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FINLAND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1938–1948
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FINLAND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1938–1948

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Between Stalin and Hitler: an unjustly overlooked and highly instructive history. This work deals with the history of Finland during the Second World War, from the first crises of 1938 to the signing in 1948 of a bilateral treaty with Moscow. For the country, the winter of 1939–1940 began badly: attacked in late November by the USSR, it seemed on the...
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MY WAR OF 1870 - Diary of a Prussian Soldier
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MY WAR OF 1870 - Diary of a Prussian Soldier

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From July 1870 to June 1871, Fusilier Fritz Fischer was on campaign: he fought several times, marched a great deal, and discovered a country — France! 2,500 km on foot, around a hundred different billets — some for a single night, others interminable such as the two months spent in the mud before Metz — major battles (Gravelotte, Orléans…) and skirmishes,...
PAGES ON TACTICS – Chronicles and Articles for Candidates...
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PAGES ON TACTICS – Chronicles and Articles for Candidates to the École de Guerre

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"These chronicles have their origin in notes written for the candidates to the École de Guerre whom I was tasked with preparing for this demanding examination. Their grounding in military culture had become somewhat eroded during their deployments on external operations or during their postings in metropolitan France, where their interests were far more...
TOWARDS A HISTORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE - Mediterranean...
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TOWARDS A HISTORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE - Mediterranean 15th–16th Century

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The history of the Renaissance has given a place to the art of its great architects — Brunelleschi, Bramante or Delorme — but has paid little or no attention to their maritime counterparts. The vocabulary of the sea and of naval architecture, often demanding, seems to form a barrier to our understanding. Yet the maritime world is part of History, of our...
DICTIONARY OF THE ALGERIAN WAR
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DICTIONARY OF THE ALGERIAN WAR

L20230055
€32.23
Sixty years after the Évian Accords, the first dictionary devoted to the Algerian War is published, written by the leading specialists of the period, both Algerian and French. Sixty years after the end of the Algerian War, the issues of memory tied to the history of this conflict have fuelled as many debates as controversies. Historical research has...
TILL THE JOB IS DONE - Letters from the Front
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TILL THE JOB IS DONE - Letters from the Front

L20230054
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Illustrated with newly colorized period photographs and battlefield relics, discover for the first time the complete correspondence of an American officer of the 4th Infantry Division, from the Norman fields to the dark Hürtgen Forest, by way of the Liberation of Paris! Poignant letters and a true story that prompt us to reflect on the ravages of war and...
THE BUHARA ADVENTURE - Resistance and Deportation -...
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THE BUHARA ADVENTURE - Resistance and Deportation - 1940–1945

L20230053
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On the evening of 12 February 1941, in the Bay of la Fresnaye, 15 young men — including 9 trainee pilots and their instructor — boarded the Buhara in silence to join England and General de Gaulle's Free France. Louis Delabruyère, barely 20 years old, was one of them. But their attempt failed... A rare and thoroughly documented personal account of the...
Waging War – Conversations on the Operational Art
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Waging War – Conversations on the Operational Art

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A two-voice reflection on war and strategy, the like of which France has not seen in a long time. Why, throughout the centuries, have generals won so many victories that did not bring an end to the conflict? Why did the blood shed serve the objectives assigned by political authority to its armies so poorly? Why, to take one example among a thousand, were...
THE ABWEHR - 1939-1945: German Secret Services in France
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THE ABWEHR - 1939-1945: German Secret Services in France

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The first comprehensive synthesis of the role played by German military intelligence in France under the Occupation. While many organisations of the Third Reich are well known — the all-powerful state militia (SS), the Nazi party's secret police (Gestapo), or its security arm (SD) — the Abwehr is less celebrated. Yet it played a crucial role during the...
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FIGHTING FOR HONOUR - 13 Heroic Battles FIGHTING FOR HONOUR - 13 Heroic Battles 2
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FIGHTING FOR HONOUR - 13 Heroic Battles

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Alamo, Sidi-Brahim, Camerone, Bazeilles, Fort de Vaux, the Alcázar of Toledo, Westerplatte, Wizna, Saumur, Bir Hakeim, Les Glières, Iwo Jima, Diên Biên Phu. What do Alamo, Camerone, Iwo Jima, and Bir Hakeim have in common? The determination of the defenders who, without faltering, face an adversary vastly superior in numbers and materiel. Surrounded and...
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VERDUN 1916
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VERDUN 1916

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Verdun — The most iconic battle of the First World War, today a symbol of peace for humanity. In the ecosystem of Great War battles, Verdun stands as an exception — but not because of the casualties, the subject of every fantasy, nor because of the number of shells fired, the violence, the new tactics and a thousand other superlatives: this confrontation...
ROMANIA AND THE HOLOCAUST
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ROMANIA AND THE HOLOCAUST

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In the late 1930s, nearly 760,000 Jews lived in Romania. By 1945, only 375,000 remained. Based on privileged access to the secret archives of the Romanian government, this book offers an unprecedented analysis of thousands of documents deliberately concealed until the 1990s. Drawing on archival records, reports, survivors' memoirs, and private letters,...
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