SECRET SERVICES & SPECIAL FORCES

TO EARN THE GREEN BERET 1941 - 1944 TO EARN THE GREEN BERET 1941 - 1944 2
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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 SOLDIER'S PATH – FROM THE UZBIN AMBUSH TO CLOSE...
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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...
Intelligence Research Review - No. 2 - Intelligence in...
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In this second issue, the Intelligence Research Review immerses us in the heart of intelligence in wartime, with particular emphasis on the two world conflicts that transformed the twentieth century. This review examines the observations and practices of the various actors engaged in these conflicts. Through a series of in-depth dossiers, expert analyses...
Intelligence Research Review - No. 1 - Women in Intelligence
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This very first issue of the Intelligence Research Review immerses us in the fascinating world of "women spies" and reveals how they have shaped the history of intelligence through thoroughly documented in-depth articles, striking portraits, and a wealth of further dossiers. The various researchers and authors of this review offer an analysis both of the...
Set Europe Ablaze! - British Special Units and Commandos
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Available June 16, 2025 The Second World War was the true laboratory for what we today call "special forces". While all the belligerents raised commando, sabotage or guerrilla units, it was the British who created the greatest number and often the most original. Indeed, His Majesty's Army has always displayed an innate talent for bringing together...
Decision Mind. A Military Approach to Professional and...
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Common to both civilian and military worlds, intervention is emerging as an operational domain in its own right, both on home soil and in external operations. Cutting across various geographical and professional environments and subject to different legal frameworks, it paradoxically remains poorly identified and little studied. Defining intervention as a...
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...
THE WARRIORS OF THE 10 – CPA 10
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Nicolas S. spent nineteen years in the special forces, within the Commando Parachutiste de l'Air n°10, where he served as action group leader and mission commander. Alongside his brothers-in-arms, he hunted and fought the enemies of France on three continents, carrying out the Republic's most sensitive missions: capture of terrorist leaders and war...
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...
Kolwezi – The Legion Jumps on Katanga
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€27.49
A thoroughly documented, gripping account of Operation Bonite at Kolwezi in 1978, in which the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment distinguished itself in a swift rescue amid the chaos in Zaire—the last major French airborne operation. In May 1978, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), then commanded by Colonel Philippe Érulin, was selected for a...
History of the 1er RPIMa - The Exceptional Regiment of...
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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...
D-Day Girls - Saboteurs, Spies, Resistance Fighters: the...
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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...
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