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TO EARN THE GREEN BERET 1941 - 1944 TO EARN THE GREEN BERET 1941 - 1944 2
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TO EARN THE GREEN BERET 1941 - 1944

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This book recounts how, sometimes at the cost of their lives, young Frenchmen refused to accept defeat and above all the shameful armistice of 22 June 1940. Some of these future commandos, who had endured German oppression and then the harassment and lies of Vichy propaganda, decided to leave France — sometimes by deserting from the Marine Nationale, for...
The Commandos' Bagpipe – Bill Millin
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The Commandos' Bagpipe – Bill Millin

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Bill Millin, piper and soldier, sounds reveille for the troops at the commando training centre in the Scottish Highlands, leads the way for volunteer groups who sweat, run or march, and also takes part, in battledress and boots, in manoeuvres in the harsh Scottish climate. On 6 June 1944, aged 22, he was chosen to "sound the charge" for the...
American Wire Mesh in Normandy – From Airstrips to the Farm American Wire Mesh in Normandy – From Airstrips to the Farm 2
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American Wire Mesh in Normandy – From Airstrips to the Farm

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Why take an interest in pieces of rusty wire mesh? That is a question frequently put to the author. The "American wire mesh" was there, beneath the wheels of aircraft landing on the temporary airstrips laid down by the Allies after June 1944; and it is still there, before our eyes, salvaged, reused and repurposed by the Normans. Where did this mesh come...
Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation 2
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Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation

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Humiliated, ostracised, cast out on the roads of disgrace for having had a "culpable" liaison with an occupier — falsely accused or not of "horizontal collaboration" — this work examines the fate of more than 20,000 women in France between 1943 and 1946.
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The 2nd U.S. Armored Division in the Eure – 20–25 August... The 2nd U.S. Armored Division in the Eure – 20–25 August... 2
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The 2nd U.S. Armored Division in the Eure – 20–25 August 1944

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Objectives: Breteuil, Verneuil, Damville, Conches, Le Neubourg, Iville, Amfreville, Thuit-Signol The end of the Battle of Normandy. When the 2nd U.S. Armored Division arrives in the Eure, it spells the end for the remnants of the German divisions caught in its path, in full retreat from the Falaise-Chambois pocket. This great American formation is one of...
21. Panzer-Division Normandy 1944 - Testimonies & Objects
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21. Panzer-Division Normandy 1944 - Testimonies & Objects

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During the Second World War, the German high command suspected that sooner or later the Allied forces would attempt a return to the European continent through an amphibious landing. This is why the construction of thousands of concrete fortifications was ordered, from the Basque coast to Norway, in order to repel that assault. In addition to this, the...
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2. PANZERDIVISION EN NORMANDIE T4 - Ardennes, Wacht am... 2. PANZERDIVISION EN NORMANDIE T4 - Ardennes, Wacht am... 2
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2. PANZERDIVISION EN NORMANDIE T4 - Ardennes, Wacht am Rhein - 13 Autumn 1944 - January...

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The book 2. Panzer-Division, Ardennes, Autumn 1944 – January 1945 – Volume IV – traces the four months of engagement of the Austrian armoured division between mid-September 1944 and mid-January 1945. A period of unit rebuilding followed by combat covering two major phases: the restructuring of Autumn 1944 between the Rhine and the Westwall that would lead...
Normandy 1944 - Heroes of the Landings Normandy 1944 - Heroes of the Landings 2
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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...
RECONSTITUTIONS - Immersion in Living History
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RECONSTITUTIONS - Immersion in Living History

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From the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic to the soldiers of the Second World War, by way of the great age of chivalry and the battles of the First Empire, reenactors seek to represent the lives of our ancestors as closely as possible to reality. Analysed by historian Martin Bostal, a specialist in recreations of the past, Barry's photographs offer an...
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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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PANZERS NORMANDIE 44 - SS-Panzer-Abteilung 17 "Götz von... PANZERS NORMANDIE 44 - SS-Panzer-Abteilung 17 "Götz von... 2
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PANZERS NORMANDIE 44 - SS-Panzer-Abteilung 17 "Götz von Berlichingen"

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This detailed work recounts the history of the SS-Panzer-Abteilung 17 during the Battle of Normandy in 1944. The operations of this tank battalion of the 17.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division « Götz von Berlichingen » are far less well known than those of the other Waffen-SS armoured battalions committed during the summer of 1944. This is most likely due to its...
Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP 2
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Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP

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« I grew up in Pont-l'Évêque in the silence of what had happened under the Occupation. Of course I knew that Doctor Étienne Grandrie had been deported, as had the charcutier Émile Pidoux and the lawyer Henri Féquet. I also knew that my grandfather, Jules Letac, had been elected mayor in December 1944. But does one truly know what happens when an enemy...
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