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GUSTAV MERTSCH - The Artillery of the Leibstandarte SS...
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GUSTAV MERTSCH - The Artillery of the Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler"

L20200083
€18.48
Through a fascinating collection of testimonies and numerous photographs from veterans of the "LSSAH" division, the German author Thomas Fischer takes us into the world — often poorly understood — of artillery… and what is more, that of the 1st Waffen-SS division! A welcome change from the Panzers or the Grenadiere, the world of the Artilleristen is just...
NATO COMBAT AIRCRAFT
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NATO COMBAT AIRCRAFT

L20200082
€37.44
This book presents in detail the combat aircraft of the air forces of every NATO member nation, whether a founding member or one that joined more recently, illustrated by more than 600 profile drawings and around 300 period photographs.
LINE INFANTRY Volume 1 - 1776–1810
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LINE INFANTRY Volume 1 - 1776–1810

L20200081
€27.96
For Napoleon, "the infantry is the soul of the army". It did indeed comprise the greater part of the combatants under arms. We shall examine closely these "pousse-cailloux" — foot soldiers who tramped across Europe in every direction for nearly a quarter of a century. With the exception of the particular case of the Imperial Guard, the French infantry...
GERMAN CIVIL & MILITARY DECORATIONS 1919–1945
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GERMAN CIVIL & MILITARY DECORATIONS 1919–1945

L20200080
€61.61
This work, without equivalent in the French language, presents all German military decorations instituted between 1935 and 1945, in the form of detailed reference sheets accompanied by high-quality photographs, by Jörg-M. Hormann, followed by the civil decorations (including those of the RAD and the Westwall, among others) presented by Volker A. Behr....
INNSBRUCK 1805 – The Soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment... INNSBRUCK 1805 – The Soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment... 2
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INNSBRUCK 1805 – The Soldiers of the 76th Line Regiment Recover Their Colours

L20200078
€18.96
It is 1799 when the 76th demi-brigade d'infanterie, then part of the Army of Helvetia under General Masséna, lost its colours in the engagement at Sernft against the Austrians. Later incorporated into the VI Corps of the Grande Armée, the 76th Line Regiment, commanded by Colonel Faure-Lajonquière, fought at Elchingen on 14 October 1805, a victory that...
75 OBJECTS OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS
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75 OBJECTS OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS

L20200077
€15.07
Through 75 objects drawn from Bertrand Paris's remarkable Normandy collection, we have attempted to restore to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy the faces and the objects of those who took part in it. Some serve to illustrate a date or an event; others, particularly moving, bring back to life a face, a sacrifice, a body laid forever in the Norman soil....
ALL THE ARMORED VEHICLES OF THE FRENCH ARMY - From... ALL THE ARMORED VEHICLES OF THE FRENCH ARMY - From... 2
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ALL THE ARMORED VEHICLES OF THE FRENCH ARMY - From Origins to 1940

L20200076
€37.87
2nd edition of Tous les blindés de l'armée française des origines à 1940, by François Vauvillier. When France entered the war in September 1939, its rearmament effort since the adoption of the first new-model equipment in 1935 had been considerable: more than 2,700 modern combat vehicles — tanks and armoured cars — had been delivered over four years by...
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LES BLANCS-SABLONS LE CONQUET 25 April 1513 – The Franco-Breton Navy Repels the Royal Navy
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LES BLANCS-SABLONS LE CONQUET 25 April 1513 – The Franco-Breton Navy Repels the Royal Navy

L20200100
€15.17
Every summer, the Blancs-Sablons beach at Le Conquet draws thousands of tourists in search of fresh air and invigorating bathing. How many know that five centuries ago, a fierce naval battle was fought off that beach, between English sailors and French and Breton sailors? And that the reddened waters of the Iroise Sea washed dozens of corpses onto the...
SANDWICH 24 August 1217 – England Escapes French Domination
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SANDWICH 24 August 1217 – England Escapes French Domination

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In 1217, Prince Louis of France (the future Louis VIII, son of Philip II Augustus and father of Saint Louis) was waging war in England in the hope of seizing the crown. The convoy bringing him vital reinforcements was intercepted at sea, somewhere between Dover, Sandwich and South Foreland, and never reached the English coast. This naval battle is...
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BRIGNAIS 6 April 1362 – The Tard-Venus at the Gates of Lyon
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BRIGNAIS 6 April 1362 – The Tard-Venus at the Gates of Lyon

L20200098
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Southwest of Lyon, April 1362. Led by the Constable of France, Jacques de Bourbon, the French army marches on the small town of Brignais, occupied by bands of routiers. These soldiers, idle since the signing of the Treaty of Brétigny two years earlier, roam the roads and spread terror throughout the southern provinces of the kingdom of France. Although...
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LOBBES 23 August 1914 – The Battle of Heuleu as Told by Its Witnesses
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LOBBES 23 August 1914 – The Battle of Heuleu by Its Witnesses

L20200097
€18.96
On 31 July 1914, at five o'clock in the morning, notary Duquenne, burgomaster of Lobbes, was ordered to post the military mobilisation notice in his commune. Like the entire population of the neighbouring villages of the Haute-Sambre, he would witness requisitions, the deployment of Red Cross units and the return of expatriates from the belligerent...
WISSEMBOURG 4 August 1870 – Alsace Violated
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WISSEMBOURG 4 August 1870 – Alsace Violated

L20200096
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On the morning of 4 August 1870, the 2nd division of General Abel Douay was positioned on the heights of Wissembourg, a few hundred metres from the enemy frontier. On the other side, several Prussian and Bavarian corps were advancing without having been detected by the French cavalry reconnaissance. An unequal battle was engaged in and around the town, in...
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