 36 Frenchmen were dropped behind enemy lines. They belonged to the 2nd Parachute Hunter Regiment attached to the British Special Air Service (the famous S.A.S.). Their mission: to prepare the arrival of their unit in Brittany. Nearly 450 French paratroopers were...
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Stars at War – 1939-1945
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Stars at War – 1939-1945

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The Second World War upended the lives of entire populations. Among them, countless actors and actresses. How did they live through the conflict? What choices were they forced to make? What were the consequences for their careers? From 1939 to 1945, general mobilisation was the order of the day: in France, Bernard Blier was taken prisoner but escaped from...
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Women Fighters for Freedom - 1939 - 1945
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Women Fighters for Freedom - 1939 - 1945

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Long overlooked and unjustly forgotten, women nonetheless played an essential role in the Resistance during the Second World War. As liaison agents, radio operators, editors of underground newspapers, and fighters in the maquis, they risked their lives to contribute to the Allied victory and to the rescue of Jews. Through 31 portraits of French and...
Female Collaborators, 1940–1945 - A History of the Women...
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Female Collaborators, 1940–1945 - A History of the Women Who Supported the Vichy Regime...

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"Female collaborators": the mere mention of the word calls to mind images of the thousands of French women crushed by the savage purges and publicly shorn at the Liberation for having "sinned" with the enemy. Sometimes, too, one recalls other events that marked the years of Occupation — such as the notorious trip to Germany undertaken by French actresses...
DE GAULLE - 14 June 1944, A Historic Day DE GAULLE - 14 June 1944, A Historic Day 2
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DE GAULLE - 14 June 1944, A Historic Day

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14 June 1944: a defining day for the liberation and the fate of post-war France. In the face of the hostility of President Roosevelt and the United States, who sought to occupy and make France a vassal state, General de Gaulle restored national integrity at Bayeux on that day. A remarkable document in which the author reconstructs these historic moments...
BERNARD DARGOLS, A French GI at Omaha Beach
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BERNARD DARGOLS, A French GI at Omaha Beach

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A young Parisian student, Bernard Dargols was on an internship in New York when war broke out in 1939. His family, who had remained in France, was threatened by the antisemitic laws of the Vichy regime. Bernard Dargols then decided to enlist in the American army, convinced that he would be more effective there in fighting the occupying forces. Having...
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PRIGOZHIN: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WAGNER GROUP COMMANDER
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PRIGOZHIN: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WAGNER GROUP COMMANDER

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The Wagner Group, which came to prominence during the conflict in Syria, was for nearly ten years a major component of Vladimir Putin's war machine, operating worldwide in the exclusive service of Kremlin policy. In August 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin — the man who had been at its origin and who led it — died in a plane crash whose cause was in all likelihood...
Lieutenant-Colonel Jeanpierre – Legendary Soldier
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Lieutenant-Colonel Jeanpierre – Legendary Soldier

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The archetype of the man of war and the prestigious commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Jeanpierre, a heroic figure of the Foreign Legion, has his place in the glorious pantheon formed by those whose exemplary lives and deaths serve to build legends. It was at the age of 18, in 1930, that he enlisted as a private soldier in an infantry regiment, to be appointed...
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Edouard Brémond - The Anti-Lawrence of Arabia
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Edouard Brémond - The Anti-Lawrence of Arabia

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Who still remembers the light column launched in the conquest of Antananarivo (Madagascar)? The creation of the first Moroccan tabors? The French military mission to the Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)? The Cilicia campaign (Ottoman Empire)? Who still knows the name of General Édouard Brémond (1868–1948)? And yet! When his retirement entitlements were calculated,...
The Grognards Speak – 400 Testimonies from Napoleon's...
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The Grognards Speak – 400 Testimonies from Napoleon's Soldiers

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Unpublished correspondence of soldiers and officers of the First Empire held at the Service historique de la Défense (1794–1815) The history of the Grande Armée is a matter of scale. While the exploits of its commanders-in-chief have engaged numerous historians over two centuries, the growing interest in the daily lives of its soldiers reflects a...
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HE WAS MY CHIEF - Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Principal...
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HE WAS MY CHIEF - Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Principal Secretary

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Hitler's best-known secretary to date is Traudi Junge, owing to her memoirs which inspired the film Der Untergang (Downfall) about the dictator's final days. But she did not enter his service until January 1943, whereas Christa Schroeder had been there since 1933 and would remain until 20 April 1945. For twelve years, she accompanied her "chief" on all...
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