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ROGUE HEROES - The Heroic Epic of the SAS, Special Air...
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ROGUE HEROES - The Heroic Epic of the SAS, Special Air Service

L20250019
€23.60
The heroic and improbable epic of a band of British soldiers against Nazi Germany: the SAS, Special Air Service. Summer 1941. At the height of the war in the Western Desert, David Stirling, a young officer, has a bold idea — a new plan of attack: to surprise the enemy where he least expects it, behind his own lines. Despite opposition from the British...
The Marines - History of an American Myth
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The Marines - History of an American Myth

L20250005
€24.64
This work allows the reader to discover the rich history of an elite corps that has become inescapable yet remains almost entirely unknown. Indeed, no one in France is familiar with its first hundred and fifty years before 1918 and the Battle of Belleau Wood; no one knows that it was initially scorned, mocked for its mediocre performance, cut back,...
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History of the Ninjas - Henchmen and Spies in Samurai Japan
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History of the Ninjas - Henchmen and Spies in Samurai Japan

L20240209
€19.81
Ninjas – or shinobi – were men of the shadows. Before invading our literary and cinematic imagination, they lived in the age of warlords, in feudal Japan of the 16th century. One should not picture them dressed entirely in black, masked and perched on a rooftop, but rather dressed like country folk, blending into the crowd, undetectable. Their discretion...
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READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers 2
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READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers

L20240202
€20.85
This fascinating saga traces both the training of the first parachute instructors of the French Air Force and the creation of the first Air Infantry Groups. It is this period of wild enthusiasm, often tempered by dashed hopes, that this work recounts with humour and finesse, written in a lively style that reads like a vivid adventure story. The author...
1939-1945. The World War of Secret Services
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1939-1945. The World War of Secret Services

L20240192
€23.70
The years 1939-1945 saw not only the great military confrontations that are well known, but also the shadow battles that remain largely unknown. Those that this groundbreaking book reveals to us in its vivid pages lead us from discovery to discovery, from the most unexpected to the most astonishing. How Hitler neglected his spies, while the French...
Immediate Action Techniques
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Immediate Action Techniques

L20240157
€27.49
This manual dedicated to "Immediate action techniques" complements the shooting technique manuals from the same publisher. The authors share their experience by describing, in this essentially practical work, a clear and precise method for teaching "small-unit combat techniques". Immediate Action Techniques (IAT) enable: 1 - to instruct collective...
The Captain Made His Escape - account of a sensational...
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The Captain Made His Escape - account of a sensational escape in the Belle Époque

L20240143
€24.64
A member of the French secret services, Captain Charles Lux was arrested on 3 December 1910 in Friedrichshafen, while preparing to infiltrate a zeppelin hangar housing the famous German airships... Tried for espionage before the High Court of Justice in Leipzig, he was convicted — despite the absence of evidence of his intentions — and sentenced to serve...
One-Way Ticket to Ouistreham: Commando Kieffer, Fallen...
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One-Way Ticket to Ouistreham: Commando Kieffer, Fallen for France on 6 June 1944

L20240103
€15.07
In the early hours of 6 June 1944, 177 naval commando riflemen, under the command of Philippe Kieffer, landed at Colleville-sur-Orne. Their mission was to take the town's casino, converted into a bunker, and neutralise the German defences. By the evening of 6 June, the French unit of No. 4 Commando had suffered heavy casualties. Nearly a quarter of the...
The Nazi 5th Column - Myth and Reality 1933-1944
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The Nazi 5th Column - Myth and Reality 1933-1944

L20240069
€19.59
Did a true "5th column", in the manner of that put into practice by the Francoist general Mola during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, beneath the walls of Madrid, actually exist at the outset of the Second World War, activated by the German invader? It may seem self-evident that the notion of a fifth column did indeed feature in the Nazi plans for the...
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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GREEN BERET - Commander Kieffer's Account of 6 June 1944 GREEN BERET - Commander Kieffer's Account of 6 June 1944 2
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GREEN BERET - Commander Kieffer's Account of 6 June 1944

L20240049
€18.86
Béret Vert testimony of Philippe Kieffer, edition presented and annotated by Benjamin Massieu A family man with no military experience, Philippe Kieffer nevertheless became the founder and commander of the Free French commandos. Trained at the formidable Achnacarry camp, these volunteers carried out secret raids on the European coastlines. They were the...
MAN OF ACTION - Die or Survive in Service of the Nation
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MAN OF ACTION - Die or Survive in Service of the Nation

L20240046
€17.54
Embedded with a marine commando from the special forces Already sold to more than 10,000 readers, discover the new edition of the extraordinary testimony of a former French Army marine commando, through 10 true accounts of missions carried out by exceptional servicemen. At the heart of extreme experiences and ultra-violent situations, Julien B. takes us...
SAP-R2 1943-1944, Parachute Drops and Landings in...
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SAP-R2 1943-1944, Parachute Drops and Landings in Provence - Volume 1, Chronicle of a...

L20240042
€26.54
During the Second World War, arming the Resistance was a vital issue for Free France — an eminently complex and lengthy task to implement. Succeeding the first parachute drop networks set up by Jean Moulin in the south of France, the SAP-R2 emerged in late 1943 as the only organisation capable of rivalling the British SOE-F and the American OSS. From that...
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THE MAN FROM TRIPOLI - The Untold Account of a DGSE...
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THE MAN FROM TRIPOLI - The Untold Account of a DGSE Station Chief

L20240041
€10.38 €20.76
Tripoli (Libya), mid-February 2011. From the first signs of unrest in the country, the French authorities, against all expectations, decide to evacuate their nationals and close the diplomatic mission. Within it, the DGSE's external intelligence station ceases its activities and begins destroying its equipment and archives before the keys to the embassy...
1943 – 1944 PLAN SUSSEX PLAN PROUST – B.C.R.A., OSS &... 1943 – 1944 PLAN SUSSEX PLAN PROUST – B.C.R.A., OSS &... 2
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1943 – 1944 PLAN SUSSEX PLAN PROUST – B.C.R.A., OSS & SIS: Secret Inter-Allied Missions

L20240033
€27.44
The Sussex plan was an ultra-secret, tripartite Franco-American-British mission decided upon by General Eisenhower's headquarters in preparation for the Normandy landings and for the subsequent battles of liberation of France. Under the direction of the British secret service SIS, the American OSS, and the French BCRA, 120 French male and female officers...
SECRET SERVICES IN INDOCHINA
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SECRET SERVICES IN INDOCHINA

L20240022
€11.28
The opium affair, the piastre traffic, the disasters of Diên Biên Phu and the RC4, the "Roi Jean": in all these episodes, the French intelligence services played a major role. When the French Expeditionary Corps lands on the Saigon docks, the high command has no idea it is embarking on an eight-year conflict. The war the French will wage in the cities,...
SOLDIER OF THE CYBERWAR
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SOLDIER OF THE CYBERWAR

L20240011
€19.81
A pioneer recounts French cyber defense Cyberspace has become a major arena of conflict. For the first time, here is the story of the creation of French cyber defense told by its principal founder, Vice Admiral Arnaud Coustillière. In less than ten years, the battlegrounds have multiplied across the Net: computer viruses, terrorist threats, interference...
The GIGN by Those Who Commanded It
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The GIGN by Those Who Commanded It

L20240010
€19.91
Who has never dreamed of stepping inside an elite intervention unit like the GIGN? Of following in the footsteps of a guide for whom no mechanism of this precision machine holds any secrets? What if it were not one, but several guides who revealed the inner workings of a group that has become legendary since its creation in 1974? That dream is fulfilled...
UNITED WE CONQUER – Commandos Marine, ils racontent leur...
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UNITED WE CONQUER – Commandos Marine, ils racontent leur histoire

L20230141
€30.33
The history of the Commandos Marine told by those who lived it, magnificently photographed by one of their own. Preface by Rear Admiral Pierre de Briançon, Commander of the Naval Fusiliers and Commandos Maritime Force. Léon Gautier passed away in June 2023, aged 100. He was the last representative of the 1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos,...
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BOB DENARD - THE GREAT MERCENARY OF THE 20th CENTURY BOB DENARD - THE GREAT MERCENARY OF THE 20th CENTURY 2
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BOB DENARD - THE GREAT MERCENARY OF THE 20th CENTURY

L20230135
€37.87
The remarkable story of Bob Denard, the mercenary of the Fifth Republic — one of the greatest military figures of the 20th century. This larger-than-life condottiere showed from a very young age a marked taste for adventure and combat. At 16, he enlisted in the Royale, which he left six years later at the end of the Indochina War. This was only the...
IN THE SHADOW OF BOB DENARD - French Mercenaries from...
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IN THE SHADOW OF BOB DENARD - French Mercenaries from 1960 to 1989

L20230131
€9.38
The early 1960s: in the midst of the decolonisation of the Belgian Congo, the secession of Katanga triggered the first concentration of foreign fighters, who flooded in by the hundreds. Among these "dogs of war", the French were the most active. They embarked on a kind of golden age — a succession of raids and coups d'état stretching across the entire...
THE YOUNG LION THE YOUNG LION 2
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THE YOUNG LION

L20230130
€13.74
In the heroes' cemetery on the outskirts of Sopron, Hungary, there stands a special monument. A gravestone adorned with a twisted propeller from an aircraft shot down during the Second World War. A young man rests here alongside his family. His name is László Molnár; he was, until his death, Hungary's most effective fighter pilot. His nickname was LION....
SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole 2
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SABOTEUSES - Volume 2 - The Mole

L20230129
€13.74
Normandy, 1942… The saboteuses have taken up their posts on French soil. For Paulette Kincaid, code name Aiguille, life is nothing but an adventure — between a romance with a butcher's boy and transmissions keeping the Allies informed about the situation in France. But doubt has set in since the execution of a network leader… There is said to be a mole in...
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