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I WAS HITLER'S PILOT - Hans Baur

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An exceptional testimony from someone close to Hitler Hitler, who overcame his fear of flying to make intensive use of it from the presidential election of 1932 onward, never wanted any pilot other than Hans Baur. A fighter pilot during the Great War, a pioneer of military airmail and one of the founders of Lufthansa in 1926 — in whose service he tested...

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DES AILES DANS LES JAMBES – Memoirs of André Courval FAFL...

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DES AILES DANS LES JAMBES – Memoirs of André Courval FAFL 1939–1945

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After three escapes in answer to General De Gaulle's call, André Courval enlisted in 1940 in the Free French Air Forces. His Memoirs, enhanced by drawings from his own hand and personal photographs, recount the odyssey of a flying crew member from sub-Saharan Africa to the liberation of France.

Eugene Sledge – A Marine in the Hell of the Pacific

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Eugene Sledge – A Marine in the Hell of the Pacific

L20200061

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Friday 15 September 1944, after three days of intense bombardment of the Japanese defences, the 1st Marine Division "Old Breed" landed on the island of Peleliu in the Palau Archipelago. The Marines' objective was to neutralise the garrison of this island and seize the Japanese airfield in order to secure the northern flank of General MacArthur's army,...

VON RUNDSTEDT - The Forgotten Field Marshal

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VON RUNDSTEDT - The Forgotten Field Marshal

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The first biography in English of Field Marshal von Rundstedt, "the last Prussian" in Hitler's service.

RUDOLF HESS The Last Enigma of the Third Reich

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RUDOLF HESS The Last Enigma of the Third Reich

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The first biography of Hitler's designated successor. The Hess file ranks first on the list of great historical «enigmas», alongside the death of Napoleon, the secret of the Man in the Iron Mask and the assassination of President Kennedy…

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A LEGIONNAIRE'S LIFE

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From Kolwezi to Afghanistan with the 2nd REP The first firsthand account by a French legionnaire who took part in the majority of the 2nd REP's operations: at Kolwezi in 1978, in the Central African Republic and Chad, in the former Yugoslavia between 1992 and 1999, in Côte d'Ivoire in 2002, and in Afghanistan in 2010.

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THE SOUL OF A WARRIOR

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Posthumous publication of notebooks kept by the Colonel from 1941 to 1961, ranging from the Sahara desert to the Indonesian jungle and the Algerian djebel. In this compilation of excerpts from his correspondence and letters he received, he emerges as an unyielding and determined soldier, while also sharing his moments of doubt, despair and anger.

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FOR THE GLORY OF THE PENNANT

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The most decorated non-commissioned officer in the French Army, this parachutist major bears witness to his forty years in the service of the Foreign Legion. He recounts his memories of military operations in Vietnam, Indochina and Algeria.

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FROM ONE WAR TO THE NEXT

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The author, a sniper and sergeant in the 2e RIMa, recounts his ten years of service in the French Army, describing the ordeals endured by a regiment whose several men fell in the service of France.

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A PRINCE IN THE STORM

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In 1943, the family of Prince M. de Bourbon-Parme, driven out of Europe by the Nazis, takes refuge in New York. The young man enlists in the American Army. Sent to England, he joins the secret Jedburgh commando unit and is parachuted into the Massif Central, where he fights the Germans. After the Liberation, he volunteers for Indochina. An account of his...