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COMMANDO MARINE – The Brig and the Dagger
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COMMANDO MARINE – The Brig and the Dagger

L20250072
€28.44
"What could be finer than committing oneself to the fulfilment of a noble cause, working for the collective good and having a profession that carries meaning — all the more so within an elite unit with a prestigious past." Largo is a marine commando. His speciality: sniper. Largo is also a talented photographer who shares his extraordinary profession...
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

L20240195
€25.50
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...
2nd Class Submarines and Minelayers of the French Navy... 2nd Class Submarines and Minelayers of the French Navy... 2
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2nd Class Submarines and Minelayers of the French Navy 1922–1945

L20240190
€58.77
This work is primarily devoted to the 34 2nd class submarines and the six minelayers (Saphir type) produced under the naval construction programmes of 1922 to 1936. The post-1945 period of the 2nd class Aurore-type submarines — the first of which was only just completed in June 1940 — is briefly mentioned. The contemporary 1st class submarines (Requin and...
Fast Attack Craft of the Second World War
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Fast Attack Craft of the Second World War

L20240178
€37.82
Light, fast, heavily armed and crewed by a handful of men, the motor torpedo boat proved its full effectiveness during the Second World War, whether in the North Sea, the Mediterranean or the Pacific. Between 1939 and 1945, the fleets involved in the fighting fielded more than 3,500 of these small vessels in torpedo-launching or gun-armed versions....
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The D-Day Ports - The Allies Nearly Faced Disaster
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The D-Day Ports - The Allies Nearly Faced Disaster

L20240145
€19.81
Recounting the history of the D-Day ports by relating events as they are commonly recorded does not allow for a full understanding of the overall arrangements established by General Morgan to carry out Operation Overlord, whose objective was the final collapse of the Reich. I It clearly distinguishes between the Normandy beaches and ports, usable in the...
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The French Navy: A World of Contrasts
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The French Navy: A World of Contrasts

L20240142
€65.31
In the French Navy, the daily life of crews is shaped by striking contrasts unknown in any other profession: modernity and tradition, obedience and command, storms and flat calms, night and day, communal life and solitary existence, vast expanses of ocean and the confinement of a closed world — all of these run through every mission and every life at sea....
U.S. NAVY UNIFORMS IN WORLD WAR II: U.S. Naval Aviation...
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U.S. NAVY UNIFORMS IN WORLD WAR II: U.S. Naval Aviation Flying Clothing and Gear

L20240132
€93.84
This book is a detailed examination of the uniforms and equipment used by the elite and specialist units of the U.S. Naval Aviation during World War II. This book is an epic chronicle of previously unpublished topics, including the uniforms and equipment of the submarine force, PT boat squadrons, mine warfare men, gun crews, signalmen, and more. In...
THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS 2
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THE TORPEDO MEN OF THE DECIMA MAS

L20240064
€32.23
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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THE FRENCH NAVY FROM 1792 TO THE PRESENT DAY (1885)
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THE FRENCH NAVY FROM 1792 TO THE PRESENT DAY (1885)

L20240027
€27.49
A magnificent panorama of the French Navy, compiled by the French watercolourist and draughtsman François Geoffroi Roux. One is left speechless before the quality of these drawings of extraordinary beauty. This remarkable collection of vessels, sometimes caught in full storm, testifies to the artist's great talent. Complemented by a text by Admiral Pâris,...
WORDS OF A FREE FRENCHMAN WORDS OF A FREE FRENCHMAN 2
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WORDS OF A FREE FRENCHMAN

L20240018
€26.54
The odyssey of a man who escaped from France through Spain Born in 1921, the Norman Michel Cherrier plunges back into his youth: the defeat of 1940, the occupation of Caen, arrests, the demarcation line, his escape across the Pyrenees in late 1942 — at over 2,000 metres altitude — with a single goal: to join Free France. Imprisoned for six months in...
THE QUASI-WAR - The conflict between France and the...
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THE QUASI-WAR - The conflict between France and the United States, 1796-1800

L20240012
€21.33
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...
THE RUSSIAN KIROV-CLASS NUCLEAR-POWERED CRUISERS
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THE RUSSIAN KIROV-CLASS NUCLEAR-POWERED CRUISERS

L202301550
€28.34
In this 120-page work, Benjamin Gravisse provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the Kirov class, before presenting all its technical equipment and armaments, then detailing the operational history of each vessel. This softcover book is richly illustrated with photographs and plans as well as 3D views of the Kirov (renamed Admiral Ushakov...
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