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All the Flags of France and Their Incredible Stories
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The first encyclopedia of the flags that have flown over France: a colorful history lesson. For the first time, vexillologist Olivier Touzeau surveys the full range of French flags, from the banners of the Ancien Régime to contemporary sports pennants, including the colors of France’s overseas territories and secessionist emblems. Rich with compelling...
K French Army Special Forces
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K French Army Special Forces

L20260093
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Engaged in counterterrorism across various theaters of operations, French Army special forces have carried out numerous training and intelligence missions, as well as bold interventions that have rescued hostages and neutralized several dozen armed terrorist groups. This book offers a broad view of French Army special forces, describing the distinctive...
Robotic Tactics - FIGHTING AMONG THE MACHINES
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FIGHTING AMONG DRONES AND ROBOTS In Ukraine, drones and robots have imposed a new reality of combat. What is at stake in this war is a major break in military history, comparable to the advent of firearms, but infinitely faster. It will shape all future conflicts and spread across the world. Henceforth, war will be waged with systems capable of extending...
LIEUTENANTS - DESTINIES OF FRENCH LIEUTENANTS FROM 1800...
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DESTINIES OF FRENCH LIEUTENANTS FROM 1800 TO THE PRESENT DAY WHATEVER THE BATTLEFIELD, EVERYWHERE, ALWAYS, A LIEUTENANT LEADS FROM THE FRONT At twenty, they are leaders in the making yet already on the front line: they are the lieutenants. They bear responsibility for their men, the terrain, the reality of combat — where there is no room for error. They...
Equipages. Life on Board and Traditions of the Sailors of... Equipages. Life on Board and Traditions of the Sailors of... 2
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La Marine nationale (La Royale) is one of the last institutions that can pride itself on the human dimension of a crew. When the last mooring line of one of its vessels slips into the water, a very particular world comes into being in an instant. A group of men and women leaves dry land to live a collective experience in a closed environment, far from any...
FRENCH AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS - From 1950 to the Present Day
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Aviation History Collection No. 49 French Air Force helicopters first appeared in 1950 to meet operational needs in Indochina and Algeria at war, where their crews and mechanics wrote the first pages of their glory. Redeployed to metropolitan France in the early 1960s, they were also stationed overseas and deployed on external operations in Africa, the...
Aerobatic Display Teams of the World – François Brévot
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Aerobatic Display Teams of the World is an illustrated book by François Brévot devoted to the great military aerial display teams. The work presents twenty aerobatic formations photographed on five continents, in action, in close-up and from spectacular angles. A superb aviation book ideal for airshow enthusiasts, military display team fans and...
Cockpits in Combat – Military Aircraft from the First...
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Cockpits in Combat is a lavishly illustrated book devoted to the cockpits of military aircraft, from the First World War to modern fighters. The work presents the cockpits of fifty celebrated combat aircraft, with large-format images detailing controls, instruments and the atmosphere of flight. An ideal book for enthusiasts of military aviation, fighters,...
Titans, the World's Biggest Trucks
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This exceptional volume pays tribute to the trucks that reign supreme where the road ends: at the heart of the planet's most inhospitable mines. More than a mere book, it is a total immersion in technological excess, from the legendary Berliet T100 to the BelAZ 75710, by way of the Caterpillar 798 AC and Komatsu 980E-5, and the LeTourneau LCC1...
American Trucks
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American Trucks

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In the United States, heavy trucks have been indispensable to the country's economic life for decades (80% of goods transported domestically move by road), while the truck continues to embody the pioneer myth of conquering the land. The truck is therefore both a working tool and a piece of history, one all the more widely shared by Americans given their...
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Saviem Coaches and Buses

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Saviem, acronym for Société anonyme de véhicules industriels et d'équipements mécaniques, is the result of an association of six French manufacturers who took part in the great French automotive adventure, particularly in the field of passenger transport, and in its extraordinary expansion during the 20th century. This volume sets out to introduce you to...
Exceptional Loads: the Giants of the Road
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These massive rolling machines that one encounters Beacons flashing, with pilot cars and motorcycle escorts, the road belongs to EXCEPTIONAL LOADS. This book, written by an enthusiast of heavy trucks, solid trailers and powerful cranes who is also a regional historian, writer and press correspondent, tells the story — past and present — of French...
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