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The Wings of Pohjola
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The Wings of Pohjola

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War memoirs of a Finnish fighter pilot According to Finnish mythology, the roots of the world tree lie in Pohjola — a distant, frozen and dangerous land, the archetype of the mythical North where national memory, wild nature and the legacy of the Kalevala intertwine. This is the story of the aerial clashes between the Finnish David — a small, ill-equipped...
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1940 – The Battle of the Marne That Never Was
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1940 – The Battle of the Marne That Never Was

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Maxime Mainguet analyses the missed opportunities of the Battle of France e. An unstoppable Blitzkrieg? Overwhelming German superiority? Not quite. In Cette bataille de la Marne qui n'a pas eu lieu, Maxime Mainguet offers an original and strategic reappraisal of the Battle of France. Mirroring the "Miracle of the Marne" of 1914, he examines the moment...
On the Roads to Freedom
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On the Roads to Freedom

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Chronicles of a French soldier on campaign, from Monthermé to Indochina
News from Sainte-Engrâce? Chronicles of an Ordinary Hero
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News from Sainte-Engrâce? Chronicles of an Ordinary Hero

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Chronicles of an Ordinary Intelligence Services Hero ­ y name is Alex. My father is Jewish and my mother is English. An explosive combination during the Second World War. I was fourteen years old when we escaped the Nazis via the Pyrenees, taking refuge first in Spain, then in Portugal. It was in Sainte-Engrâce, an isolated village in...
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The Cry of the Waves 943: The Battle of Tarawa
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The Cry of the Waves 943: The Battle of Tarawa

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A true tactical laboratory, Tarawa forged the identity of the Marine Corps and lastingly transformed the conduct of amphibious assaults. The Battle of Tarawa decoded by a Marine Corps general. Following a precise account of the operations, the commanders involved and the equipment used, the author offers a resolutely tactical reading of the battle,...
6 June at Dawn… They Landed
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6 June at Dawn… They Landed

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"That morning, the fleet had put to sea. It was impossible for him to count the ships, or even to estimate their number… Wallace stood at the top of the cliff, transfixed and exhilarated by this magnificent spectacle that no one had ever witnessed before and that no one, for certain, would ever witness again." In this masterly work, David Howarth...
Spitfire Pilot: Diaries of the Battle of Britain
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Spitfire Pilot: Diaries of the Battle of Britain

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David Crook joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force in 1938 and was posted to No. 609 Squadron, a unit that was soon to distinguish itself during the Battle of Britain. During those few months he kept a diary in which he recounts in vivid detail the aerial combats, the victories and the tragedies that marked the daily life of the heroes of British air...
Dien Bien Phu - A Corner of Hell Dien Bien Phu - A Corner of Hell 2
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Dien Bien Phu - A Corner of Hell

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On Saturday, 8 May 1954, the command aircraft picked up the very last message sent by the French at Dien Bien Phu: « Breakout failed stop no longer able to communicate with you stop and out. » The breakout from "Isabelle" had just failed, and it was truly the end. The end of the Indochina War and of French colonial power. For the first time in history, a...
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G.I. Joe - Ernie Pyle G.I. Joe - Ernie Pyle 2
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G.I. Joe - Ernie Pyle

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A celebrated reporter, Ernie Pyle became a war correspondent when the Second World War broke out and set off alongside the American Army (Company of the 18th Infantry Regiment). Following it through its victories as well as its defeats, he first covered events in North Africa and went as far as the heart of Italy at the Battle of Monte Cassino, then...
The Third Reich. From Origins to Collapse. Two-volume... The Third Reich. From Origins to Collapse. Two-volume... 2
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The Third Reich. From Origins to Collapse. Two-volume boxed set

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A masterful and pioneering synthesis, hailed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer's The Third Reich belongs to that category of reference works that read like a novel. Acclaimed by hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide, this colossal work owes its originality to the fact that the author, residing in Berlin from 1934 to...
THE SKIES OF THE REICH - 1944
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THE SKIES OF THE REICH - 1944

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February 1944: Operation Argument, the greatest aerial battle in history. It is too easily forgotten: the Americans and the British were not certain of success when they landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944. Their worst nightmare was the prospect of 1,000 Luftwaffe fighters — with the best pilots in the world — contesting air superiority over the beaches and...
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34 Rue Neuve. My Grandmother's Tobacco Shop
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34 Rue Neuve. My Grandmother's Tobacco Shop

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In 2014, William Irigoyen stumbles upon a few lines written by his grandmother and embarks on a family investigation that plunges us into the byways of a place virtually unknown in the "capital of the Resistance", where victims, perpetrators and collaborators crossed paths. Why keep silent when you are on the "right side" of history? At 34 Rue Neuve in...
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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...
Ideology and Rites of the SS - Between the Aryan Myth and... Ideology and Rites of the SS - Between the Aryan Myth and... 2
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Ideology and Rites of the SS - Between the Aryan Myth and Fanaticism

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More than a mere military organization, the SS was the ideological pillar of the Nazi regime — an elitist order founded on mystical rites, fanatical discipline, and a totalitarian worldview. Through this work, Marc-André Ennas lays bare the workings of this relentless apparatus, from its indoctrination to its role in the crimes of the Third Reich. How did...
VICHY - History of a Dictatorship 1940-1944
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VICHY - History of a Dictatorship 1940-1944

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More than eighty years after its demise, the Vichy regime continues to haunt our collective memory. Within a matter of days in July 1940, the Republic collapsed. Behind Marshal Pétain — national hero turned head of the French State — and the unscrupulous politician Pierre Laval, opportunists playing the German card and far-right ideologues seized power....
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The Spirit of Fascism - 1915 - 1945 The Spirit of Fascism - 1915 - 1945 2
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The Spirit of Fascism - 1915 - 1945

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What is fascism? Behind this word, so often used in a vague or polemical manner, lies a complex ideology with deep roots and sometimes contradictory contours. This book offers a rigorous inquiry into the intellectual foundations of Italian fascism, from its beginnings before 1915 to its fall in 1945. Through the study of the thinkers who influenced its...
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...
Genesis of Fascism Genesis of Fascism 2
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Genesis of Fascism

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« Genesis of Fascism » is an overview of all those political and social forces, ideas and historical circumstances that made possible the emergence of an ideology such as fascism, from a perspective free of the obsession for or against that unfortunately characterises this subject. Jordi Garriga Clavé (born 1972) is a historian. Specialising in the social...
MERCENARIES - Soldiers Without a Flag MERCENARIES - Soldiers Without a Flag 2
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MERCENARIES - Soldiers Without a Flag

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« The ultimate reason or impulse that drives men to make war on their fellow men will always remain a mystery — sometimes money, politics, or adventure; mere excuses for what drives them to become mercenaries, or simply Soldiers without a flag… » With « Mercenaries, Soldiers Without a Flag », author Joaquín Mañes Postigo unveils the great history of...
CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion 2
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CAMERONE - A History of the Foreign Legion

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IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND LEGIONNAIRES WHO, UNDER THE ORDERS OF CAPTAIN DANJOU, FOUGHT ONE AGAINST FORTY FOR ELEVEN HOURS ON 30 APRIL 1863 AT CAMERONE. « LIFE RATHER THAN COURAGE ABANDONED THESE FRENCH SOLDIERS » This work is the fictionalised historical account of those eleven hours of siege as seen through the incredulous and stunned eyes of Alonso...
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...
TANK COMMANDER IN '40 - An Officer of the 15th BCC Aboard...
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TANK COMMANDER IN '40 - An Officer of the 15th BCC Aboard a B1 Bis Tells His Story

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1940: Discover the firsthand account of a B1 bis tank commander, Second Lieutenant Robert Lauvin, officer of the 15th BCC, presented by Stéphane Bonnaud. Follow the trials and hardships faced by the crew of a B1 Bis during the Battle of France: from the Marne, through Montcornet and Picardy, to the retreat of the débâcle… Between castor oil, the chalk of...
THEORY OF THE COMBATANT – Close Combat: An Eternal Return...
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THEORY OF THE COMBATANT – Close Combat: An Eternal Return or a Revolution to Come?

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On 18 August 2008, 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 others wounded in the Afghan mountains. No one had seen the ambush set up by the Taliban and their local allies coming. This tragic event is the starting point of Michel Goya's new work, which opens with a description of the fighting in the Uzbin Valley and then analyses its consequences. A sharp...
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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THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE PURGE – Thirst for Justice or...
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THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE PURGE – Thirst for Justice or Desire for Revenge?

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The powerful spared, minor figures and innocent people condemned: a fresh look at a dark period in French history At the Liberation, France celebrated victory over the Nazi occupier. Between 1944 and 1953, people were tried, condemned, shorn, executed. But behind this apparent justice, a far more complex — and sometimes disturbing — reality takes shape....
IN THE FRONT LINE - A History of Nurses in the Great War
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IN THE FRONT LINE - A History of Nurses in the Great War

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« Our wounded are admirable, wonderful. Not a single complaint. They let themselves have their arms and legs cut off, their skulls opened without a murmur. (…) It is for France. » « I hurry towards the dressing room, and there unfolds the harrowing procession of hideous wounds, atrocious destruction, a pulp of flesh, bones and splinters. » From the...
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HIROSHIMA, THE COUNTDOWN - The 116 Days That Changed the...
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HIROSHIMA, THE COUNTDOWN - The 116 Days That Changed the Course of History

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1945 - 2025 80 years ago, the world was turned upside down April 12, 1945, D-116: Harry Truman, Vice President of the United States, receives a call: Franklin D. Roosevelt is dead. Thrust into command of the world's foremost power, he learns of the Manhattan Project, established to develop the atomic bomb. May 8, 1945, D-90: Harry Truman announces...
A SPACE OPERATION... - When Space Becomes a Decisive... A SPACE OPERATION... - When Space Becomes a Decisive... 2
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A SPACE OPERATION... - When Space Becomes a Decisive Military Asset

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You will follow the account of a fictional military operation, yet one firmly grounded in reality: every system, every operational concept, every space asset described truly exists. Alongside a special forces commando unit, at the heart of embassies and up to ministerial level, you will discover how space capabilities support the conduct of operations,...
UNDER VICHY'S ORDERS - An Investigation into the French...
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UNDER VICHY'S ORDERS - An Investigation into the French Police and the Deportation

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Certainly, faced with the Vichy government — antisemitic, xenophobic and racist — the room for manoeuvre of the French police was limited. Nevertheless: how could thousands of police officers have arrested so many defenceless people and escorted them to the deportation trains without ever opposing their orders? Raphaël Delpard's investigation goes beyond...
The Napoleonic Wars in History
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The Napoleonic Wars in History

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Historiography and contributions to the history of war The history of the Napoleonic Wars is itself an object of historical study. Narrated and theorised by witnesses and participants from the years following the fall of the Empire and the death of Napoleon, the Napoleonic war has been studied, taught, depicted and re-enacted for two centuries, in step...
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....
Civil Wars - From the Renaissance to the Present Day
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Civil Wars - From the Renaissance to the Present Day

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" The greatest of evils is civil war " (Pascal) Following on from their previous successful collective work Le dernier carré, Jean-Christophe Buisson and Jean Sévillia have brought together renowned historians and journalists to recount the most significant civil wars that have disfigured the history of humanity, from the Wars of Religion that tore Europe...
The Great War Beyond the Trenches - Tannenberg,...
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The Great War Beyond the Trenches - Tannenberg, Caporetto, Tsingtao, Jutland, Togoland...

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The Great War elsewhere and otherwise. Must the First World War be reduced to the Western Front, from the North Sea to the Swiss border and the famous trenches? The British Western Front, the German Westfront, the French front de l'Ouest — which the Grand General Staff reduced to the " North and North-East " of France — was considered the primary theatre,...
The Soviets at War. 1939–1949
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The Soviets at War. 1939–1949

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Over ten years, between 1939 and 1949, the USSR moved from isolated nation to superpower on equal footing with the United States. For its leaders, the Second World War was marked by a spirit of sacrifice and heroism. For the people, this period meant great catastrophes: the Shoah, the famine of 1946–1947, and civil war in Ukraine and the Baltic states....
Malta Spitfire - Memoirs of a Lone Wolf
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Malta Spitfire - Memoirs of a Lone Wolf

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"I never knew Navarre or Nungesser, but what I was able to learn of them — whom I deeply admired — confirms to me that Beurling was the pilot of this war they would have most admired…" It is in these terms that Pierre Clostermann, "Premier chasseur de France", the greatest French ace of the Second World War, introduces George Beurling in The Big Show. The...
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...
L'Affaire de Tunisie 1881–1883
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L'Affaire de Tunisie 1881–1883

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From the "bandit hunt" to the Protectorate, 1881–1883. How could a reader in 1881 be informed about a war in Tunisia leading to the establishment of a "protectorate" that same year, during a period when France was in a state of intense political, industrial, economic, and artistic upheaval? The press was the only link, allowing readers to follow, almost...
Killing Hitler: The 42 Assassination Attempts on the Führer
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Killing Hitler: The 42 Assassination Attempts on the Führer

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"I could take out that bastard with my eyes closed", proposed the British military attaché in Berlin, who laid out his plan of action to his superiors in 1939. Of the 42 documented assassination attempts on Hitler, the majority were carried out by the German resistance, which recognized early on Hitler's appetite for war. Ordinary citizens, workers,...
Napoleon III, the Misunderstood
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Napoleon III, the Misunderstood

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Napoleon III gave France the foundations of its modernity, yet he remains an unloved figure of the Republic. In this book, two convinced advocates rehabilitate a man and his visionary outlook for France, its society, its economy, its culture, and its influence beyond its borders. Discovering the Second Empire means immersing oneself in an effervescent era...
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History of the French Army — from 1914 to the Present Day
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History of the French Army — from 1914 to the Present Day

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With the clarity, precision and analytical rigour that have made his reputation, Philippe Masson recounts the fortunes and misfortunes of the French Army from 1914 to 1994 — in other words, across the entire twentieth century. 1914: it is the dawn of the Great War, the army narrowly avoids disaster before winning the titanic battle that earned it the...
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Un Quarteron de Généraux avant le Putsch
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Un Quarteron de Généraux avant le Putsch

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On 22 April 1961, Generals Challe, Zeller, and Jouhaud — soon joined by Salan — launched a putsch in Algiers. The following day, General de Gaulle addressed the nation: "An insurrectional power has established itself in Algeria [...]. This power has an outward appearance: a handful of retired generals. It has a reality: a group of partisan, ambitious and...
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The Wars of Afghanistan
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The Wars of Afghanistan

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Afghanistan: the epicentre of wars for two centuries. The history of Afghanistan is above all a military history — the history of a country perpetually embroiled in conflict due to foreign invasions or power struggles. It is the history of a nation that fought to assert its independence in the face of expansionist powers. Its unity and the power of its...
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General Beaufre. Father of French Strategy
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General Beaufre. Father of French Strategy

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Born in 1902, André Beaufre joined the army as a young man. A lieutenant in the Rif where he was seriously wounded in 1925, he became a captain of Moroccan tirailleurs a decade later, before witnessing the collapse of June 1940. A fellow fugitive with General Giraud in 1942, he took part in the liberation of France. After Indochina, he became a general...
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Cuba 1962. The Missile Crisis
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Cuba 1962. The Missile Crisis

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On 14 October 1962, an American aircraft spotted nuclear-tipped missiles being installed in Cuba — Soviet missiles less than 200 kilometres from the American coastline. What followed was thirteen days of arm-wrestling between the two superpowers, led by Kennedy and Khrushchev, triggering worldwide acute awareness of the nuclear threat. Thirteen days of...
Reinhard Gehlen. The Spy of the Century?
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Reinhard Gehlen. The Spy of the Century?

L20250109
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A man who operated in the shadows, Reinhard Gehlen (1902–1979) navigated the most tragic hours of the twentieth century with unparalleled dexterity, moving from the Nazi secret services to those of the Federal Republic of Germany via the CIA. But who was the man long presented as the "spy of the century"? A career soldier, this committed nationalist...
André Beaufre - Combat Writings. 1939–1942
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André Beaufre - Combat Writings. 1939–1942

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Through the Bitter Days (1938–1942), the testimony of a young officer caught up in the débâcle. Before becoming one of the most widely recognised military theorists in the world, General André Beaufre lived through the disaster of 1940 as a young officer. The four texts gathered here — "La paix-guerre (1939)", "Guerre éclair (1940–1941)", "Sic Transit...
The Atlantic Pockets and Dunkirk. 1944–1945
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The Atlantic Pockets and Dunkirk. 1944–1945

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Forgotten battles and forgotten acts of heroism. The liberation of France cannot be reduced to the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. Far from the main front, the war continued until May 1945 around German redoubts strung along the French Atlantic coastline, from the Gironde estuary to Dunkirk. These redoubts, described as … Forgotten battles...
General Jouinot Gambetta. Life and Death of a Cavalry Hero
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General Jouinot Gambetta. Life and Death of a Cavalry Hero

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A true legend among his men, François Léon Jouinot-Gambetta (1870–1923) is an unsung architect of victory in the Great War. At 18, he enlisted as a simple soldier and began a modest military career in Algeria and Morocco. Despite unfavourable assessments and very mixed appraisals, his bravery and his sense of … A true legend among his men, François Léon...
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THE SOLDIER'S PATH – FROM THE UZBIN AMBUSH TO CLOSE...
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THE SOLDIER'S PATH – FROM THE UZBIN AMBUSH TO CLOSE PROTECTION

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A soldier in the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, Mayeul fought against the Taliban during the infamous Uzbin ambush on 18 August 2008 in Afghanistan. In his book, he recounts with unprecedented authenticity the fighting of that deadly day during which ten French servicemen lost their lives. Beyond revealing the reality of the parachute soldier's...
War Surgeon, Seeker of Peace
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War Surgeon, Seeker of Peace

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Preface by Jean-Pierre Raffarin Drawing on first-hand experience in theatres of operations where he operated on a thousand war wounded, Jean MAYER then conducts a broad, didactic geopolitical analysis, offering several keys to understanding the War and Peace diptych. As Jean-Pierre Raffarin writes in his preface, "The originality of his work lies in...
In the Secrets of the Sphinx – Behind the Wall of Silence
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In the Secrets of the Sphinx – Behind the Wall of Silence

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Preface by General Patrick Manificat This new book on General Jeannou Lacaze — Legion officer, officer of the 11e Choc at the SDECE, commanding officer of the 2e REP from 1967 to 1970, director of intelligence at the SDECE from 1971 to 1976, commander of the 11th Parachute Division from 1977 to 1978, Chief of the Defence Staff from 1981 to 1985, adviser...
ENIGMA, The Time of the Precursors – The Biuro Szyfrow...
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ENIGMA, The Time of the Precursors – The Biuro Szyfrow and Section D Against the...

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Put into service at the dawn of the 1930s, the Enigma machine ensured the encryption of Wehrmacht communications throughout the Second World War. The ability to defeat the billions of combinations generated by its mechanisms stands as one of the principal contributions to victory over the Third Reich. While the cryptological work carried out at Bletchley...
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JOSEF MENGELE – Doctor and Executioner
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JOSEF MENGELE – Doctor and Executioner

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The first French-language biography of "The Angel of Death". This book comprehensively traces the extraordinary life of a particularly cruel Nazi doctor, Josef Mengele. How did this man come to break the Hippocratic oath in such a monstrous way? The author of The Doctors of Auschwitz recounts Mengele's childhood in Günzburg, his promising future in...
Heinz Guderian – Master of the Panzers
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Heinz Guderian – Master of the Panzers

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The first French-language biography of the founding father of the German armoured arm, "soul and genius of the Blitzkrieg", by the foremost military specialist of the Second World War. Guderian: the man clad in the black uniform of the armoured troops who crushed France in 1940 at Sedan, before marching on Moscow. It is to him that Hitler owed his Panzer...
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André Zirnheld, the Song of a Partisan
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André Zirnheld, the Song of a Partisan

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« I want insecurity and anxiety, I want turmoil and the fight » Only two men, Joseph Kessel and André Zirnheld, have bequeathed to us a universal hymn to the Resistance. But while everyone knows Le Chant des partisans, who, beyond veteran circles, has ever read the sublime Prayer of the Compagnon de la Libération Zirnheld — the first FFL paratrooper...
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THE SS ORDER – History – Uniforms – Equipment
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THE SS ORDER – History – Uniforms – Equipment

L20250068
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An illuminating work on the SS, conceived as a totalitarian ideological order, whose rites, social control and institutionalised violence forged a genuine "state within the state" under Himmler's iron grip. As the embodiment of Third Reich ideology and conceived as a chivalric order, the SS instituted rites and a code of conduct that served as tools for...
Kolwezi – The Legion Jumps on Katanga
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Kolwezi – The Legion Jumps on Katanga

L20250067
€27.49
A documented and gripping account of Operation Bonite at Kolwezi in 1978, in which the 2e REP distinguished itself in a lightning rescue operation at the heart of the Zairian chaos — the last great French airborne operation.  In May 1978, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), then commanded by Colonel Philippe Érulin, was chosen for a mission...
History of the 1er RPIMa - The Exceptional Regiment of...
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History of the 1er RPIMa - The Exceptional Regiment of the Special Forces

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A living and thoroughly documented tribute to the 1er RPIMa, elite regiment of the French special forces, tracing its history, missions, traditions and the daily life of its soldiers. In a thoroughly researched work, Rémi Bernier immerses us in the history of the 1er RPIMa, the prestigious marine infantry parachute regiment and crown jewel of the French...
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ONE AGAINST TWELVE - The 87th BCA in the Defence of the Alps, June 1940

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How the French stood their ground against Italian soldiers in the Queyras in June 1940. The Battle of the Alps is one of the rare engagements to have ended in a French victory during the 1940 campaign in France. While the armies of the north and east were subjected to the blitzkrieg tempo imposed by the enemy, the soldiers of the Alps managed to halt the...
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D-Day Girls - Saboteurs, Spies, Resistance Fighters: the true story of Churchill's...

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1942. The Allies are losing the war; Germany seems invincible. Churchill, convinced that Great Britain faces an existential threat, creates a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose agents are trained in every kind of technique, from sabotage to precision shooting. Their mission: to "set Europe ablaze". With most men on the front...
LA VIGIE - War Memoirs of a Rear Gunner in the Pathfinders
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LA VIGIE - War Memoirs of a Rear Gunner in the Pathfinders

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The story of the air war over Germany as seen from the small plexiglass bubble of the rear turret of a Lancaster. Originally a member of 626 Squadron, then of 156 Pathfinder Squadron, Ron Smith flew 65 operations, which he recorded with the intensity born of his isolation at the rear of that metal giant. The book describes in fascinating detail the...
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Memoirs of Hitler's Photographer - "Hitler Was My Friend"
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Memoirs of Hitler's Photographer - "Hitler Was My Friend"

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Heinrich Hoffmann (1885–1957) is one of the most important figures in the history of the Third Reich. From their first meeting in the Munich beer halls after the First World War, Hitler and he forged a personal friendship and a professional alliance that would prove highly profitable for both men. The first secured the services of a skilled, extremely...
The d'Astier Brothers in the Resistance - François, Henri...
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The d'Astier Brothers in the Resistance - François, Henri and Emmanuel d'Astier de La...

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Unique in the history of the Ordre de la Libération, all three d'Astier de La Vigerie brothers were recognised as Companions by General de Gaulle. François, an air force general and an ace of 1914–1918, was the only French officer throughout the entire war to officially hold the title of deputy to the General; Henri, of Action française inspiration, was...
Padre - Memoirs of a Military Chaplain
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Padre - Memoirs of a Military Chaplain

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"The joy of the soul lies in action." This phrase by Marshal Lyautey perfectly sums up Father Lallemand, as soldier, priest, and man are so intimately intertwined. This remarkable personality devoted his life to his brothers-in-arms. Here is his exceptional testimony, filled with hope. Born in 1937, into a family with a military tradition marked by...
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Les Vampires: Eliminations and Sabotage - Resistance,...
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Les Vampires: Eliminations and Sabotage - Resistance, 1943–1945

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November 1942: the Wehrmacht invaded the free zone, bringing about the establishment of German police and repression services south of the Loire. With the complicity of the Vichy regime, French collaborators of every stripe became the zealous auxiliaries of the occupier. In the Clermont region, Emile Coulaudon, future commander of the FFI in Auvergne,...
The Secret World of the Gauls
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The Secret World of the Gauls

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Thanks to archaeology, Gaul is gradually revealing itself, offering an unexpected vision of the Gaulish world — brilliant and at odds with the accounts handed down by the Greeks and the Romans. Throughout the five centuries of a history cut short by Caesar's conquest and the defeat of Vercingetorix, the Gauls developed an original political and social...
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Rendez-Vous avec La Mort – Recovered Memoirs of a Freedom...
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Rendez-Vous avec La Mort – Recovered Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter (1936–1944)

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Salomon Ickovic was born in 1911 in a province of the Kingdom of Hungary that would soon become part of Czechoslovakia. Very young, like so many young Jews of modest origin, he joined the Communist Party and committed himself to the life of a fighter. In 1937 he joined the International Brigades in Spain, before taking refuge in France and joining the...
Oradour Fell Silent - The Tragic Fate of a French...
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Oradour Fell Silent - The Tragic Fate of a French Village, 10 June 1944

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On 10 June 1944, Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, was annihilated by an SS division: 643 villagers lost their lives, the women and children asphyxiated then burned in the church while the men were murdered in barns. Giving voice back to the dead through the poignant testimonies of survivors, historian Robert Pike immersed himself in the archives to...
An Ordinary Father – In the Footsteps of Alfred Douroux,...
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An Ordinary Father – In the Footsteps of Alfred Douroux, the LVF and the Waffen SS

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On 27 March 1943, Alfred Douroux — Freddy to his friends, to the judges and to the police — enlisted in the Wehrmacht with the Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchevisme, the LVF. He pursued his career as a military collaborator in the Waffen SS, fighting in May 1945 among the ruins of Berlin, "a white silk scarf around his neck and a cigar...
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The True Story of the Daltons – Last Outlaws of the Far West
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The True Story of the Daltons – Last Outlaws of the Far West

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The Daltons: behind the pop culture icons lies a violent and little-known history. Their name, inseparable from that of Lucky Luke, evokes four bunglers whose misdeeds always blow up in their faces. But in the Far West of the late nineteenth century, they were feared outlaws who spread terror, and their fall, as brutal as it was spectacular, marked the...
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The Battle of Timimoun - Algeria 1957
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The Battle of Timimoun - Algeria 1957

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Carte blanche! When Lieutenant-Colonel Bigeard, commanding officer of the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment, reads the urgent telegram from General Salan, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Algeria, he knows he will have to play a high-stakes game. In the preceding weeks, the Saharan troops and the air force had been unable to track down the deserters...
Anthology of French Military Thinkers
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Anthology of French Military Thinkers

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From the white plume of Henri IV to Napoleon triumphant at the sun of Austerlitz, the French imagination has been nourished by feats of daring from the history of the armies to build a national military culture. The fruit of long-term work bringing together the finest specialists in military history, this anthology allows the reader to grasp its full...
Chronicles of the Liberation – From the Landings to...
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Chronicles of the Liberation – From the Landings to Nuremberg

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6 June 1944: the Allies land on the Normandy coast. 8 May 1945: the armistice between the Allies and Nazi Germany is signed. What happened in a year of fierce fighting and deadly tragedies? Which major events marked the long road to the liberation of France and all of Europe? From Paris to Alsace, from the USSR to Berlin, discover, day by day, the...
The French Colonial Empire - From History to Legacy...
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The French Colonial Empire - From History to Legacy (19th–21st centuries)

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During the 19th and 20th centuries, France established itself as a major colonial power (Maghreb, Africa, Asia, Oceania), driven by a policy of expansion deeply rooted in its political, economic and cultural history. This work addresses the debates it has sparked: the effects of these policies in metropolitan France and in the colonised countries, the...
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German Women Resisters – Women Against Hitler
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German Women Resisters – Women Against Hitler

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The history of German women's resistance to Hitler has spread mainly through the emblematic figure of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. But many women committed themselves against the National Socialist regime: lawyers, feminists, communists, aristocrats, members of the Red Orchestra, and Protestants alike. This book retraces the as little-known as...
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The Women of Block 10 - Medical Experiments at Auschwitz

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The SS sent a thousand Jewish women from across Europe, including around 130 French women, to Block 10 at Auschwitz. On these women, considered inferior by the Nazi regime, gynaecologist Carl Clauberg tested a special sterilisation method. Other Nazi doctors also used this block for their experiments on human beings. This book is dedicated to their...
Napoleon Against Pius VII – Or How to Kidnap a Pope
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Napoleon Against Pius VII – Or How to Kidnap a Pope

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1799. Following the coup of 18 Brumaire, Bonaparte, now First Consul, made restoring civil peace in France and reintroducing the Catholic faith his priority. To that end he needed to renew ties with Rome, where a new pope, Pius VII, had just been elected. After long and difficult negotiations between the two men, the Concordat would revive the Church in...
50 Historical Dates of Ancient Rome
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50 Historical Dates of Ancient Rome

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Founded in 753 BC according to legend, Rome was at that time merely a modest village in Latium, before becoming — five centuries later — the hegemonic power of Italy and then, at the dawn of the common era, the capital of a Mediterranean empire that was constantly expanding while also seeking to integrate the peoples it had conquered. These 50 dates offer...
50 Historic Dates of Ancient Greece
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50 Historic Dates of Ancient Greece

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What is a "historical date"? In what sense can a moment be described as "historic" in our age, where the term is all too often overused? The question becomes even more complex in the case of Antiquity, where an event that seemed of great importance at the time may appear secondary to us today. Conversely, what was then regarded as a mere episode may now...
Warlords in Combat - Preparing for Battle in the 21st... Warlords in Combat - Preparing for Battle in the 21st... 2
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Warlords in Combat - Preparing for Battle in the 21st Century

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These words by Captain Charles de Gaulle, written in 1921, resonate today with particular intensity as conflicts intensify on our borders and the fragile balance of peace wavers. In this essay, Pierre Santoni tackles the crucial question of training commanders for combat. How do you prepare those who will bear the responsibility of leading the battles of...
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Léon Degrelle
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Léon Degrelle

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Truths and legends of the "Führex". Until his death, Léon Degrelle (1906–1994), leader of the fascist movement Rex, founder of the SS Wallonia Legion, and the last European National Socialist leader, represented for the far right the icon before whom one had to be anointed, on the occasion of a "pilgrimage" to Spain where he had taken refuge in 1945. This...
With Napoleon – Journal
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With Napoleon – Journal

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One of the greatest testimonies on Napoleon. Throughout his reign, Napoleon received Pierre-Louis Roederer — accomplice in the Brumaire coup, Councillor of State and later Senator of the Empire — a countless number of times in his study. This figure had taken to noting down scrupulously, often on the very same evening, the substance of these meetings,...
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CORSICA UNDER THE TEST OF WAR 1939–1943
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CORSICA UNDER THE TEST OF WAR 1939–1943

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October 1943: Corsica became the first part of French territory to be liberated. This decisive action for the subsequent operations — since the Allies would be able from this strategic base to organise their landings in Italy — was achieved largely through the action of the maquis fighters. Since 1939, the war had been a distinct experience for the island...
ROGUE HEROES - The Heroic Epic of the SAS, Special Air...
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ROGUE HEROES - The Heroic Epic of the SAS, Special Air Service

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The heroic and improbable epic of a band of British soldiers against Nazi Germany: the SAS, Special Air Service. Summer 1941. At the height of the war in the Western Desert, David Stirling, a young officer, has a bold idea — a new plan of attack: to surprise the enemy where he least expects it, behind his own lines. Despite opposition from the British...
THE RICE PADDIES OF SUFFERING – French Combatants in...
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THE RICE PADDIES OF SUFFERING – French Combatants in Indochina (1945–1954)

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From 1945 to 1954, thousands of young Frenchmen embarked for Indochina. Most of them enlisted in the conflict not to "bash Vietnamese", as has too often been claimed, but for economic reasons: finding work in a country devastated by the Second World War was extremely difficult at the time. Through an investigation drawing on the moving testimonies of...
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PAVIA 1525 – Francis I's Italian Failure
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PAVIA 1525 – Francis I's Italian Failure

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" Of all things, nothing has remained to me but honour and my life ": his troops heavily defeated, Francis I was taken prisoner at Pavia. An account of the defeat that came close to carrying away the kingdom of France. Pavia was an event with European repercussions. The four-month siege of the Lombard city and the battle itself pitted thousands of...
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
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Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

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A group of students who became a symbol of the German resistance against Nazism In 1942, the Second World War was at a tipping point, with Germany losing ground to Russia. In Munich, a small group of German students formed a clandestine network. Its name: "The White Rose". Among them was Sophie Scholl, a young woman barely 21 years old. Raised in a...
Repression in Franco's Spain 1939–1975
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Repression in Franco's Spain 1939–1975

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Repression in Franco's Spain 1939–1975: from memorial propaganda to historical reality A serious study of Francoist post-war repression had been missing. This work is, without doubt, a major milestone in the historiography of the Spanish Civil War. Having gained access to the previously unpublished archival holdings of the Cuerpo Jurídico Militar...
1940, The Allies' War Begins in Scandinavia 1940, The Allies' War Begins in Scandinavia 2
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1940, The Allies' War Begins in Scandinavia

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The Franco-British intervention at Narvik, in Norway, in May 1940, passed relatively unnoticed because, at that very moment, Germany was launching its victorious offensive against France. History, for this reason, retains little memory of these battles, which took place beyond the Arctic Circle. By examining these battles in detail, François Gatineau...
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The Nazi World - 1919-1945 The Nazi World - 1919-1945 2
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The Nazi World - 1919-1945

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On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of the Reich. Since 1919 and the trauma of the Great War, the Nazis had developed a worldview whose only originality lay in its racist coherence and utopian impetus. They knew how to exploit the context of a major crisis — that of 1929 — to subjugate minds and seize power. Power was handed to them,...
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The First Algerian War - A History of Conquest and Resistance, 1830-1852 The First Algerian War - A History of Conquest and Resistance, 1830-1852 2
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The First Algerian War - A History of Conquest and Resistance, 1830-1852

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The "first Algerian war" began on 14 June 1830 at 4 o'clock in the morning, when the first French soldier set foot at Sidi-Ferruch. The conquerors immediately encountered a resistance force they had not anticipated, whose most emblematic figure remains the Emir Abd el-Kader. Two decades of confrontation of extreme intensity and violence followed. Marshal...
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Churchill – The Visionary

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Churchill sounded the alarm about German militarism as early as 1908, about the Bolshevik threat from 1919, about the Nazi peril from 1932, about Stalinist imperialism from 1943… His "visions" contributed to making the statesman a "whistleblower," and this biography draws an original portrait of him on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth on...
The Marines - History of an American Myth
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The Marines - History of an American Myth

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This work allows the reader to discover the rich history of an elite corps that has become inescapable yet remains almost entirely unknown. Indeed, no one in France is familiar with its first hundred and fifty years before 1918 and the Battle of Belleau Wood; no one knows that it was initially scorned, mocked for its mediocre performance, cut back,...
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General Olry - Victor of the Alps - June 1940 General Olry - Victor of the Alps - June 1940 2
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General Olry - Victor of the Alps - June 1940

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A graduate of the École Polytechnique and an artilleryman, René Olry (1880–1944) belongs to that category of soldiers who, with equal distinction, earn the admiration of their superiors, their peers and their subordinates. A man of character, he combined exceptional intellectual abilities with unwavering determination. A specialist in mountain operations,...
The Honour of a Colonel - From Algeria to Kolwezi The Honour of a Colonel - From Algeria to Kolwezi 2
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The Honour of a Colonel - From Algeria to Kolwezi

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May 1978 – Kolwezi (former Zaire): thousands of Katangese rebels seize control of the city and hold hundreds of European hostages. Massacres begin… Faced with the urgency of the situation, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing launched Operation Bonite. Without warning, without ground support, without the possibility of reinforcements and with "scarce and...
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La Carlingue - The French Gestapo of 93, Rue Lauriston
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La Carlingue - The French Gestapo of 93, Rue Lauriston

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From 1940 to 1944, a gang of criminals led by Henri Lafont and Pierre Bonny — a petty swindler allied with a corrupt detective — placed themselves in the service of the German occupier, spreading terror and chaos across the French capital. Protected by the Nazis, this criminal organisation entered history under the name of the French Gestapo of the rue...
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Castelnau - The Vanished Marshal 1851-1944
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Castelnau - The Vanished Marshal 1851-1944

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General de Castelnau spans a century of French military and political history. Regarded by his contemporaries as one of the fathers of victory in the First World War, he fell victim to political machinations tied to his reputation as a Catholic conservative. Nicknamed the "booted friar" by Clemenceau, he was three times denied the marshal's baton that...
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The Resistance Years 1940-1944
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The Resistance Years 1940-1944

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It has often been said and written that the Resistance, by its clandestine nature, had left few archives. Yet new documents, regularly unearthed, continue to enrich its history. What were the first acts of refusal? How did the Resistance gradually take shape, moving from individual acts to collective action? What ties did the internal Resistance fighters...
Malplaquet 1709
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Malplaquet 1709

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In that year of 1709, the kingdom of France stood on the edge of the abyss. Engaged in the most brutal conflict of the entire reign — the War of the Spanish Succession — the country had already suffered defeat after defeat. In January, the Great Winter had added climatic catastrophe to military disaster. In May, the European states united against the...
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History of the Ninjas - Henchmen and Spies in Samurai Japan
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History of the Ninjas - Henchmen and Spies in Samurai Japan

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Ninjas – or shinobi – were men of the shadows. Before invading our literary and cinematic imagination, they lived in the age of warlords, in feudal Japan of the 16th century. One should not picture them dressed entirely in black, masked and perched on a rooftop, but rather dressed like country folk, blending into the crowd, undetectable. Their discretion...
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A Lieutenant with the Tanks - An Eyewitness at the Heart...
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A Lieutenant with the Tanks - An Eyewitness at the Heart of the 1940 Turmoil

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A Lieutenant with the Tanks is a previously unpublished account of the 1940 campaign, written by Claude Peignot, officer of the 5th BCP. Particularly vivid, it casts an unsparing eye on the operations, the competence of the commanders and the equipment. The notebooks are annotated and explained by Camille Vargas, an author specialising in world conflicts...
A History of French Military Signals from 1867 to the... A History of French Military Signals from 1867 to the... 2
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A History of French Military Signals from 1867 to the Present Day

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« The history of military signals is a fascinating story. Above all, it is a human adventure », writes General Jacques Eyharts, the "father of the Signals branch", in his preface. It is this adventure that this work — the first of its kind — recounts, in which the authors show how, from a simple army telegraph service, the French Signals Corps became an...
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Normandy 1944 - Heroes of the Landings

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On 6 June 1944, the Canadians who landed at Juno Beach risked their lives to save Europe from Nazi barbarism. So that they are not forgotten, war memorials and funerary steles are erected, streets are named in their honour; thousands of white crosses stand in impeccable rows in the cemeteries; the memory of these Canadians is honoured during historical...
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READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers

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This fascinating saga traces both the training of the first parachute instructors of the French Air Force and the creation of the first Air Infantry Groups. It is this period of wild enthusiasm, often tempered by dashed hopes, that this work recounts with humour and finesse, written in a lively style that reads like a vivid adventure story. The author...
The Battle of the Bulge – Hitler's Last Gamble
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The Battle of the Bulge – Hitler's Last Gamble

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In 1940, the manoeuvre that would seal the fatal fate of the Allied armies can be summarised in two stages. Alongside the diversionary attack carried out in the Netherlands and Belgium, the German armoured mass first rushed to assault its enemy in the Ardennes. After a chaotic period of a few days, it finally crossed the Meuse after brushing aside the...
Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World 2
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Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World

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A tactical success achieved in a few hours of violent cannonade, the Battle of the Chesapeake Bay is above all a strategic victory: the glorious day when the Royale changed the history of the world. This engagement is a reminder of the decisive role of naval combat in high-intensity warfare. At the head of a fleet transformed in response to the defeat of...
1939-1945. The World War of Secret Services
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1939-1945. The World War of Secret Services

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The years 1939-1945 saw not only the great military confrontations that are well known, but also the shadow battles that remain largely unknown. Those that this groundbreaking book reveals to us in its vivid pages lead us from discovery to discovery, from the most unexpected to the most astonishing. How Hitler neglected his spies, while the French...
The Kamikazes (1944-1945)
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The Kamikazes (1944-1945)

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"Mother, your son is about to carry out an attack [...] but rather than as your son, it is as a son of the homeland that I shall consider myself then." In October 1944, with Japan's war already lost since the previous year, the tokubetsu-kōgeki-tai, or "special attack corps," were formed: the pilots who made them up were trained to dive their aircraft,...
The Sacrificed Resistance in France - 1943
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The Sacrificed Resistance in France - 1943

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The story of a branch of the Resistance in France and the collapse of the Prosper network, a British resistance network. The Sacrificed Resistance in France, 1943 — the end justifies all means The content of this work is part of the history of a very important branch of the resistance in France against the German occupation from 1940 to 1944, namely that...
AMERICA IN A BOTTLE - How Coca-Cola Colonized the World
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AMERICA IN A BOTTLE - How Coca-Cola Colonized the World

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"Coca-Cola! Delicious! Refreshing! Stimulating! Invigorating!" On 29 May 1886, The Atlanta Journal published the first advertisement for the beverage invented a few months earlier by John Pemberton. This pharmacist from Columbus, who sold thirteen glasses a day of his soda flavoured with kola nut and cocaine, was far from imagining that, a hundred years...
THE STRATEGY OF DESTRUCTION - Allied Bombing in France, 1944
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THE STRATEGY OF DESTRUCTION - Allied Bombing in France, 1944

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France, spring 1944. A few months before D-Day, bombing raids of unprecedented scale struck more than 70 major cities, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians within a matter of weeks and leaving countless others wounded or homeless. Since 1940, British scientist Solly Zuckerman had devised a sweeping aerial attack plan targeting the French...
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At the Outposts - From Afghanistan to the Gates of Europe...
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At the Outposts - From Afghanistan to the Gates of Europe - Tales from the Armoured...

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Dragons, chasseurs, cuirassiers, hussards, légionnaires, marsouins, spahis or tankistes… The cavalry soldiers have taken part in every French military operation over the past fifteen years. From Afghanistan to Africa, via the Middle East and now on the eastern flank of Europe, they hold the outposts, reconnoitring, gathering intelligence and fighting,...
Stalingrad - Chronicle of a Foretold Defeat
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Stalingrad - Chronicle of a Foretold Defeat

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Many books have addressed the Battle of Stalingrad — and for good reason: it is one of the fiercest battles of the Second World War and, in many respects, one of the turning points on the Eastern Front. Urban combat, the "war of rats", the fierce resistance of the Red Army with its back to the Volga, the encirclement of an entire German army — which then...
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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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The Lafayette Escadrille – A Squadron of American...
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The Lafayette Escadrille – A Squadron of American Volunteers Fighting for France,...

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This is the story of a handful of volunteers, spiritual heirs of the Marquis de Lafayette. The story of 38 men who joined the ranks of a Franco-American fighter squadron and who, between April 1916 and February 1918, ranging across the Western Front, were the protagonists of Dantean and heroic confrontations. In 1916, France had already been holding back...
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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...
New Extraordinary Stories of the D-Day Landings and the...
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New Extraordinary Stories of the D-Day Landings and the Liberation

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The Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944 left an indelible mark on collective memory as the defining event of the Liberation, overshadowing other operations that also played a crucial role in the outcome of the Second World War. Their names were Jeanne Bohec, Pierre Charton, Igor Koniev, John Steele, Marc Russel, Paulette Jacquier and Pierre...
Constantinople, 1453 - "The City Has Fallen!"
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Constantinople, 1453 - "The City Has Fallen!"

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On 29 May 1453 — a Tuesday, the day of the god of War — Constantinople, the second Rome, the millennial capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell into the hands of the Turks. Nearly 7,000 men had resisted for fifty-five days against more than 100,000. Sacked, "the City" was depopulated and 50,000 slaves were taken into the Ottoman world. Emperor Constantine...
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1929–1935 - The Crisis

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Through the profound destabilisation it caused, the crisis of 1929 reshuffled the cards of history. The post-war period was thought to be over, inflation finally tamed, the thorny question of reparations settled by the Young Plan, peace definitively guaranteed by the League of Nations and the Briand-Kellogg Pact. And yet within a few years all these fine...
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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...
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The D-Day Landings - Truths and Legends

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The truth behind "The Longest Day". The sky is leaden and the swell in the Channel grows ever more violent. Major Pluskat's bunkers are dripping with damp. Field Marshal Rommel has left his headquarters to celebrate his wife's birthday. The Germans are convinced that the Allies will not land… These scenes, kept alive by countless screenings of The Longest...
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Churchill's D-Day – Behind the Scenes of the Landings

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Was Churchill a visionary strategist or the greatest detractor of the Normandy landings? What role did he leave to the leader of Free France, General de Gaulle, on 6 June 1944? This book casts fresh light on the history of the secret preparations for D-Day, drawing on the personal archives of the British Prime Minister. The success of D-Day was far from...
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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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One-Way Ticket to Ouistreham: Commando Kieffer, Fallen for France on 6 June 1944

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In the early hours of 6 June 1944, 177 naval commando riflemen, under the command of Philippe Kieffer, landed at Colleville-sur-Orne. Their mission was to take the town's casino, converted into a bunker, and neutralise the German defences. By the evening of 6 June, the French unit of No. 4 Commando had suffered heavy casualties. Nearly a quarter of the...
Yellow Stars in Normandy
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Yellow Stars in Normandy

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Willed by Marshal Pétain, the Statute on Jews was promulgated on 3 October 1940. Alongside this French legislation, the Nazi occupier put in place its own ordinances. Census-taking and Aryanisation were the prelude to the Final Solution. From 1942 onwards, arrests and round-ups followed one another in rapid succession, sending nearly a thousand Jews...
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THE FRENCH ARMOURED CORPS FROM 1916 TO THE PRESENT DAY
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THE FRENCH ARMOURED CORPS FROM 1916 TO THE PRESENT DAY

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The appearance of Leclerc tanks during the Bastille Day parade is always an event, as much for the spectators as for the men manoeuvring these steel giants. With its vehicles each more impressive than the last, the Arme Blindée et Cavalerie has been one of the major components of the French Army since the Second World War. Officially born in North Africa...
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THE SECRETS OF THE CIVIL WAR
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THE SECRETS OF THE CIVIL WAR

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Beyond the titanic battles, the Civil War emerges as one of the first, if not the first, modern conflicts in history. From the appearance of the first machine guns to the direction of artillery fire by observation balloon, from the first submarines and the first ironclad vessels to the large-scale use of the telegraph and the railways, this conflict was...
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DICTIONARY OF FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY – From the Origins to the Present Day

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As General de Gaulle expressed it in a celebrated and striking phrase: "France was forged by the sword." To study the history of France — and in many respects the history of Europe and the world — one must above all take into account the military history of our country. To avoid misreadings, anachronisms and other hazardous interpretations, here is — from...
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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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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,...
Special Dossier: THE ALGERIAN WAR
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Special Dossier: THE ALGERIAN WAR

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The ordeal of French soldiers, prisoners of the Algerian army, forced to march day and night, to sleep in hollows on bare ground, or to live in natural underground galleries for months on end. The shooting of 26 March 1962 in Algiers, in which the French army fired on a peaceful demonstration by pieds-noirs, killing 80 people and wounding 200. The...
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1940–1944 – The Young Resisters

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1940: secondary school pupils, university students and apprentices, wounded by the humiliation of the defeat, refused to settle into the compromise of collaboration and submission to Nazi Germany. Slowly, in lycées, collèges and universities, resistance networks took shape, led by activists as young as fourteen and no older than eighteen. This movement...
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AUSTERLITZ - Napoleon's Greatest Victory

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On 2 December 1805, exactly one year and one day after his coronation, Emperor Napoleon engaged in battle against the sovereigns of Prussia and Russia. This battle would prove a model of conception, of methodical preparation, of mastery in execution, and stands as a testament to Napoleon's tactical genius. It was studied in war colleges across Europe for...
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The Day Napoleon Almost Got Assassinated
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The Day Napoleon Almost Got Assassinated

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On 12 October 1809, Napoleon had installed himself in the residence of the Habsburgs, the dynasty ruling over Austria, which he had subjugated. Frédéric Staps, an exalted 18-year-old nationalist student, regarded the Emperor as a despot and intended to rid Europe of him. He had planned to kill Napoleon at a military parade. Blending into the crowd, he...
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The Liberation Battles for Île-de-France – 19 to 31 August 1944

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Here, throughout the pages the author unfolds to feed our curiosity and knowledge, there are no heroes. Only ordinary people who, with fierce determination and unwavering resolve, broke the chains that bound them in their own country. A thousand common and varied stories unfold chapter after chapter; they also intersect with the major figures of the...
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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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1913 - Towards the Great War
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1913 - Towards the Great War

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The year 1913 is the one in which Europe's destiny tipped towards the Great War. In French society, tensions were mounting and the threat of conflict loomed: it was the "difficult hour" described by Georges Clemenceau. While as early as January the successful play — with its notes of revanche — by Gaston Leroux, Alsace!, was running, the newspaper...
THE 11TH ZOUAVES IN THE 1939-1940 CAMPAIGN
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THE 11TH ZOUAVES IN THE 1939-1940 CAMPAIGN

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AN EYE FOR AN EYE, A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH At mobilisation, at the end of August 1939, the 11th Zouave Regiment was formed from reservists aged 24 to 30, in the Belley region. On 4 November it joined the 2nd DINA and trained behind the Maginot Line, then in the Valenciennes sector. This is where it found itself on 10 May 1940. Committed to the Battle of the...
The Nazi 5th Column - Myth and Reality 1933-1944
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The Nazi 5th Column - Myth and Reality 1933-1944

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Did a true "5th column", in the manner of that put into practice by the Francoist general Mola during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, beneath the walls of Madrid, actually exist at the outset of the Second World War, activated by the German invader? It may seem self-evident that the notion of a fifth column did indeed feature in the Nazi plans for the...
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THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS

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Written immediately after the war, this account of the operations of this special unit of the Italian Royal Navy plunges the reader into a world where technical mastery combines with effectiveness to make the Xa MAS an exceptional formation. Those who would subsequently be known as "the torpedo men" accomplished military feats that for a time made the...
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Diên Biên Phu - The Lessons of a Defeat
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Diên Biên Phu - The Lessons of a Defeat

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The long ordeal of the French Expeditionary Corps, from Diên Biên Phu to its departure from Indochina. 7 May 1954. The fall of Diên Biên Phu. The Viet Minh's spectacular victory after fifty-six days of fighting seals France's departure from a part of the world where it had been present for more than a century. Seventy years on, Pierre Servent does not...
Aviation at Diên Biên Phu - From the Genesis to the Fall...
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Aviation at Diên Biên Phu - From the Genesis to the Fall of the Entrenched Camp...

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From 20 November 1953 to 7 May 1954, French aircrews were progressively pushed to — and beyond — the limits of human endurance. Without the crews of the Armée de l'Air, the Aéronavale, the Aviation Légère d'Observation d'Artillerie, the requisitioned civilian airlines, and American pilots who were heirs to the Flying Tigers, the entrenched camp at Diên...
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Oradour-sur-Glane, 10 June 1944 - History of a Massacre in Nazi Europe

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10 June 1944. Four days after the Allied landings in Normandy, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, was methodically wiped off the map by the SS division "Das Reich". The death toll would reach 643 victims, more than 200 of them children. Since then, the ruins of the martyred village, preserved as they stood, have become one of the most...
The Siege of Leningrad - September 1941 - January 1944
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The Siege of Leningrad - September 1941 - January 1944

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The siege endured by Leningrad (formerly Saint Petersburg) for nearly 900 days (1941–1944) at the hands of the Germans and their allies is one of the darkest episodes of the Second World War. The Nazis applied a policy of annihilation there, claiming at least 1.8 million victims, half of them civilians. The besieged found themselves confronted not only...
The British Empire at War - 1857-1947
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The British Empire at War - 1857-1947

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June 1897. England celebrates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The highlight of the festivities takes the form of a memorable military parade in London, reminding the British that their country stands at the head of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Its representatives are all there, dressed for the occasion in their finest regalia: the...
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America at War - 1933-1946 America at War - 1933-1946 2
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America at War - 1933-1946

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The giant awakens: the United States in the Second World War. The United States, although emerging strengthened from the First World War, subsequently turned inward, allowing Asia and Europe to go up in flames one after the other. One might therefore assume that the war only truly entered the thoughts and daily lives of Americans from 7 December 1941, the...
LIVING WITH THE GRANDE ARMÉE - Being a Soldier in the Age...
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LIVING WITH THE GRANDE ARMÉE - Being a Soldier in the Age of Napoleon

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In fifteen years, the Napoleonic Grande Armée, an unmatched war machine, won more victories than any other army before or after it... Austerlitz, Jena, the Moskova, Leipzig and Waterloo have already generated much ink, but these battles are often analysed from the standpoint of strategy and tactics. Yet the Napoleonic Wars were above all a human story....
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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GREEN BERET - Commander Kieffer's Account of 6 June 1944

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Béret Vert testimony of Philippe Kieffer, edition presented and annotated by Benjamin Massieu A family man with no military experience, Philippe Kieffer nevertheless became the founder and commander of the Free French commandos. Trained at the formidable Achnacarry camp, these volunteers carried out secret raids on the European coastlines. They were the...
MAN OF ACTION - Die or Survive in Service of the Nation
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MAN OF ACTION - Die or Survive in Service of the Nation

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Embedded with a marine commando from the special forces Already sold to more than 10,000 readers, discover the new edition of the extraordinary testimony of a former French Army marine commando, through 10 true accounts of missions carried out by exceptional servicemen. At the heart of extreme experiences and ultra-violent situations, Julien B. takes us...
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SAP-R2 1943-1944, Parachute Drops and Landings in Provence - Volume 1, Chronicle of a...

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During the Second World War, arming the Resistance was a vital issue for Free France — an eminently complex and lengthy task to implement. Succeeding the first parachute drop networks set up by Jean Moulin in the south of France, the SAP-R2 emerged in late 1943 as the only organisation capable of rivalling the British SOE-F and the American OSS. From that...
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THE MAN FROM TRIPOLI - The Untold Account of a DGSE Station Chief

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Tripoli (Libya), mid-February 2011. From the first signs of unrest in the country, the French authorities, against all expectations, decide to evacuate their nationals and close the diplomatic mission. Within it, the DGSE's external intelligence station ceases its activities and begins destroying its equipment and archives before the keys to the embassy...
44 EXTRAORDINARY D-DAY DESTINIES Volume 2
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44 EXTRAORDINARY D-DAY DESTINIES Volume 2

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Following the success of his first volume, author and journalist Philippe Bertin unveils new stories of celebrated and anonymous heroes in his book 44 Extraordinary D-Day Destinies – Volume 2. Through beautifully illustrated pages, captivating stories await discovery: the incredible — and for some, truly surprising — destinies of men and women who crossed...
The Thirty Years' War 1618-1648
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The Thirty Years' War 1618-1648

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Between 1618 and 1648, Europe was ravaged by war. No synthesis has until now shown with such clarity the violence and the scope of this civil and European war. The first clashes of the Thirty Years' War broke out in Bohemia in 1618, with the Defenestration of Prague. What at first appears to be an act of rebellion by Protestant-leaning nobles against the...
INDOCHINA 1946–1954 – Unpublished Testimonies
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INDOCHINA 1946–1954 – Unpublished Testimonies

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March 2024: commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu The Indochina War has passed into history, as the last witnesses gradually leave us. On the initiative of La Sabretache, a military history society, fourteen veterans of the French Expeditionary Corps in the Far East recount their memories as soldiers. They were then young...
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The Military Revolution of Year II, 1794 between Flanders and the Moselle

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The campaign of 1794 is first and foremost that of Year II (21 September 1793 – 20 September 1794). Unprecedented in its scale of men, challenges and materiel, it mobilises the efforts of the young Republic. It is also a period in which grand operational plans mature; the "système général" will be their synthesis and the matrix for the major campaigns to...
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SECRET SERVICES IN INDOCHINA

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The opium affair, the piastre traffic, the disasters of Diên Biên Phu and the RC4, the "Roi Jean": in all these episodes, the French intelligence services played a major role. When the French Expeditionary Corps lands on the Saigon docks, the high command has no idea it is embarking on an eight-year conflict. The war the French will wage in the cities,...
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THE QUASI-WAR - The conflict between France and the United States, 1796-1800

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Who knows that France and the United States went to war? In the second half of the 1790s, these two formerly allied powers entered into open conflict. Although war was never officially declared, French and Americans clashed in naval engagements on both sides of the Atlantic, seizing each other's vessels in large numbers and causing several thousand dead...
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SOLDIER OF THE CYBERWAR

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A pioneer recounts French cyber defense Cyberspace has become a major arena of conflict. For the first time, here is the story of the creation of French cyber defense told by its principal founder, Vice Admiral Arnaud Coustillière. In less than ten years, the battlegrounds have multiplied across the Net: computer viruses, terrorist threats, interference...
The GIGN by Those Who Commanded It
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The GIGN by Those Who Commanded It

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Who has never dreamed of stepping inside an elite intervention unit like the GIGN? Of following in the footsteps of a guide for whom no mechanism of this precision machine holds any secrets? What if it were not one, but several guides who revealed the inner workings of a group that has become legendary since its creation in 1974? That dream is fulfilled...
André Bollier "Vélin" – Heroic Craftsman of the...
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André Bollier "Vélin" – Heroic Craftsman of the Clandestine Press (1920–1944)

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André Bollier was barely 21 years old and finishing his studies at Polytechnique when, in June 1941, he was tasked by Henri Frenay with organising and distributing Combat, the newspaper of his movement. A tireless worker, he brilliantly managed to combine his career as an engineer, his family life and the production of newspapers, leaflets and forged...
War Diary of a Free French Doctor – With de Gaulle...
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War Diary of a Free French Doctor – With de Gaulle (1940–1945)

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A doctor in Pointe-Noire at the time of the declaration of war, Jean Vialard-Goudou joined the Free French Forces as early as July 1940 and, from Eritrea to Syria and from Libya to Tunisia, organised first aid for the wounded of the principal military campaigns in which the 1re BFL and then the 1re DFL took part, on or near the battlefield. From this...
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CENT POUR SANG – The History of the 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, 1943–1945

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The history of the 100th Bombardment Group of the 8th Air Force during the Second World War They flew their first missions from England in the spring of 1943. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily over occupied Europe to destroy the war machine of Nazi Germany. Their bravery and the appalling losses they suffered earned them the nickname Bloody...
DICTIONARY OF THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
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DICTIONARY OF THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR

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This monumental work, conceived by the foremost French and foreign specialists under the direction of Jean-Marie Moeglin, offers the most complete picture yet of a century-long conflict that shaped the history of two nations, France and England, between the 14th and 15th centuries. The Hundred Years' War has long suffered from an old and narrow...
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE From the Field of Possibilities to the Wall of Realities

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Unlikely defeat of Russia - Impossible victory of Ukraine This essay is a condensed work of history, geography and prospective geopolitics. Drawing on the history and geography of Ukraine, Russia, Europe and the Eurasian continent, the author's aim is to think about peace by proposing a new security system in Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals. To...
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GETTYSBURG 1863

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During the first three days of July 1863, 160,000 Confederates and Union soldiers fought a gigantic battle in a small corner of the south-eastern Pennsylvania countryside, at Gettysburg. The bloodiest battle in all of North American history. In the eyes of contemporaries, the stakes were enormous: to determine the future — united or fractured — of the...
OKINAWA 1945
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OKINAWA 1945

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The last great battle of the Second World War. " Typhoon of Steel ". That is the name by which the Battle of Okinawa is known. The deluge of fire that American forces rained down on the Japanese defenders of the island between April and June 1945 does indeed seem to justify the epithet. For the United States, it was a matter of seizing a stepping-stone...
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JOSEPH DARNAND - From Glory to Disgrace
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JOSEPH DARNAND - From Glory to Disgrace

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The biography of a Great War hero who became a cardinal figure of the Collaboration. As the commemorations of the years 1944-1945 approach, how can we forget that certain "heroes" of the Great War and the fighting of May-June 1940 sank into the worst compromises? Among all the works devoted to the Second World War, the Resistance and the Occupation,...
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THE RUSSIAN GENERALS AGAINST NAPOLEON

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The Pride of the Russian Army. Among the adversaries of the Napoleonic army, the Tsar's soldiers proved the most tenacious. Was it not said at the time: " It is not enough to kill a Russian — you must also push him to make him fall "? These men of iron were commanded by a plethora of brave and talented generals, some of whom had nothing to envy in...
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History of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1948–1961 – From the Rice Fields of...

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The rise and fall of an elite regiment caught in the turmoil of the decolonisation wars. The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment, which entered posterity for having been the spearhead of the " generals' revolt " in Algiers that prompted its dissolution by General de Gaulle on 30 April 1961, occupies a singular place in the history of the French Foreign Legion....
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François Louis Tesseidre de Fleury (1749–1799) – King's Officer in the Service of the...

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François Louis Tesseidre de Fleury – American Hero, Unknown Frenchman: the career of a King's officer in the service of the American cause. In France, the torch of the American War of Independence is held by the emblematic figure of Lafayette. This representation distorts every parallel that could be drawn with the commitment of those who, before him,...
Memoirs of Claude Monnot 1800–1815 – Grenadier of the...
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Memoirs of Claude Monnot 1800–1815 – Grenadier of the Imperial Guard

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Account of Claude Monnot: enlisted as a Vélite, promoted to Grenadier of the Guard in 1806 and integrated into the Fusilier-Grenadiers in 1807. Commandant Monnot lived through everything. Who can claim to have witnessed the Coronation at Notre-Dame in the ranks of the Imperial Guard, and then that of the newly crowned King of Italy receiving the crown of...
The Normandie-Niémen Epic – Free French on the Eastern...
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The Normandie-Niémen Epic – Free French on the Eastern Front 1942–1945

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Fighting France, which in the darkest hours of the Occupation found its way back to victory, was also embodied by a small fighter squadron operating relentlessly in the skies of the Eastern Front. The Normandie squadron, which became the Normandie-Niémen regiment, is the most decorated of all time, yet remains little known in France. Who still remembers...
The Maquis Fighters – Fighting in Occupied France
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The Maquis Fighters – Fighting in Occupied France

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The legend of the maquis is well known: that of the young men who, from 1942 onwards, chose to go underground to fight the occupier. The battles of the Glières and the Vercors. The resistants who liberated entire towns before the Allied armies even arrived. Beyond these romanticised images, however, the maquis fighters remain largely unknown. What...
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From the Morvan Maquis to the Gestapo Trap: André Rondenay, Agent of Free France

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On the night of 12 September 1943, French agent André Rondenay landed on the soil of occupied France. This 30-year-old graduate of the École Polytechnique, who had escaped from German prisoner-of-war camps, had just been trained by British intelligence services after being recruited by the BCRA, which regarded him as one of its finest assets. The missions...
Paratroopers in Algeria 1954–1958
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Paratroopers in Algeria 1954–1958

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A dark legend surrounds the paratroopers sent to Algeria. These units, marked by the defeat at Diên Biên Phu and determined to deploy every available means to avoid a new setback, are said to have theorised counter-subversive doctrines involving the use of torture, before going on to participate in the overthrow of the Fourth Republic and the putsch of...
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Dien Bien Phu - The End of a World
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Dien Bien Phu - The End of a World

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Spring 1954: the spearhead of the French Far East Expeditionary Corps faces, in the high valley of Dien Bien Phu, the elite units of the People's Army of Vietnam commanded by General Giap. This ferocious and unequal close-quarters fighting, set against a backdrop of intense artillery duels, is of unimaginable violence: between 13,000 and 25,000 Vietnamese...
I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB 2
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I Was a Tank Crewman in the 2nd DB

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This account is that of a Frenchman born in Morocco who was among the first to join the 2e DB in North Africa, trained as a tank crewman and incorporated into the 12e régiment de cuirassiers (12e RC). His narrative takes us through the fighting in Normandy, Alsace and the German campaign, as well as to the Royan pocket. In an altogether exceptional...
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IN THE SHADOW OF BOB DENARD - French Mercenaries from...
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IN THE SHADOW OF BOB DENARD - French Mercenaries from 1960 to 1989

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The early 1960s: in the midst of the decolonisation of the Belgian Congo, the secession of Katanga triggered the first concentration of foreign fighters, who flooded in by the hundreds. Among these "dogs of war", the French were the most active. They embarked on a kind of golden age — a succession of raids and coups d'état stretching across the entire...
COLONEL PASSY - General de Gaulle's Master Spy
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COLONEL PASSY - General de Gaulle's Master Spy

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The story of Colonel Passy (1911–1998) is above all the story of an extraordinary destiny. The 29-year-old captain who rallied to Free France as early as 1940 was among the handful of volunteers without whom General de Gaulle could not have hoped to succeed in his audacious gamble: to secure France a seat at the victors' table in 1945. With no prior...
CHARLES LE COCQ - Officer of France
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CHARLES LE COCQ - Officer of France

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Born in Rennes in 1898, this son of a Breton civil servant prepared from adolescence to enter the École de Saint-Cyr. Graduating on 17 August 1918, he would be engaged on every theatre of operations without interruption. From the First to the Second World War, through the desert, Charles Le Cocq fought relentlessly: the recapture of a village under German...
"MONSUN", GERMAN U-BOATS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE PACIFIC
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"MONSUN", GERMAN U-BOATS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE PACIFIC

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MONSUN - The "Grey Wolves" of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Very little has been published on the operations of German submarines in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific during the Second World War. Yet some forty U-boats would be based in Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, fighting alongside Japanese sailors. It is this epic story that Lawrence Paterson...
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THE PREPARATION FOR D-DAY - An incredible adventure
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THE PREPARATION FOR D-DAY - An incredible adventure

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The Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 constitute one of the most formidable military operations of all time. They required manpower and preparations on a scale previously unknown in military history. The course of the operations has given rise to a wealth of works, with the battle for the Norman beaches having been the major subject of predilection for...
1940: THE REASONS FOR A DEFEAT
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1940: THE REASONS FOR A DEFEAT

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To say that the campaign of May–June 1940 has generated an enormous amount of writing is an understatement: rarely has an event in French history left such a mark on our country. Several reasons can be identified: first and foremost, the French Army, which had emerged victorious from the First World War, was forced to lay down its arms after barely two...
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DING HAO! The Fabulous Epic of the Flying Tigers
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DING HAO! The Fabulous Epic of the Flying Tigers

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The Flying Tigers are legendary. Yet their true history is poorly known to the general public, and the most implausible rumours circulate about them, particularly in Europe. In 1967, aged just eight years old, the author became passionate about these aviators, their exploits, their aircraft, their battles. He never ceased researching the subject, and the...
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History of the Flag of France and Beyond
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History of the Flag of France and Beyond

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The history of a passion as ancient as it is unwavering. For all nations, the flag remains the most important and most powerful emblem in the minds of men, whether military or civilian. Did not Claudel say: " There are only two things to do with a flag: either brandish it at arm's length or press it passionately against one's heart "? Its history is...
DEPORTATION DIARY, from Dachau to Natzweiler-Struthof
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DEPORTATION DIARY, from Dachau to Natzweiler-Struthof

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Musician and blind man: the journey of Arthur Poitevin, Resistance fighter and deportee. Born in 1917 into a family of fishing sailors from Port-en-Bessin, Arthur Poitevin lost his sight at the age of four. He received the providential support of a university professor who had himself become blind at that age. Arthur attended the Clermont-Ferrand...
SAS, les Indomptables, 1941-1945
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SAS, les Indomptables, 1941-1945

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The Special Air Service is today one of the most prestigious special forces in the world. But did you know that its history began in Egypt in 1941? David Stirling, Jock Lewes and Paddy Mayne, three young and impetuous British officers, put together a small unit to carry out daring raids behind Axis lines. Small groups of highly trained and highly mobile...
YVELINES - COMBATS 1944 Vol. 1 - 15 to 25 August 1944 YVELINES - COMBATS 1944 Vol. 1 - 15 to 25 August 1944 2
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YVELINES - COMBATS 1944 Vol. 1 - 15 to 25 August 1944

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History & Chronology of the fighting during the liberation of the Yvelines Volume 1 - 15 to 25 August 1944  The events of the liberation of Paris are well known. Those of the Grand West at the arrival of the Allies in the Île-de-France are far less so. On 17 August, Field Marshal Model, the new commander of the Western armies, passed through Paris to...
The Stalin-Hitler Collaboration, 10 March 1939–22 June...
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The Stalin-Hitler Collaboration, 10 March 1939–22 June 1941. August–September 1944

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Since the German invasion of the USSR, Soviet propaganda — and in its wake Soviet historiography — has presented the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact as the fruit of Stalin's supreme cunning: faced with France's and Britain's refusal to come to an understanding with the Soviet Union against the Nazi peril, Stalin supposedly chose to buy time in order to better...
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THEY WERE NOT YET 20 - The Revolt of Youth 1940-1944
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THEY WERE NOT YET 20 - The Revolt of Youth 1940-1944

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" Fighting France was nothing but a long dialogue between youth and life ", proclaimed Pierre Brossolette in 1943. The war against the German occupier was often waged by adolescents and, sometimes, even by children. The struggle of a generation that revealed itself through action in the service of freedom. Following the example of the young general who...
BEFORE MEIN KAMPF - The Formative Years of Adolf Hitler
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BEFORE MEIN KAMPF - The Formative Years of Adolf Hitler

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In Mein Kampf, the autobiography he wrote in 1924–1925, Hitler presents himself as a perfect self-taught man with a fully formed worldview. Yet the man in his thirties who entered politics at the end of the First World War had no fixed opinions, nor even strong antisemitic convictions. Drawing on Hitler's earliest texts — some translated here for the...
THE THREE DAYS THAT BROUGHT DOWN FRANCE - 11–13 June 1940
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THE THREE DAYS THAT BROUGHT DOWN FRANCE - 11–13 June 1940

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When France collapsed in June 1940, attention has often focused solely on the cabinet meeting of 16 June in Bordeaux, where President of the Council Paul Reynaud stepped aside to make way for Marshal Pétain. Yet this book, built on all available archives in Paris and Tours, shows that the Reynaud government — which left the capital amid the chaos of the...
THE FORGOTTEN WARRIORS - The Untold History of Native...
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THE FORGOTTEN WARRIORS - The Untold History of Native Americans in the U.S. Army

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Throughout his career as a foreign correspondent, Emmanuel Razavi had the opportunity to spend time on numerous occasions among the Native Americans of Canada and the United States. Over the years, he made friends among the Sioux, the Mohawks, the Cheyennes and the Navajos. Thanks to them, he was able to obtain exceptional interviews with the last...
THE BEAR AND THE FOX - An Immediate History of the War in...
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THE BEAR AND THE FOX - An Immediate History of the War in Ukraine

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Since February 2022, each of us has been bombarded with information about the war in Ukraine — fragmented, piecemeal, often contradictory information, in which it is impossible to tell truth from falsehood. Since its outbreak, Michel Goya and Jean Lopez have focused on this conflict — the former as a military commentator for a rolling news channel, the...
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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

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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

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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

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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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THE BATTLE OF CHÂTEAUDUN - 18 October 1870
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THE BATTLE OF CHÂTEAUDUN - 18 October 1870

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August–September 1870: as the French army is in full retreat and regular troops are attempting to reorganise, National Guardsmen and francs-tireurs spring up everywhere, inflicting losses on the enemy — admittedly modest, but sufficient for the German high command to decide to eradicate them by intimidating, if necessary, the civilian populations...
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THE NETWORK - The last secrets of the Resistance
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THE NETWORK - The last secrets of the Resistance

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At the age of 100, Edgar Morin makes one final request of his biographer: to investigate the Charette resistance network, to which he belonged alongside Mitterrand, Jankélévitch, Clara Malraux and many others. A network entirely forgotten, yet decisive in the history of the Resistance, and compellingly novelistic. The Charrette network was an...
MARSHAL NEY
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MARSHAL NEY

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An ambiguous hero. Who does not know Marshal Ney? He stands alongside Murat, Lannes and Lefebvre as one of the best-known and most popular Marshals of the Empire. Indeed, nothing was lacking to secure him a prominent place in the Napoleonic epic — neither bravery, nor victories, nor misfortunes. The Marshal first won his popularity during the...
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Baldur Von Schirach - From the Hitler Youth to the...
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Baldur Von Schirach - From the Hitler Youth to the Deportation of the Jews of Vienna

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From the upper echelons of the Prussian bourgeoisie, Baldur von Schirach spent his childhood in the shadow of his father, who was committed to the far right. An ambitious young man, Baldur rose rapidly through the Nazi system: he joined the NSDAP at 18 and became leader of the Hitler Youth at 24. He managed its direction and organisation, overseeing the...
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They Chose Death Rather Than Dishonour - 1939-1945
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They Chose Death Rather Than Dishonour - 1939-1945

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Their names are Bertrand, Justin, Berty, Maurice, Pierre, Jean, Henri, René-Georges, Godefroy, François. Airmen, sailors, soldiers, fighters of the Free French, resistance members — all refused defeat and the occupation of their country, some as early as June 1940. In the darkest hours of History, driven by the same values of freedom and independence,...
War in the Feminine - They Fight for France
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War in the Feminine - They Fight for France

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They are helicopter pilots, paratroopers, bomb disposal experts, base commanders or intelligence officers… But who are they really? How did they get there? How did they establish themselves in a man's world? Dorothée Olliéric, senior correspondent, went to meet these women, who open up here about their vocation and the reasons for their commitment. Their...
GENERAL DELESTRAINT - The Resistance: from the Secret...
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GENERAL DELESTRAINT - The Resistance: from the Secret Army to Dachau

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In the exclusive service of France — until death. Born in 1879, died in deportation in 1945, Charles Delestraint is an unjustly obscure figure in French military history. Yet throughout his life, his successive commitments — up to the ultimate sacrifice in the Resistance — earned him a place in the Panthéon in 1989. A graduate of Saint-Cyr, he served as...
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THE EXILE OF THE COLLABORATORS 1944-1989
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THE EXILE OF THE COLLABORATORS 1944-1989

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Ministers at Vichy, police chiefs, press magnates, radio presenters, cinema actors or ordinary individuals, they left in August 1944 in the wagons of the enemy and then went into hiding. For some, their exile lasted 45 years! Yves Pourcher offers us here a gallery of history's shipwrecked souls. August 1944. The day before, they had still been ministers,...
Winning at Sea in the 21st Century: Tactics in the Fifth...
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Winning at Sea in the 21st Century: Tactics in the Fifth Age of Naval Combat

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After decades of apparent calm, the prospect of naval combat is once again plausible. While the 20th century ended with the unchallenged dominance of Western naval power, the 21st century opens with a challenge to the established order, particularly in the "global commons" of which the sea is a part. The rivalry between naval forces, which might have...
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Men at War: Chronicles of '70 – Unpublished Testimonies...
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Men at War: Chronicles of '70 – Unpublished Testimonies on the Franco-German War and...

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From the regimental postman to the priest, from the Pontifical Zouave to the sailor, discover eight testimonies from the Franco-Prussian War. These texts, published here for the first time, will bring this first modern war to life at ground level: the sieges, the social and political upheavals that led to the episode of the Commune and the collapse of the...
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FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE - 10 Soldiers Speak
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FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE - 10 Soldiers Speak

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A writer, a student, businessmen, a lawyer, a female politician — there are currently 57,000 women fighters serving in the Ukrainian army — as well as a major Latvian farmer, a 61-year-old Georgian and even Russians — among them a former FSB officer. All recount their experience in this war of another century in terms of its violence and intensity. All...
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THE CAT ON THE DUNE - Field Journal and Operations of a French Officer in the Sahel...

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Preface by Michel GOYA The author donates his royalties to Terre-Fraternité, an association supporting the wounded and bereaved families of the French Army. The fruit of ten years' experience in operations conducted by France in the Sahelo-Saharan strip, this work recounts the experience of a senior officer engaged in operations. Far from being merely a...
"Without hesitation, I took the tricolour cockade..."...
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"Without hesitation, I took the tricolour cockade..." Memoirs of General de Montfort

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Memoirs of General de Montfort, Officer of the Corps of Engineers during the Revolutionary and First Empire Wars « Since Smolensk, we had, so to speak, not seen the enemy, [...] there had not been, strictly speaking, since the beginning of the campaign, a pitched battle, one of those battles that decide the outcome of a campaign, sometimes of an empire,...
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AS THE SHADOW ADVANCES – High-Risk Mission in Syria
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AS THE SHADOW ADVANCES – High-Risk Mission in Syria

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In March 2011, amid the wave of the Arab Spring, children from a village in southern Syria wrote graffiti on the wall of their school. Their arrest by the Syrian government's security services and the abuse they suffered would become the trigger of the Syrian revolution, initially peaceful. From the summer of 2011, this revolution took on the character of...
The DST on the Cold War Front
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The DST on the Cold War Front

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In 1944, amid the still-smouldering ruins of a Europe devastated by a conflict that claimed more than 50 million lives, another war began — silent, insidious. A war of shadows and dirty tricks. A war in which these two great blocs — East and West — would confront each other: the USSR and its satellites on one side, the United States and its allies on the...
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TAKEN HOSTAGE – An Agent of the Service Action Speaks
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TAKEN HOSTAGE – An Agent of the Service Action Speaks

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"I was a hostage. I lived through dark hours, locked in the cells of an Islamist Katiba. I had made myself a promise: if I survive, I will bear witness to what I lived through. That prospect helped me not to sink into despair or madness. I am a soldier, a man of the field, a former member of the Service Action of the DGSE. All my life I chose danger,...
THEY LED THE ALLIES TO VICTORY – Patton, de Lattre and...
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THEY LED THE ALLIES TO VICTORY – Patton, de Lattre and Their Peers

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What does daily life look like for the generals commanding tens of thousands of soldiers on the Western Front in 1944–1945, facing the German armies? How do they establish their leadership among their subordinates? How do they influence their superiors? Do they look after their men, and do they care about the human cost of operations? Do they make good...
Gamelin or the Constrained Strategy Gamelin or the Constrained Strategy 2
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Gamelin or the Constrained Strategy

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The name of Maurice Gamelin inevitably calls to mind the generalissimo held responsible for the defeat of 1940, a military disaster of incalculable consequences. His condemnation seems beyond appeal. Yet a thorough study of the man tends to challenge many certainties about his actual culpability. Casting a dispassionate eye — far removed from bitter...
The German Naval Base at Brest 1940–1944
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The German Naval Base at Brest 1940–1944

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This book traces the history of the German naval base at Brest from the beginning of the Occupation to the liberation of the city by American forces in September 1944. It is the result of research conducted in various French and German archives, both civilian and military, and enables the reader to better understand the intentions of the Kriegsmarine —...
The Rochambelles: Ambulance Drivers of Fighting France...
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The Rochambelles: Ambulance Drivers of Fighting France 1943–1945

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Florence Conrad, a wealthy American who had served as a nurse during the Great War, formed an ambulance unit in 1943. With funds she raised, she purchased nineteen Dodge vehicles and recruited the first volunteers in New York. These women, sometimes very young, were determined to liberate France and shrank from nothing. In 1943, the Rochambelles — who...
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Bir Hakeim — Event and Memory Bir Hakeim — Event and Memory 2
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Bir Hakeim — Event and Memory

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€33.18
Bir Hakeim. The name rings out like a defiance. The victorious defence of Bir Hakeim by the Free French Forces marked a turning point in the history of General de Gaulle and the Free France movement, launched under difficult conditions in 1940. The military and political project had as its objective to return France to the war after the defeat of the...
CAO BANG 1950 — First French Disaster in Indochina
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CAO BANG 1950 — First French Disaster in Indochina

L20220411
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Cao Bang — the first great French defeat in Indochina. Four years before the resounding defeat of Diên Biên Phu, less well known but equally deadly, the fighting that unfolded in October 1950 on both sides of Colonial Route No. 4 in the wake of the evacuation of Cao Bang led to the first disaster for the French Far East Expeditionary Corps. This reversal...
THE DOCTORS OF AUSCHWITZ
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THE DOCTORS OF AUSCHWITZ

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€23.22
27 January 1945. Soviet troops enter the grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau for the first time and discover in horror the largest extermination camp of the Third Reich. While 60,000 prisoners had been evacuated at their approach, only 7,000 starving patients remained on site. How did they manage to survive this hell? What was the exact role of high-ranking...
CRÉCY 1346 — The First Great Battle of the Hundred Years'...
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CRÉCY 1346 — The First Great Battle of the Hundred Years' War

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On that Saturday, 24 August 1346, night had long since fallen. It was nearly midnight. A small band of horsemen arrived before the château de Labroye, 5 km north-east of Crécy-en-Ponthieu. The gate was closed, the drawbridge raised — fugitives from the French army had already warned the garrison that the battle was lost and the English victorious. The...
STICK ACTION SPÉCIALE - An operator from the 1er RPIMa...
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STICK ACTION SPÉCIALE - An operator from the 1er RPIMa tells his story

L20220403
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Finding his preparatory maths studies deadly dull, Alexandre Alex dreams of joining the army and becoming a "commando", though he has no real idea what that might actually mean. When a recruiter tries to sell him the role of "computer commando" in order to steer him toward signals rather than inform him about special forces, Alexandre comes close to being...
LA REVOLTE DES CENTURIONS - An Officer at the Algiers Putsch
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LA REVOLTE DES CENTURIONS - An Officer at the Algiers Putsch

L20220402
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The centurions refers to those French officers of the 1950s. Many served in Indochina and all fought in Algeria. Pierre Montagnon is one of them. From 1954, he fights alongside the parachute légionnaires to keep Algeria French. In early 1961, the Centurions are more committed than ever to "Algérie française" , while the political power in Paris, embodied...
FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR IN 1940
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FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR IN 1940

L20220398
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In the summer of 1940, millions of French people began writing — to their mayors, sub-prefects and prefects, but also to international organisations and even to the Pope — to find out what had become of their father, their husband, their children. In barely six weeks, between 13 May and 22 June 1940, military defeat turned into a rout, and captivity now...
THE BATTLE OF MARIUPOL - 25 FEBRUARY - 20 MAY 2022 THE BATTLE OF MARIUPOL - 25 FEBRUARY - 20 MAY 2022 2
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THE BATTLE OF MARIUPOL - 25 FEBRUARY - 20 MAY 2022

L20220395
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24 February 2022 marks the beginning of the Russian forces' invasion of Ukraine, described by Vladimir Putin as a "special military operation". Seeking to seize the country within a matter of days, the Russian army attacks from Crimea, from the east of the country, and from Belarus, but numerous difficulties — including an unexpected Ukrainian resistance...
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THE DESERT WAR 1941–1943 – Heroes and Feats of Arms THE DESERT WAR 1941–1943 – Heroes and Feats of Arms 2
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THE DESERT WAR 1941–1943 – Heroes and Feats of Arms

L20220394
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North Africa: its dunes, the thirst, the suffocating heat, its endless tracks and its heroes. For if the Desert War, from 1941 to 1943, left its mark through the great tank battles that took place there and the special units that took part, one must not forget that this war was also a human story. From the ordinary soldier stoically manning his anti-tank...
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SPECIAL MISSIONS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR SPECIAL MISSIONS DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR 2
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Special missions during the First World War: French secret agents dropped by aircraft behind German lines. Behind the designation "special" lay missions organised by the intelligence services and the French Aeronautical Service during the Great War. While their primary purpose was to gather intelligence on the enemy (and sometimes to sabotage railway...
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SECRET MISSIONS ON THE CHANNEL COAST - 1941-1944

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The intelligence network created by François Claude in 1941 was dedicated to military intelligence destined for London. In this case, the objective was clear: the intelligence collected was intended to counter, or even destroy, the offensive and defensive capabilities directed from the Channel coastline against the United Kingdom. While the François...
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THE MYTHS OF THE GRANDE ARMÉE - The True History of the Imperial War

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Shaped by the heroic narrative imposed by Napoleon and then by the cohort of memoirists of the Consulate and the Empire, the history of the " Grande " Armée rests on a number of legends that have become accepted truths for the public, relayed by a complaisant historiography. Led by an invincible genius adored by his grognards, a temple of heroism and an...
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FIGHTING IN A DICTATORSHIP - 1944 - The Wehrmacht Facing the Landings

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A fresh perspective on the Wehrmacht at its twilight. Jean-Luc Leleu sets out to explore the overall functioning of the Wehrmacht as it faced the spectre of defeat. The aim is to understand the actors rather than recount the events. To do so, the German armed forces are examined through the lens of the Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944: a...
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ARRAS CAMBRAI 1918 - The Ghosts Have Warm Hands

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The liberation of the communes of Vis-en-Artois, Rémy and Haucourt by the Canadians in 1918. Enthusiasts of the First World War are little familiar with the Battle of the Scarpe of 1918, the first phase of the second battle of the same year. Yet the Canadian Army fought some of the hardest engagements of the entire war there. It broke the Hindenburg Line...
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HISTORY OF THE POLISH ARMY IN FRANCE - 1939–1940

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Narvik – Maginot Line – Clos du Doubs – Champagne – Breton Redoubt – Fighter groups and patrols – Divisional anti-tank companies Rather than a farewell to arms, the brutal crushing of Poland in 1939 opened a new chapter in her history — that of continuing the fight from abroad. In those dark days, France crystallised all of Poland's hopes. For did not...
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BEYOND BAND OF BROTHERS - THE WAR MEMOIRS OF MAJOR DICK... BEYOND BAND OF BROTHERS - THE WAR MEMOIRS OF MAJOR DICK... 2
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BEYOND BAND OF BROTHERS - THE WAR MEMOIRS OF MAJOR DICK WINTERS

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Reprinting — Delivery late May 2024 The book that inspired the TV series BAND OF BROTHERS about the 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne, Easy Company commanded by MAJOR DICK WINTERS, at last translated into French. Worldwide famous since the broadcast of the hit series HBO Band of Brothers produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Major Dick Winters was a...
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THE SENEGALESE TIRAILLEURS - From colonial subject to soldier - From 1857 to the...

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The first comprehensive history of a legendary army corps. Created by imperial decree in July 1857, the first battalion of Tirailleurs is Senegalese in name only: this military corps formed within the French colonial empire in fact brought together the entire "force noire" — that is, the African soldiers of colour who fought for France. While studies on...
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GOERING - The Iron Man

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The biography of a larger-than-life figure in every sense of the word, in the "Masters of War" collection. Hermann Goering, the second most powerful figure in the Third Reich, served simultaneously as Prussian Minister of the Interior, President of the Reichstag, master of the Four-Year Plan, and Reich Master of the Hunt. But Goering was above all a...
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Napoleon and Intelligence

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Napoleon's secret wars. This original book renews our understanding of intelligence during the Napoleonic era by placing it within its European and transnational dimension rather than a strictly national one. Many espionage and terrorism affairs traditionally studied separately, each yielding their own particular explanations, are thus presented in a new...
The Purges of the French Army 1940–1966
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The Purges of the French Army 1940–1966

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From 1940 to 1966, the French Army underwent three successive purges: the first under Marshal Pétain's Vichy government, the second from 1943 through the years following the Liberation, and the last from the end of the Algerian War up to the eve of the May 1968 events. The purge most familiar to the public is the one that affected civilian society at the...
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From Sedan to Sedan: A History of the French Army, 1870–1940
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From Sedan to Sedan: A History of the French Army, 1870–1940

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The only history of the French Army from 1870 to 1940. Gathered here in a single volume are the texts of the new revised, corrected and expanded edition of the landmark work by General André Bourachot. The history of the French Army between the two great defeats that marked it indelibly is presented here in the most detailed and scrupulous manner...
WAR CRIMES - Rouen, 9 June 1940
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WAR CRIMES - Rouen, 9 June 1940

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On the morning of 9 June 1940, the Wehrmacht's 5. Panzerdivision entered Rouen. A few days later, in the square of the Musée des Antiquités, the bodies of two Black men were discovered by municipal services. The following day, not far away, in the gardens of a property on the rue de Bihorel, the bodies of seventeen men murdered by German troops were...
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HEALTH AND SPIRITS EXCELLENT - Prisoner of War 1939-1945

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The journey of Sergeant Jean Voleau, between combat and captivity, traced through his correspondence On 2 September 1939, France is on the eve of declaring war on Germany in response to its invasion of Poland. But already a train is heading towards the Meuse and the German border, carrying a battalion of the 14th Algerian Rifles regiment. Seated on a...
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PANZER KILLER - Vasiliy Krysov, a Soviet tank soldier in the Great Patriotic War

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PANZER KILLER — The gripping combat accounts of a Soviet tank soldier during the Great Patriotic War. - The war memoirs of Vasiliy Krysov, Soviet tank officer who fought at Stalingrad and Kursk, now available in French for the first time! The war memoirs of Vasiliy Krysov, a Soviet officer engaged in the titanic battles of Stalingrad and Kursk, in...
L'ECLAIREUR - "You don't choose to join the KGB, the KGB...
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L'ECLAIREUR - "You don't choose to join the KGB, the KGB chooses you."

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L'Éclaireur — From recruitment to training, the true and astonishing story of the only KGB spy to have infiltrated the ENA in order to penetrate the French administration "You don't choose to join the KGB, the KGB chooses you." When he entered the Institute of State International Relations (MGIMO) in Moscow at the age of seventeen, Sergei Jirnov was far...
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LE GÉNÉRAL CAILLAUD - Soldier of the Extraordinary

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Born in 1921, a graduate of Saint-Cyr in the infantry arm in 1942, Robert Caillaud belonged to that generation of fire which, after the defeat, restored the prestige of French arms and continued to serve them with distinction in the theatres of the Far East and Algeria. "Red Devil" in de Lattre's Army, he entered the Légion étrangère world in the...
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THE AXIS FORCES - Extraordinary Stories and Battles 1939-1945

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This gripping and compelling work presents numerous feats of arms by the Axis forces (Germany, Italy, Japan, Finland and others) that are often little known. It uncovers incredible and extraordinary stories, highlighting the military qualities of Axis elite troops fighting under difficult conditions, yet frequently carrying the day through their...
THE LAST FIRES OF THE ALGERIAN WAR
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THE LAST FIRES OF THE ALGERIAN WAR

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The twilight of French Algeria. This work covers the final months of "l'Empire" and answers many questions that have long remained open. Yes, even before the Évian Accords, contacts between the French State and the FLN took place against the OAS and the populations opposed to independence. Yes again, there was a joint engagement against the maquis of the...
COMBAT SKIES - Unpublished Testimonies from Fighter Pilots
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COMBAT SKIES - Unpublished Testimonies from Fighter Pilots

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Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq, Syria... Our combat pilots and navigators have been accumulating wartime missions for twenty-five years under the most unlikely latitudes. But while the geostrategic environment has changed considerably over the course of a generation, the fundamentals of these crews' lives have ultimately changed little, with the same key...
THE ACTION SERVICE IN GERMANY 1945 - Mission Croc and... THE ACTION SERVICE IN GERMANY 1945 - Mission Croc and... 2
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THE ACTION SERVICE IN GERMANY 1945 - Mission Croc and Commando A220

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In this work, the author takes us through an astonishing infiltration mission carried out by several teams of particularly daring French agents. The operation involved penetrating, in April 1945, under American bombing, a large German city plunged into chaos, in order to eliminate Nazi officials who were sustaining the spirit of resistance there. It was...
The Tragic History of the 371. Inf.-Div. during the... The Tragic History of the 371. Inf.-Div. during the... 2
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The Tragic History of the 371. Inf.-Div. during the Battle of Stalingrad

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Every day, Russian researchers carry out excavations to the west and south of Stalingrad — and occasionally within the city itself — searching for the missing soldiers of this gigantic battle, which cost the Soviets 1,700,000 dead and the Germans 1,000,000. They sometimes uncover remains and equipment from that period, and occasionally helmets, some of...
KHARKOV 1942
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KHARKOV 1942

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Champs de Bataille collection Vol. 1 "What happened in May 1942 in the steppe around Kharkov, in Ukraine? The Red Army launched an offensive that ended in enormous disaster. The Germans were once again the stronger force! But lessons would be learned, and this would prove to be the last great disaster for Stalin's troops. The work Kharkov 1942 describes,...
THE MUSSOLINI ENIGMA - The Man. His Challenges. His... THE MUSSOLINI ENIGMA - The Man. His Challenges. His... 2
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THE MUSSOLINI ENIGMA - The Man. His Challenges. His Downfall.

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Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique 2021; Prix du Nouveau Cercle de l'Union 2022; Le Point's list of the 30 books of the year 2021. "The" biography of Mussolini. A historical and literary event. "This book is neither a biography of Mussolini in the strict sense nor a history of Italian fascism, but the first attempt — and not only in France — to try to...
S.P.Q.R. A History of Ancient Rome
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S.P.Q.R. A History of Ancient Rome

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The definitive history of Rome, from its foundation to its fall, by a world-renowned specialist. How did what was once an insignificant village in central Italy become the seat of an empire dominating the Mediterranean? In this major work, Mary Beard recounts the emergence and then the fall of an unprecedented culture that shaped many of our fundamental...
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LORETTO, NOTRE-DAME-DE-LORETTE SEEN FROM THE GERMAN SIDE
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LORETTO, NOTRE-DAME-DE-LORETTE SEEN FROM THE GERMAN SIDE

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The battle of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette seen from the German side The terrible battle of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette seen from the German side. For the Germans as for the French, the fighting there reached an intensity rarely seen elsewhere on the front. It can be compared to that of Les Éparges, in the heights of the Meuse. The recapture of the hill, lost as early...
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Objective: Special Forces
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Objective: Special Forces

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Joining the special forces is the objective you will achieve if you follow Matt's programme with determination. After twenty years wearing the prestigious green beret, Matt wanted to write this guide for younger people who wish to follow in his footsteps. He sought to share his experience: to provide the keys to making that dream a reality. And to build a...
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B-17 KILLER - Memoirs of an Ace with 33 Victories
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B-17 KILLER - Memoirs of an Ace with 33 Victories

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Heinz Knoke enlisted in the Luftwaffe in 1939, driven by passion, a taste for adventure and a sense of duty. After a brief training period, he joined the day-fighter arm and flew the Messerschmitt Bf 109. He took part in the Battle of Britain, where he faced Spitfires, then in the war against the USSR, initially with great success. He escorted convoys in...
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DUELS UNDER THE STARS - Memoirs of a Nachtjagd Pilot
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DUELS UNDER THE STARS - Memoirs of a Nachtjagd Pilot

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LAST COPY BEFORE PERMANENT OUT OF STOCK Credited with 34 victories between 1940 and 1945, Hauptmann Wilhelm Johnen was no ordinary ace: he belonged to the very exclusive circle of Nachtjagd aces, the German night-fighter arm. Tasked with defending German airspace against Allied — primarily British — nocturnal bombing raids, these pilots led extraordinary...
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GAMELIN - The Tragedy of Ambition
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GAMELIN - The Tragedy of Ambition

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Gamelin, or the quintessence of military disaster. Maurice Gamelin (1872–1958) remains a figure indelibly associated with the crushing defeat of May 1940. It is worth looking beyond that commonplace and asking: how did this officer, regarded as one of the most brilliant of his generation, for whom everything had succeeded since his earliest youth and who...
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The CNR Programme — National Council of the Resistance
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The CNR Programme — National Council of the Resistance

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The Programme of the National Council of the Resistance was adopted, clandestinely and unanimously, on 15 March 1944 in occupied France. This programme "for France" remains highly relevant today by the force of its ideas. L'Esprit du Temps reissues this founding text with the preface by Stéphane Hessel, one of the signatories of the programme, written in...
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SECRET WARS: INTELLIGENCE AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS FROM THE...
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SECRET WARS: INTELLIGENCE AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS FROM THE GREAT WAR TO AFGHANISTAN

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Secret wars have always been an inescapable reality of armed conflict and constitute one of the most subtle and refined forms of military art. Away from public scrutiny, far from the media and observers, a silent, invisible yet very real war is being permanently waged. The men who wage it serve within highly specialised units, versed in so-called...
The Indochina War - Dictionary The Indochina War - Dictionary 2
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The Indochina War - Dictionary

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The Indochina War in dictionary form, by the leading French and foreign specialists The historiography of the Indochina War is enriched for the first time by a dictionary encompassing the essential themes of the conflict that, between 1945 and 1954, marked the beginning of decolonisation for the French Empire. Research carried out by some fifty civilian...
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THE LAST SQUARE - Fighters of Honour and Lost Soldiers...
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THE LAST SQUARE - Fighters of Honour and Lost Soldiers from Antiquity to the Present Day

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The spirit of sacrifice throughout history. " Merde! The Guard dies and does not surrender ". The famous retort, attributed to General Cambronne at Waterloo, illustrates contempt for death and authentic sacrifice: that which consists in voluntarily giving one's life for a man, a cause, an ideology, or a homeland. Contrary to what one might think, such...
Guerrilla Warfare in 1870 - Resistance and Terror
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Guerrilla Warfare in 1870 - Resistance and Terror

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After the French defeat at Sedan on 2 September 1870, and the fall of the Empire, France continued the war against the coalition of German states. Alongside and often outside the regular French armies, franc-tireurs fought the invader. Faced with an insurgency that intensified from October 1870 onwards, the Prussians and their allies devoted a quarter of...
PANZER KOMMANDEUR - At the heart of the Panzertruppen,...
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PANZER KOMMANDEUR - At the heart of the Panzertruppen, memoirs of Hans von Luck

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Panzer Kommandeur - The war memoirs of Hans von Luck, an officer who served in the most prestigious Panzer-Divisionen from 1939 to 1945, at last accessible in French! Having fought on every front — from the plains of northern France in 1940, through Russia in 1941, Libya and Egypt in 1942, Normandy and Alsace in 1944, and finally Germany in 1945 — von...
In the Storms of History - Memoirs of Colonel de La...
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In the Storms of History - Memoirs of Colonel de La Chapelle - From the Phoney War to...

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In April 1961, Colonel de La Chapelle commanded the famous 1er régiment étranger de cavalerie. Convinced that "there are things that simply are not done", he chose to commit his unit to the Algiers putsch. This courageous officer began his career at the age of 20 as a simple soldier. During the twenty-seven years in which he would serve France under arms,...
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Songs and Traditions of the Marine Infantry Songs and Traditions of the Marine Infantry 2
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Songs and Traditions of the Marine Infantry

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A superb volume gathering the Traditions of the Marine Infantry and all its songs: patriotic, traditional, regimental, marching, bivouac, mess and humour. In a very practical format with clear layout, pleasantly illustrated.
Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the... Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the... 2
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Italian Campaign 1943–1944 – Cassino–Rome–Siena, the clash of five armies

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The armies of five nations were present in Italy in 1943 — American, British, French, Polish and German — and their confrontation was one of the most brutal of the Second World War, both for the combatants and for the civilian population, who are never spoken of. Faced with the all-out resistance of the German forces on the Gustav Line south of Rome, the...
UNDER THE EMPEROR'S DICTATION
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UNDER THE EMPEROR'S DICTATION

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Two hundred years after his death, Napoleon remains very much alive in the memory of mankind. At Saint Helena, between 1815 and 1821, during the six years of his captivity, the emperor, who had filled the world with admiration and dread, took refuge in the past. He spent his days retracing the deeds and gestures of his military and political life,...
A UN Blue Helmet Among the Khmer Rouge – Journal of a...
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A UN Blue Helmet Among the Khmer Rouge – Journal of a Peacekeeping Soldier, Cambodia 1992

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On his first overseas mission, Captain Guillaume Ancel, aged 27, arrives in Cambodia in May 1992 — a country ravaged by twenty years of war. Alongside the soldiers of the UNTAC peacekeeping mission (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia), the task is to enforce the Paris Agreements, beginning with the disarmament of the factions. Easier said...
ACHTUNG PANZER! – HEINZ GUDERIAN, INVENTOR OF THE BLITZKRIEG
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ACHTUNG PANZER! – HEINZ GUDERIAN, INVENTOR OF THE BLITZKRIEG

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HEINZ GUDERIAN, INVENTOR OF THE BLITZKRIEG This book is not for every reader. This is neither a biography, nor the war memoirs of a celebrated soldier, still less a work recounting the adventures of combatants caught up in the thunder of battle. No, Achtung Panzer! is anything but that! It is a military essay — but no ordinary one: the very work that...
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THE SAMURAI ATTACK – How Japan Almost Won the War
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THE SAMURAI ATTACK – How Japan Almost Won the War

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In this compelling analysis, Simon Le Bouché revisits the first year of war waged by the Empire of the Rising Sun in the Asia-Pacific theatre, deciphering its war machine and strategies. All fronts and all operational theatres of the three arms (land, air, sea) are presented and explained, as are the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese forces as well...
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Par le sang versé - La Légion étrangère en Indochine
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Par le sang versé - La Légion étrangère en Indochine

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Their war lasted fifteen years, from the banks of the Rhine or the Oder in 1940 to the basin of Diên Biên Phu in 1954. French soldiers who had broken with Vichy or heroes of the Free French, soldiers of the Wehrmacht or from the eastern marches of Europe, a generation ground down by a world conflict, they carved out an adventure as one plays a final card....
The Odyssey of a Torpedoed Transport (1914–1917)
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The Odyssey of a Torpedoed Transport (1914–1917)

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20,000 Leagues Across the Seas — The Odyssey of a Torpedoed Transport presents itself as a collection of letters written between August 1914 and January 1917 by the first mate of the cargo ship Pamir to his closest friend, mobilised as a gunner aboard a battleship. Through these dispatches, we follow the ship's constant movements across the most varied of...
The British Soldier - The Forgotten Victor of the Second...
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The British Soldier - The Forgotten Victor of the Second World War

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The role of the British soldier in the defeat of Nazi Germany reassessed and given its rightful place. Benoît Rondeau exhaustively examines the particular characteristics of the soldier of the British Empire, the conditions in which he fought, how he was trained, commanded, equipped, cared for... He seeks to capture in its entirety the daily life of the...
THE BLACK ANGEL OF THE GESTAPO - Normandy 1942-1944
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THE BLACK ANGEL OF THE GESTAPO - Normandy 1942-1944

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Who exactly was this black angel of the Gestapo in Normandy? Marie-Clotilde de Combiens, a young woman of 22 in 1943, made a name for herself by becoming the mistress of the head of the Sipo-SD branch in Caen, Harald Heyns alias Bernard. Having found each other on a train between Paris and Cherbourg, Marie-Clotilde and Bernard would complement one...
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Julien Lenoir - Collaborator from Caen
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Julien Lenoir - Collaborator from Caen

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Historian Yves Lecouturier presents a new chapter in the story of collaboration in Normandy from 1940 to 1944: a portrait of one of the most significant figures of the collaboration in Caen, a city severely tried by the Battle of Normandy.
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The Restored Honour of General Partouneaux after the... The Restored Honour of General Partouneaux after the... 2
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The Restored Honour of General Partouneaux after the Berezina

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Or, The Affair of the 29th Bulletin of the Grande Armée It is precisely the desperate struggle of General Partouneaux's 12th Infantry Division and the 30th Cavalry Brigade under General Delaitre — attached to it just days before the crossing of the Berezina — that this work reconstructs in its entirety, drawing on the testimonies of those who fought it...
THE FIRST FRENCH ARMY - From Provence to Germany, 1944-1945
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THE FIRST FRENCH ARMY - From Provence to Germany, 1944-1945

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The definitive study of the army that liberated southern France. On 15 August 1944, the First French Army landed in Provence. Numbering some 300,000 soldiers in its ranks, it liberated, that summer, the major cities of southern France. It was subsequently sent into Germany, the Alps and northern Italy. This First French Army was commanded by General de...
Bonaparte's Men - The Conquest of Power, 1793–1800
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Bonaparte's Men - The Conquest of Power, 1793–1800

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On the road to power! This work focuses on the period during which Napoleon Bonaparte established himself among the principal protagonists of the Revolution before, ultimately, seizing power. The starting point is the appearance on the scene of a young artillery officer at the recapture of Toulon from the English in 1793; the end point is the victory of...
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History of Military Orders or of Knights - Book 4, From 1400 to 1700

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This History of Military Orders or of Knights, of secular and regular militias, male and female, written in 1721, is the work of several authors specialising in the antiquity of these Orders — such as Abbé Giustiniani, R. P. Bonanni, M. Herman, Shoonebek, etc. — authenticating: their origins, their foundations, their progress, their way of life, their...
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History of Military Orders and Knights - Book 3, From 1150 to 1400

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This History of Military Orders or Knights, secular and regular militias, male and female, written in 1721, is the work of several specialist authors on the antiquity of these Orders such as Abbé Giustiniani, R. P. Bonanni, M. Herman, Shoonebek, etc., authenticating: their origins, their foundations, their progress, their way of life, their decline, their...
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History of Military Orders and Knights - Book 2, From 700 to 1150

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This History of Military Orders or Knights, secular and regular militias, male and female, written in 1721, is the work of several specialist authors on the antiquity of these Orders such as Abbé Giustiniani, R. P. Bonanni, M. Herman, Shoonebek, etc., authenticating: their origins, their foundations, their progress, their way of life, their decline, their...
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History of Military Orders and Knights - Book 1, From 400 to 700

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This History of Military Orders or Knights, secular and regular militias, male and female, written in 1721, is the work of several specialist authors on the antiquity of these Orders such as Abbé Giustiniani, R. P. Bonanni, M. Herman, Shoonebek, etc., authenticating: their origins, their foundations, their progress, their way of life, their decline, their...
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DECIMA MAS - THE LEGENDARY UNIT OF PRINCE BORGHESE
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DECIMA MAS - THE LEGENDARY UNIT OF PRINCE BORGHESE

L20210085
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This book tells the story of an Italian Navy unit that carried out extraordinary military operations during the Second World War. With limited resources, under the command of Prince Junio Valerio Borghese, a handful of highly trained men deployed fearsome weapons that kept the Allied high command on edge until the final days of the war. Those who would be...
The Maginot Line - Design, Construction, Fate
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The Maginot Line - Design, Construction, Fate

L20210071
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The Maginot Line is the third French fortified system. While its construction is explained by the prevailing context of the interwar period, it is also explained by a centuries-old pattern of behaviour aimed at securing French borders.
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THE MERCENARIES' REVOLT. CONGO 1965-1968

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More than fifty years after Joseph-Désiré Mobutu's rise to power in the Congo, it is time to take a clear-eyed look at that era and to try to understand the role of each party — and especially of the mercenaries — in this page of history of which only the scattered ashes of memory will remain. Drawing on their lived experiences and official documents, the...
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Torpedoes

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In this work, Eugène Hennebert, a retired lieutenant-colonel of the Engineers, traces the history of torpedoes from antiquity — including certain forms of Greek fire — through to his own era, with the first torpedo boats and submarines. With the aid of numerous illustrations, he describes the various models invented, the means of deploying them and the...
"You Are My Soldiers" — The Aquitanians of Napoleon III
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"You Are My Soldiers" — The Aquitanians of Napoleon III

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It was thus that the future Napoleon III concluded his "discours de Bordeaux" on 9 October 1852. And these "soldiers" upon whom he would rely were the architects of the political, social and economic transformation of France. Among them, many Aquitanians — whether politicians such as the Bordelais Mocquard, the Périgourdin Pierre Magne or the Pyrénéen...
INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION — From the "Phoney War" to...
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INTELLIGENCE AND ACTION — From the "Phoney War" to Special Operations: 80 Years of...

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This work is a plea for intelligence and a tribute to those who practise it. The analysis of the past, from the "drôle de guerre" of 1940 onwards, allows us to trace the evolution of this discipline leading to the current Direction du renseignement militaire — through multiple experiences on various theatres: the Gulf, Chad, the Balkans, Cambodia and...
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Gaulish Religions
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Gaulish Religions

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Druids lost in deep forests, orgiastic feasts, shields and trophies, magic, human sacrifices… The clichés about Gaulish religion die hard. But what was the religion of our mythical "ancestors" really like? What was this religion without a prophet, without rules, without writings or history to present? These questions read like a challenge: we have only a...
Memoirs of a Poilu of the 15-2 - Hartmannswillerkopf...
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Memoirs of a Poilu of the 15-2 - Hartmannswillerkopf 1915–1916

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The Hartmannswillerkopf is a major site of the Great War. This vantage point, whose slopes drop down into the Alsace plain, was in 1915 the scene of bitter fighting between French and German forces. Its bloody memory haunted the survivors. Among the French units engaged at the Hartmann, the 152nd Infantry Regiment distinguished itself by the sacrifices it...
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STALIN'S MARSHALS

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The French know the twenty-six marshals of Napoleon. But what do they know of the seventeen elevated by Stalin? Yet it is to them that we owe the creation of the Red Army and its formidable victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Some rank among the greatest commanders of the last century: Tukhachevsky, Shaposhnikov, Zhukov, Vasilevsky, Konev,...
The Other War of Independence - 1812, History of the...
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The Other War of Independence - 1812, History of the Second American War of Independence

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In 1812, as Napoleon's Grande Armée enters Russian territory, another war ignites in North America. It pits the United States of America against their former metropolis, England. Hostilities begin with an American invasion of the British province of Upper Canada. The British response, allied with the Indians, is crushing. Land battles continue around the...
The Red Devil, Ace Georges-Félix Madon 1892–1924
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The Red Devil, Ace Georges-Félix Madon 1892–1924

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Georges-Félix Madon is the fourth-highest ace of the Great War by number of confirmed victories. The red colour of his aircraft and his reputation earned him the nickname "the Red Devil" from the Germans. A corporal-pilot in August 1914, he was a captain and squadron leader at the Armistice, bearing a Croix de Guerre with 17 palms and 3 stars for his 41...
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Honour, Not Honours - Memoirs, Volume 2, The Captains'...
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Honour, Not Honours - Memoirs, Volume 2, The Captains' Soviet

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In the first volume of his Memoirs, Pierre Montagnon recounted his war in Algeria, from November 1954 to 1961, in the ranks of the Legion's paratroopers. Returned to civilian life after 22 April 1961, he did not give up. Having clandestinely returned to Algiers to face the inevitable independence, he joined the team that would be named the "Soviet des...
Naval History of the Second World War
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Naval History of the Second World War

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Co-edition Perrin / Ministère des Armées Hundreds of thousands of works have been written on the Second World War, in dozens of languages. Many of them do indeed address the maritime dimensions of the conflict, the role played by the Royal Navy, the Kriegsmarine and the United States Navy, the role of the various naval forces on a given theatre of...
Charles Martel
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Charles Martel

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The victory over the Arabs at Poitiers in 732: this is about all that remains of Charles Martel in the collective memory. A mere skirmish, or a clash of civilisations that saved Europe from Islamisation? The significance of this famous battle has seen renewed interest in the current context and is the subject of vigorous debate. However, one would be...
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Targeted Killings - A Critique of Armed Liberalism
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Targeted Killings - A Critique of Armed Liberalism

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How is war waged in the 21st century? Primarily by drones, by eliminating the enemy before he can cause harm. In Yemen, Afghanistan, Palestine or Pakistan, these operations known as "targeted killings " take place out of sight. Initially widely condemned in Europe and across the Atlantic, these practices became normalised from the 2000s onwards in the...
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Summer 1870 - The War as Told by the Soldiers
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Summer 1870 - The War as Told by the Soldiers

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On 19 July 1870, Napoleon III fell into Bismarck's trap and declared war on Prussia. In a state of exaltation, seasoned soldiers and young recruits alike headed towards the eastern frontiers. No one could then imagine the catastrophe awaiting France. Defeated on its own territory, the country would lose Alsace and northern Lorraine before settling into a...
The French and the War of 1870
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The French and the War of 1870

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In July 2020, the country commemorated the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the War of 1870, which from 18 July 1870 to 28 January 1871 pitted France against a German coalition led by Bismarck's Prussia. Declared for a reason rooted in the Ancien Régime, this conflict is characterised militarily by extremely bloody battles that foreshadow those of the...
Memoirs of General Dietrich von Choltitz
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Memoirs of General Dietrich von Choltitz

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For our contemporaries, Dietrich Von Choltitz has the features of Niels Arestrup, who portrayed him masterfully in Volker Schlöndorff's film "Diplomatie", staging his fateful face-to-face with Swedish consul Raoul Nordling, played by André Dussollier. At the conclusion of their discussions, the military commander of Paris agrees not to carry out Hitler's...
From Antwerp to Dunkirk - 1940 War Memoirs
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From Antwerp to Dunkirk - 1940 War Memoirs

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This book traces the war of an ordinary soldier. In a sober style, Lucien Richard, a corporal conscripted into the 121st RI, gives a day-by-day account of the episodes of his campaign against Germany in 1940. Setting off like his comrades — confident and determined — to aid Holland, he is forced to face the reality: aircraft and tanks give the Germans an...
GALLIPOLI - THE FLIGHT OF THE GIANTS
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GALLIPOLI - THE FLIGHT OF THE GIANTS

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Gallipoli, the Dardanelles — these names, almost forgotten from our history books, nevertheless mark one of the bloodiest battles in which the French Army took part during the First World War. This military campaign, contested from its very conception by the political world and decried by the general staffs, had been conceived by a single man: Winston...
Flight Through the Air in the Middle Ages - A Historical...
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Flight Through the Air in the Middle Ages - A Historical Essay on a Scientific Utopia

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In medieval sources, human flight is rarely addressed directly: the catastrophic attempt by English monk Eilmer of Malmesbury, the flying machine dreamed up by Roger Bacon, or the vessel floating above the air imagined by Albert of Saxony and Nicole Oresme stand as celebrated exceptions. Yet the question of flight was a genuine intellectual challenge for...
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Hubert Germain - Mémoires d'un Compagnon de la Libération - Espérer pour la France Hubert Germain - Mémoires d'un Compagnon de la Libération - Espérer pour la France 2
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Hubert Germain - Memoirs of a Compagnon de la Libération - Hoping for France

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Hubert Germain is the last Compagnon de la Libération. He shares his testimony in this work. PRIX DE L'ARMEE DE TERRE ERWAN BERGOT 2020 "I am going to need you", General de Gaulle said simply to the young Hubert Germain when he arrived in England in June 1940, among the first Free French. Hubert Germain was 19 years old, would become a Knight of the...
La Lune est Claire – The French Foreign Legion in Combat...
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La Lune est Claire – The French Foreign Legion in Combat 2008–2018

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Nine officers of the French Foreign Legion have taken up the pen to recount the last decade of combat of this legendary unit. For the first time, the reader accompanies the men in their white képis in Afghanistan, French Guiana, the Central African Republic, and Mali. "Monsieur légionnaire" was everywhere France decided to fight. From training to the most...
WHEN THE ALLIES BOMBED FRANCE 1940–1945
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WHEN THE ALLIES BOMBED FRANCE 1940–1945

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Quand les Alliés bombardaient la France sets out to explain the reasons for the raids, to describe their preparation, their execution — sometimes seen from the air, sometimes from the ground — and their results relative to objectives. Numerous first-hand accounts and a taste for precision take us inside both the cockpit of a bomber and the streets and...
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ERNIE PYLE Summer 1944 - An American War Correspondent in... ERNIE PYLE Summer 1944 - An American War Correspondent in... 2
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ERNIE PYLE Summer 1944 - An American War Correspondent in Normandy

L20200240
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A war correspondent in Normandy. When he lands in Normandy on 7 June 1944, Ernie Pyle is the finest (Pulitzer Prize) and most popular of American war correspondents. Pyle owes this popularity to his ability to recount, simply and with great empathy, the stories of ordinary soldiers. During the summer of 1944, he follows the American troops from Omaha...
The Vikings – History & Tales
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The Vikings – History & Tales

L20200233
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The great episodes of Viking history, from Erik the Red to Harald Fairhair, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, are retraced in documented accounts. From the lively pen of Jean Mabire, here is the fabulous history of the Vikings, kings of the seas, superbly told. Gathered here are the exploits of Erik the Red, Harald Bluetooth, Harald Fairhair and...
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The Marshall Plan – At the Dawn of the Cold War
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The Marshall Plan – At the Dawn of the Cold War

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€25.50
"The Marshall Plan" is a pertinent and remarkably well-written work of diplomatic and economic history. Leaders and experts from around the world keep calling for a new "Marshall Plan", but how many truly understand what that plan was about, how it was created and how it was carried out? This book will open eyes and minds". Alan Greenspan, former...
Dispatches from Vietnam
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Vietnam Dispatches

L20200231
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Vietnam Dispatches brings together John Steinbeck's final series of war reportages. Previously unpublished in France, this work gathers the chronicles written from 1966 for Newsday magazine by the man who received the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. John Steinbeck, aged 64, is already an ailing...
The Companions of the Liberation in Brittany
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The Companions of the Liberation in Brittany

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€17.06
Portraits of nearly one hundred men named Companions of the Liberation, across the five départements of historic Brittany. It is the most prestigious title of the Ordre de la Libération, created by General De Gaulle during the era of Free France, in exile in London. Completed after the war, it is a definitive list of 1,038 individuals, 5 French communes...
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The German Failure on the Marne 30 May–13 June 1918
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The German Failure on the Marne 30 May–13 June 1918

L20200206
€18.96
This book is the translation of the work entitled Growing Difficulties 1918 – Futile Struggle in Front of Compiègne, Villers-Cotterêts and Reims, volume 33 of the series « Die Schlachten des Weltkrieges », published by the Reichsarchiv in 1930. No French translation of this book has ever been published, even though it had been translated after the war by...
In Search of the Lost Manuscripts of Chevalier Allent...
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In Search of the Lost Manuscripts of Chevalier Allent 1772–1837

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In 1805, Chevalier Allent published, at the request of General Marescot, a Histoire du corps impérial du génie, intended as a first part covering origins through the end of the reign of Louis XIV, and calling for a continuation. In 1806, he appended to the état du corps impérial du génie a Précis de l'histoire des arts et instructions militaires in...
A Combat Engineer with Patton's Army
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A Combat Engineer with Patton's Army

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€33.18
The Fight Across Europe with the 80th "Blue Ridge" Division in World War II The untold story of Frank Lembo, one of Patton's men offering the rare perspective of what day-to-day warfare at the ground-level looked like in the European Theater through the eyes of one of the men spearheading the advance.
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THE ROADS TO DIÊN BIÊN PHU – The True Story of 6 Men in...
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THE ROADS TO DIÊN BIÊN PHU – The True Story of 6 Men in Indochina

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€21.80
Six men, six destinies sacrificed in the machinery of war… In August 1944, at the Liberation of Paris, Jean-Louis Rondy enlists in the 2e DB. A few days later, Jean Guêtre lands in Provence as part of a shock troop unit. Pierre Latanne still remembers the arrest of his father by the Gestapo a year earlier and takes heart in the knowledge that his father...
GIGN: CONFESSIONS OF AN OPS
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GIGN: CONFESSIONS OF AN OPS

L20200152
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Philippe B. should never have found himself in the position that was so often his over the past fifteen years: at the head of a GIGN assault column! Raised the hard way, his aptitude for martial arts brought him very early to the edge of ultra-violence and delinquency. Yet, ever since he watched live on television the famous GIGN assault on an Airbus at...
KGB - The True History of the Soviet Secret Services
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KGB - The True History of the Soviet Secret Services

L20200146
€21.80
Dive into the heart of the most fascinating of secret services: the KGB. Thirty years have passed since the USSR collapsed in December 1991. Since that date, archives have opened in Moscow, personal testimonies have multiplied, and revelations have followed one upon another. In particular concerning the most secretive pillar of the Soviet system: the KGB.
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 1796-1797 - From Nice to Leoben, an...
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ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 1796-1797 - From Nice to Leoben, an autopsy of Napoleon's first campaign

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The virtuosity of a general with no real experience of war — that is above all what one remembers of the Italian Campaign. Indeed, Bonaparte's genius was to astonish the world and, two centuries later, still arouses the same fascination. Who could fail to marvel at this young general who, through the application of new military principles he had pondered...
TILSIT IN 1807 – WAS IT THE COLD THAT DESTROYED THE...
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TILSIT IN 1807 – WAS IT THE COLD THAT DESTROYED THE FRENCH ARMY IN 1812?

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Translated into French for the first time, the previously unpublished account of the meeting on the Niemen between Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon, and of the fraternisation celebrations between Russian and French soldiers, by a Russian officer present on the scene. In the second part, an essay by that same witness, Denis Davydov, who, some years after...
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SECRET AGENTS PARACHUTED INTO EUROPE 1940–1955 SECRET AGENTS PARACHUTED INTO EUROPE 1940–1955 2
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SECRET AGENTS PARACHUTED INTO EUROPE 1940–1955

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€22.75
Only a part of the history of secret agents parachuted into Europe during World War II is known today — that of the clandestine agents of the SOE, the BCRA or the Abwehr. Drawing on destinies that have remained in the shadows until now, Gaston Erlom recounts a few successes and several tragedies of this struggle. But most of the parachute drops into...
RED DEATH – The War Memoirs of a Stalin's Sniper
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RED DEATH - The War Memoirs of a Stalin Sniper

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The war memoirs of Lioudmila Pavlichenko, Soviet female sniper — By Lioudmila Pavlichenko With 309 "kills" to her name, Lioudmila Pavlichenko is the most decorated Soviet female sniper of World War II. From her youth, through her enlistment in the Red Army, to the fascinating details of her missions and the role played by Kremlin propaganda in the...
IN THE SERVICE OF FRANCE – The Journey of an Intelligence Officer
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IN THE SERVICE OF FRANCE – The Journey of a Shadow Officer

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€18.01
This book is an adventure novel inspired by memories of true stories in some cases, and often lived experiences in others… The locations, countries, identities and course of these missions are not all real, or are often only partly so, in order to distance them in time and space. The author noting that it could not have been otherwise, so as not to risk...
THE CUNNING WINS! – An Anthology of Wartime Deception THE CUNNING WINS! – An Anthology of Wartime Deception 2
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THE CUNNING WINS! - An Anthology of Military Deception

L20200118
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What does military deception consist of? Is it indispensable for victory, as Sun Tzu claims, or merely incidental, as Clausewitz suggests? How has it been used throughout the centuries? What is the situation today? With what results? Does one have the right to deceive one's adversary in all circumstances and by all means? Are there rules, a doctrine? Does...
DE GAULLE IN HELMET – A New Approach to the Drama
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DE GAULLE UNDER FIRE – A New Approach to the Drama

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A gripping account of a brief but violent period in the life of General de Gaulle who, from 28 May to 5 June 1940, resisted the Germans on the Somme at the head of five hundred tanks.
ALSATIAN PRIESTS CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE REMEMBER
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ALSATIAN PRIESTS CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE REMEMBER

L20200113
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AROUND TEN PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNTS BRING BACK TO LIFE THE FATE OF YOUNG ALSATIANS DESTINED FOR THE PRIESTHOOD, IN AN ANNEXED ALSACE-MOSELLE, CONSCRIPTED BY FORCE FROM AUGUST 1942 INTO THE GERMAN ARMY.
The Strange Capture, May 1940 – Unpublished Notebooks of...
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The Strange Capture, May 1940 – Unpublished Notebooks of a 1st Army Staff Officer

L20200108
€16.02
"That evening, a coded telegram was received from Grand Headquarters, the content of which was as follows: 'Commander Fauvelle has set out your situation to me and to Mr Paul Reynaud. I do not underestimate your difficulties. I am counting on you to save everything that can possibly be saved, in honour of the colours in your keeping.' For anyone who can...
History of the French Navy: From its Origins to the End...
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History of the French Navy: From its Origins to the End of the 19th Century

L20200105
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While works on the two most recent world wars abound and every aspect has been covered in exhaustive detail, it seemed important to us to republish Alfred Donéaud's work, which — without prejudging the considerable developments of the late 19th and 20th centuries — recounts with simplicity and precision the History of the French Navy from its origins to...
THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY
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THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY

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The elimination of collaborators by the Resistance, outside any judicial framework, between 1943 and 1946 in Normandy Spread over three years, from 1943 to 1946, the so-called wild purge claimed around a hundred victims in Normandy. This figure must be set against the legal purge carried out between 1944 and 1947: 39 individuals were shot after being...
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RWANDA, THE END OF SILENCE - Testimony of a French Officer
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RWANDA, THE END OF SILENCE - Testimony of a French Officer

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Preface by: Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau Against the heavy secret surrounding France's true role and that of its army during the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda, Guillaume Ancel sets the truth of his field notebooks — a testimony to the missions in which he took part during Operation Turquoise. The end of silence is also the account of the struggle waged by...
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PACIFICATION IN ALGERIA
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PACIFICATION IN ALGERIA

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€11.33 €22.65
« I left Hong Kong in February 1956 (…) I was tired of the intelligence world, I had missed the war in Indochina, I thought I knew enough about insurgencies and I wanted to test some of my theories. » In Pacification en Algérie, a work previously unpublished in France, Lieutenant Colonel David Galula, a leading theorist elevated to the rank of "Clausewitz...
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1940 - TRUTHS AND LEGENDS
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1940 - TRUTHS AND LEGENDS

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€12.32
The defeat of 1940: how did it come to this? On 13 May 1940, three days after the start of the German offensive, the lines of the French army were breached. On 17 June, Pétain called for a cessation of fighting. On 22 June, the armistice was signed in the forest of Compiègne. On 10 July, deputies and senators voted full powers to the Marshal. In two...
THE NATZWEILER-STRUTHOF CAMP
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THE NATZWEILER-STRUTHOF CAMP

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Between 1941 and 1945, Alsace, annexed to the Third Reich, saw the establishment of one of the deadliest concentration camps of the Second World War: KL-Natzweiler. Of the 52,000 individuals who passed through it, more than 20,000 never returned, victims of terrifying detention conditions, devastating scientific experiments and merciless "death marches"....
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THE DRAMA OF 1940 - General André Beaufre
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THE DRAMA OF 1940 - General André Beaufre

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« The wind of History, when it rises, overpowers the will of men, but it is for men to foresee these storms, to contain them, and even, at the limit, to know how to harness them. » A member of the Grand Quartier général at the time of the Wehrmacht's invasion of France, General André Beaufre was the powerless witness to a collapse without precedent in...
THE SOLDIERS OF 1940. A SACRIFICED GENERATION
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THE SOLDIERS OF 1940. A SACRIFICED GENERATION

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The history of the « phoney war », which mobilised five million French soldiers from 1939 to the defeat of June 1940, has long been reduced, in our national memory, to the Fernandel of La vache et le prisonnier or the adventures of La Septième compagnie. Eighty years after that « strange defeat », the heroes of Dunkirk or of the Maginot Line — prisoners...
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I WAS HITLER'S PILOT - Hans Baur
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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.
RUDOLF HESS The Last Enigma of the Third Reich
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RUDOLF HESS The Last Enigma of the Third Reich

L20200052
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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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13 HOURS
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13 HOURS

L20200191
€19.91
Account of the events that unfolded on the night of November 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya, during the terrorist attack on a US diplomatic building and a nearby CIA base. For thirteen hours, six former US special forces soldiers repelled the terrorists assault after assault, until the American government decided to intervene.
THE MASTER AT ARMS
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THE MASTER AT ARMS

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A special forces operator within the Navy SEALs, B. Webb was among the first sent to Afghanistan following 9/11. His missions included exploring Tora Bora, that remarkable network of caves in the Safed Koh mountains, a true stronghold of the most fanatical Taliban. This book retraces his missions and covers the training of soldiers.
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SPECIAL FORCES
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SPECIAL FORCES

L20200189
€33.08
Published to coincide with the release of the film starring D. Kruger, B. Magimel and D. Hounsou among others, this album revisits the story of the shoot. Interviews with the production team, the military advisors who collaborated on its making, and the actors who immersed themselves in the world of special forces are included.
THE SCORPIONS OF SPIN BOLDAK
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THE SCORPIONS OF SPIN BOLDAK

L20200188
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The author traces the operational history of a Special Operations Command unit. From 1993, the men of CPA 10 (Commando Parachutiste de l'Air No. 10) developed their skills to become specialists in their field, capable of conducting raids and unleashing devastating air strikes (Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, etc.).
THE BIRTH OF A PILOT
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THE BIRTH OF A PILOT

L20200187
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The fighter pilot retraces his eight years of training, from his admission to the Pupilles de l'Air school in 1990 to the award of his wings.
A LEGIONNAIRE'S LIFE
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A LEGIONNAIRE'S LIFE

L20200186
€19.91
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.
THE SOUL OF A WARRIOR
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THE SOUL OF A WARRIOR

L20200185
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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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THE ONE WHO ESCAPED
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THE ONE WHO ESCAPED

L20200184
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In January 1991, during the first Gulf War, a commando of eight men from the British Special Air Service is inserted behind Iraqi lines. The author will be the only one to come out free and alive, surviving 8 days and 7 nights in the desert without water or food. He also recounts his time in the Army as a sniper.
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FOR THE GLORY OF THE PENNANT
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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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THE VIOLENCE OF ACTION
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THE VIOLENCE OF ACTION

L20200182
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Afghanistan, 2009. U.S. Army Sergeant Clinton Romesha and his men begin dismantling Combat Outpost Keating — isolated, barely accessible, difficult to defend and the target of incessant attacks. On 3 October, 300 heavily armed Taliban launch an assault on the outpost, defended by fifty lightly entrenched soldiers. The fighting lasts nearly fourteen hours.
THE CHILDREN OF LOYADA
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THE CHILDREN OF LOYADA

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1976: the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas is gripped by independence unrest. On 3 February, a school bus from the French air base, carrying children on board, is taken hostage and comes to a stop at the Loyada border post. An elite unit still unknown to the public, the GIGN, is dispatched to the scene. After thirty hours of tension, a rescue...
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GIGN - WE WERE THE FIRST
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GIGN - WE WERE THE FIRST

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The history of the first ten years of this elite gendarmerie unit, created in 1973 to combat hostage-taking and respond to the most extreme situations, told by C. Prouteau, the founder of the GIGN.
THE TIP OF THE DIAMOND
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THE DIAMOND'S EDGE

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The author, a Rafale Marine pilot, recounts his airstrike missions over Libya in 2011, following the UN Security Council's vote to establish a no-fly zone. Beyond conveying the electrifying atmosphere in his cockpit, he also gives an account of life aboard the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, with its 2,000 crew members.
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THE OPERATOR
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THE OPERATOR

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The author recounts his twenty years of service in the most secretive special forces unit of the Navy SEALs. He took part notably in the rescue of Marcus Luttrell, the liberation of Captain Richard Phillips, and the assault on Osama bin Laden's compound — whom he killed with three shots.
THE INDOCHINA WAR AS SEEN BY THE CIA
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THE INDOCHINA WAR AS SEEN BY THE CIA

L20200177
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A rediscovery of the Indochina War through CIA archives, in which French officers and politicians confide their fears and hopes to the American embassy.
SEVEN TROOP
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SEVEN TROOP

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An autobiographical account tracing the author's journey from his integration into one of the squadrons of the SAS (Special Air Service) in 1983 to his return to civilian life ten years later. During this period, strong bonds formed between the soldiers, bearing witness to their humanity and their brotherhood of arms in situations that pushed them to...
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MARIUS - COMMANDO COURSE
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MARIUS - COMMANDO COURSE

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Placed in state care as a child, Alain A. abandons his studies once an adult and sets out to make a name for himself in the Marseille underworld, accumulating offences. A chance encounter changes everything. He joins the naval infantry school in Lorient and goes on to become a legend within the French Special Forces.
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AN UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIOR
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AN UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIOR

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The author recounts his enlistment as a seaman in the US Navy as a signalman, his discovery of the SEALs, the Navy's special forces, and his determination to join one of the two existing teams. Deployed twice to Vietnam and subsequently appointed military adviser to Cambodia, he is later given the mission of creating a new exceptional special unit: SEAL...
APACHE
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APACHE

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The memoirs of a British Apache helicopter pilot, from the gruelling training programme to the brutal fighting in Afghanistan.
THE SURVIVOR
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THE SURVIVOR

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In June 2005, a Navy SEALs team is inserted into the heart of Afghanistan's Kunar province with the mission of capturing or neutralising an entrenched Taliban commander: this is Operation Redwing. The team falls into an ambush and, despite reinforcements, nineteen Americans are found dead. M. Luttrell, wounded during the fighting, is the sole survivor of...
RETURN TO COMBAT
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BACK TO COMBAT

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In June 2005, M. Luttrell is the sole survivor of Operation Redwing. Repatriated to the United States for medical treatment, his only motivation is to return to combat. In October 2006, he is sent to Iraq to fight in the city of Ramadi, where insurgents reign by terror. Witnessing the deaths of several of his comrades, he recounts his experience of urban...
AMERICAN SNIPER
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AMERICAN SNIPER

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Autobiography of sniper Chris Kyle, a former member of the United States Navy special forces, the Navy SEALs, deployed notably in Iraq. He holds the record for the most confirmed kills in American military history. Adapted for the screen by Clint Eastwood (2015).
FIRE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN
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FIRE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN

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A JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller) sergeant gives a first-hand account of the daily reality faced in Afghanistan by this British Army elite. Deployed on the ground in direct contact with the enemy, these men direct air strikes from the battlefield, enabling pilots to engage the enemy with precision and avoid friendly fire.
HIGHWAY TO HELL
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HIGHWAY TO HELL

L20200168
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50,000 mercenaries have been deployed in Iraq since the announcement of the end of hostilities in May 2003. This multinational army, comprising more than twenty nationalities, is made up of men who hire out their services and provide protection in particular for businessmen, engineers, surveyors, politicians and journalists. A first-hand account.
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THE FIRST WINGS OF ISRAEL
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THE FIRST WINGS OF ISRAEL

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In May 1948, the Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi and Transjordanian armies launched an assault on the newly proclaimed State of Israel. Subject to a strict arms embargo, without allies and without a regular army, the country held out thanks to fighter and transport aircraft purchased clandestinely from 1947 onwards and the secret recruitment of veteran pilots...
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ON THE FRONT LINE
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FIRST INTO ACTION

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A first-hand account from the inside by the youngest recruit ever to join the Special Boat Service, one of the most formidable units of the British special forces.
FROM ONE WAR TO ANOTHER
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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.
RESCUE DAWN
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RESCUE DAWN

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Dieter Dengler joined the U.S. Air Force in 1958 and was assigned in 1965 to the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, from which he flew missions over North Vietnam. In February 1966, his aircraft was shot down and he was taken prisoner by Communist Pathet Lao militiamen, who subjected him to torture and humiliation. An account later adapted for the screen by...
LEGIONNAIRES PORTRAITS
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LEGIONNAIRES: PORTRAITS

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Portraits of Foreign Legion members at different stages of their careers, in France, Djibouti and French Guiana.
A PRINCE IN THE STORM
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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...
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
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FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

L20200161
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February 1945, Iwo Jima in the Pacific. Six American soldiers raise their flag atop Mount Suribachi. The photograph of this event, which marked American society forever, is the starting point of the author's account — the son of one of those men — of one of the most dramatic human epics of the Second World War. Adapted for the screen by Clint Eastwood in...
THE MISSION, THE MEN AND ME
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THE MISSION, THE MEN AND ME

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A senior Delta Force officer, the author recounts the involvement of this elite American unit in Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda, as well as other missions in which he participated. He highlights operational shortcomings and sets out his command principles, founded on mutual understanding between those who give and those who receive orders.
THE BET ON THE IMPOSSIBLE
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THE BET ON THE IMPOSSIBLE

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A former commander of the Patrouille de France between 2014 and 2015, the aviator delivers the story of his career and his experience as a fighter pilot.
GIGN: A TIME FOR SECRETS
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GIGN: A TIME FOR SECRETS

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The testimony of a gendarme who served in the Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale from 1986 to 1997. M. Bernard offers a behind-the-scenes account of the GIGN, revealing a world of camaraderie in which spectacular operations follow one another without respite, and where courage, self-sacrifice and respect for human life are the fundamental...
FALLUJAH
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FALLUJAH

L20200157
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During the night of 6 to 7 November 2004, American and Iraqi forces launched their assault on the Sunni Baathist stronghold of Fallujah, a city located some sixty kilometres from Baghdad. Inside the city, only fighters remained. The men of Staff Sergeant Bellavia's infantry section moved in to take the ground. The fighting would last three weeks. He...
TO RAQQA - With the Kurds Against Daesh
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ALL THE WAY TO RAQQA – With the Kurds against Daesh

L20200050
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André Hébert is the pseudonym of a young Frenchman who left to fight for fifteen months against the Islamic State alongside the Kurds of Syria. In Jusqu'à Raqqa, the site of the last battle he fought with his comrades of the YPG, "the People's Protection Units", in the jihadists' capital, he delivers the first and essential first-hand account of this...
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My Exodus of June 1940 – Le Havre, Trouville, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët
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My Exodus of June 1940 – Le Havre, Trouville, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët

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Gérard Régnier recounts his exodus of June 1940 as a historian, placing it precisely within a period that, with hindsight, appears as the darkest in our national history: the "dark years." He meticulously describes the international situation during the 1930s, the retreat of the French and British Allies in the face of Hitler's provocations and his "bluff...
BROTHERS IN ARMS – Pacific War
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BROTHERS IN ARMS – Pacific War

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"At last translated into English, this soberly written book lays bare the daily reality of the soldiers without embellishment." (Le Figaro Magazine) A reference document for historians, this exceptional account was also the primary source of inspiration for the series The Pacific, produced for HBO by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. (Télérama)
STREET WITHOUT JOY – Indochina 1946-1962
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STREET WITHOUT JOY – Indochina 1946–1962

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"A scalpel-sharp analysis of the Indochina War." (Le Point) "Bernard Fall was one of the finest analysts of the conflict, in his own way: part reporter, part researcher." (Le Figaro littéraire) "Undoubtedly the most brilliant history of the agony of French Vietnam." (Le Canard enchaîné)
BOMBS AWAY – Story of a Bomber Crew
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BOMBS AWAY – Story of a Bomber Crew

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"Steinbeck as you have never read him before." (Le Figaro magazine) "A breathless and… explosive editorial bombshell." (Historia)
Jean Pisapia – 20 Years of a Passion Collection Jean Pisapia – 20 Years of a Passion Collection 2
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Jean Pisapia - 20 Years of Passionate Collecting

L20190194
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Jean Pisapia has been a collector of military vehicles and equipment since the 1970s/80s. Founding member of numerous associations such as the MVCG and l'ACPHT (Locomotion en Fête), he shares here his 20 years in the service of collecting through vivid stories and colourful anecdotes. 
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THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK - 26 May – 3 June 1940
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THE AIR BATTLE OF DUNKIRK — 26 May – 3 June 1940

L20190166
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"Where is the RAF?" This question was the leitmotif of the troops encircled in the Dunkirk pocket and awaiting re-embarkation, as they were subjected to the relentless air raids of the Luftwaffe.
ALEXANDER'S CENTURIONS ALEXANDER'S CENTURIONS 2
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ALEXANDER'S CENTURIONS

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Les Centurions d'Alexandre. Field diary of the armed wing of the French secret services. 1975–1981, by Patrick Manificat.
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VERNON Bridgehead 1944 - LA ROCHE GUYON Kommandantur VERNON Bridgehead 1944 - LA ROCHE GUYON Kommandantur 2
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VERNON Bridgehead 1944 - LA ROCHE GUYON Kommandantur

L20190019
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Before addressing the Liberation battle with the Vernon Bridgehead, we will see how this region was occupied. The entry into the Resistance of patriots, faced with an occupation that intensified with the establishment of Field Marshal Rommel's headquarters at La Roche Guyon.
Bernard Jardin - Norman Gestapo Agent - 1943-1944
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Bernard Jardin - Norman Gestapo Agent - 1943-1944

L20190011
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Facing the firing squad that was to shoot him on 17 August 1946 at 7:05 a.m. in Alençon, Bernard Jardin, very pale, spoke his last words in a rather faint voice: "Long live National Socialism", then, before the bullets flew, he added "And long live France all the same."
History of the 1st Polish Armoured Division - 1939-1945: The Phoenix Odyssey
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History of the 1st Polish Armoured Division - 1939-1945: The Phoenix Odyssey

L20190010
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On the morning of 1 September 1939, 4,000 men set out to face German forces south of Kraków. They came from the 10th Cavalry Brigade, the only large motorised unit in the Polish army, and unknowingly embarked on an unprecedented epic. Holding three Wehrmacht divisions in check to the eastern borders of Poland, they managed despite the defeat to cross into...
General Lardant - Soldier of the Mountain Troops
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General Lardant – Soldier of the Mountain Troops

L20180198
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In the late 1880s, alpine light infantry battalions and alpine infantry regiments were formed. This marked the birth of troops specialised in mountain warfare.
Honour, Not Honours - Memoirs, Volume 1: With the 2nd REP in Algeria
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Honour, Not Honours – Memoirs, Volume 1: With the 2e REP in Algeria

L20180197
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This account is a testimony to the Algerian War, to the military operations in which the author — a paratroop officer in the Foreign Legion — took part, as well as to the generals' putsch of April 1961. On graduating from officer school in 1954, Pierre Montagnon — top of his class — chose the Legion's paratroopers. He remained with them until 1961, first...
Vercingetorix Vercingetorix 2
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Vercingetorix

L20180085
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This work, published in 1901 by Hachette, is by Camille Jullian, then professor at the University of Bordeaux. This study traces the history of the Arverni tribes and the fate of their last king, Vercingetorix, leader of the uprising against Roman occupation in 54 BC.
THE END OF VICTORIES - EASTERN FRONT RUSSIA 1942 - VOLUME 1
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THE END OF VICTORIES - EASTERN FRONT RUSSIA 1942 - VOLUME 1

L20180077
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Russia 1942Following the failure of the German offensive against Moscow in early December 1941, the 4th Army of Army Group Centre was struck by the counter-offensive of the Soviet 43rd Army,which broke through its front at several points. Its objective was to link up with the remnants of the Soviet 33rd Army, encircled by the divisions of the 4th Army.
Chow time! : the poilu's meal
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Come and Get It! : The Poilu's Meal

L20180050
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Recipes for vegetables, meat, soups and desserts dating from the First World War, revealing the nutritional needs as well as the culinary desires of French troops during the conflict. With documentary sections on hygiene and diet of the period.
1940, The Mark of Defeat - Testimonies and Archives (co-Ed) 1940, The Mark of Defeat - Testimonies and Archives (co-Ed) 2
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1940, The Mark of Defeat - Testimonies and Archives

SHD-SHD 523
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This volume examines the consequences of the 1940 collapse on French archives: the impact of the fighting despite protective measures, reorganisations under the Occupation, and the mechanisms of German seizures.
D'azur et de Sable D'azur et de Sable 2
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D'azur et de Sable – An Aviator in Syria in 1923

L21070187
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Marcel Migeo is a great name from the heroic age of French aviation, even if he lacks the fame of a Mermoz, a Guillaumet or a Saint-Exupéry — all three of whom he knew personally. Refusing a pre-ordained career as a civil servant at the Ministry of Finance, he chose aviation out of a taste for adventure and travel.
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THE 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN NORMANDY
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THE 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN NORMANDY

L20170109
€22.75
The 29th American Infantry Division was one of the three major units selected for the first wave of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944.
Among the French
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Among the French

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Henri Lefebvre. 1947. In-12 Carré. Paperback. Good exterior condition. Interior in good condition. 223p Original edition. Is evil in the mind?, Wealth and poverty of France, is the evil political?, A stroll through the parties, beyond the Quai d'Orsay. The Count shares his views on the state of France.
THE WAR SEEN FROM THE SKY
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THE WAR SEEN FROM THE SKY

L20160122
€21.80
Awarded his fighter pilot's wings in 1998, Commandant Marc S now has more than 3,800 flying hours to his credit, including nearly 2,200 hours on the Mirage 2000D. Flying this aircraft optimised for precision bombing, he took part in ten operational deployments and flew more than 150 combat missions in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and...
THE VIETNAM WAR 1945-1975
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THE VIETNAM WAR 1945-1975

L20160120
€35.07
From the end of the Second World War to the fall of Saigon in 1975, John Prados delivers the only complete account and the first comprehensive analysis of the Vietnam War. Drawing on recently declassified documents and a wide range of Vietnamese and international sources, the author paints a sweeping masterpiece in which ideologies and armies clash. He...
1944, THE FFI BECOME SOLDIERS
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1944, THE FFI BECOME SOLDIERS

L20160296
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When French troops landed alongside the Allies in Normandy on 6 June and then in Provence on 15 August 1944, they would find themselves in the presence of French Resistance units.
CHRONICLE OF A LIBERATION: PARIS AND ITS SUBURBS 19–31...
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CHRONICLE OF A LIBERATION: PARIS AND ITS SUBURBS 19–31 AUGUST 1944

L20160273
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While the liberation of Paris and its suburbs, from 19 to 31 August 1944, did not constitute a major military episode of the second campaign of France — which had begun on 6 June on the beaches of Normandy — it carried a symbolic importance that was recognised as such both within and beyond the borders of metropolitan France. Day by day, hour by hour,...
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MEMOIRS OF THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICES OF THE GREAT WAR MEMOIRS OF THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICES OF THE GREAT WAR 2
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MEMOIRS OF THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICES OF THE GREAT WAR

L20160297
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A graduate of the École Polytechnique and an artillery officer, Charles Dupont was assigned to the Intelligence Service in the aftermath of the Dreyfus Affair. He carried out several secret missions in Germany before taking command of the 2nd Bureau (Intelligence) of the Army General Staff in 1913.
SHARPE'S SWORD: RICHARD SHARPE AND THE SALAMANCA CAMPAIGN SHARPE'S SWORD: RICHARD SHARPE AND THE SALAMANCA CAMPAIGN 2
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SHARPE'S SWORD: RICHARD SHARPE AND THE SALAMANCA CAMPAIGN

L20160009
€9.24 €18.48
The Emperor's special envoy to Spain, the formidable Colonel Leroux has just uncovered the identity of the mysterious El Mirador — head of the largest spy network working against Napoleon from the city of Salamanca — when he is captured by Captain Richard Sharpe and his men. Colonel Leroux manages to conceal his identity from them and, the very next day,...
REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814 REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814 2
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REIMS, 13 MARCH 1814

L20160008
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