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VICHY - History of a Dictatorship 1940-1944
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VICHY - History of a Dictatorship 1940-1944

L20260010
€25.12
More than eighty years after its demise, the Vichy regime continues to haunt our collective memory. Within a matter of days in July 1940, the Republic collapsed. Behind Marshal Pétain — national hero turned head of the French State — and the unscrupulous politician Pierre Laval, opportunists playing the German card and far-right ideologues seized power....
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THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE PURGE – Thirst for Justice or...
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THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF THE PURGE – Thirst for Justice or Desire for Revenge?

L20250183
€19.81
The powerful spared, minor figures and innocent people condemned: a fresh look at a dark period in French history At the Liberation, France celebrated victory over the Nazi occupier. Between 1944 and 1953, people were tried, condemned, shorn, executed. But behind this apparent justice, a far more complex — and sometimes disturbing — reality takes shape....
IN THE FRONT LINE - A History of Nurses in the Great War
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IN THE FRONT LINE - A History of Nurses in the Great War

L20250182
€19.81
« Our wounded are admirable, wonderful. Not a single complaint. They let themselves have their arms and legs cut off, their skulls opened without a murmur. (…) It is for France. » « I hurry towards the dressing room, and there unfolds the harrowing procession of hideous wounds, atrocious destruction, a pulp of flesh, bones and splinters. » From the...
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THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF GERMANY 1918-1930
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THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF GERMANY 1918-1930

L20250176
€32.23
The first synthesis on the French Army of the Rhine (1918–1930), this work illuminates a forgotten yet strategic occupation, revealing its military, political, and diplomatic stakes in a Europe transformed in the aftermath of the Great War. At the end of the First World War, the Allied armies were stationed in Germany and France took charge of 75% of the...
UNDER VICHY'S ORDERS - An Investigation into the French...
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UNDER VICHY'S ORDERS - An Investigation into the French Police and the Deportation

L20250175
€9.48
Certainly, faced with the Vichy government — antisemitic, xenophobic and racist — the room for manoeuvre of the French police was limited. Nevertheless: how could thousands of police officers have arrested so many defenceless people and escorted them to the deportation trains without ever opposing their orders? Raphaël Delpard's investigation goes beyond...
REDISCOVERING THE VIKINGS
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REDISCOVERING THE VIKINGS

L20250173
€27.96
Vikings are increasingly in the spotlight of films and television series, often with significant departures from what archaeological and historical research tells us. Through that research and the work of demanding re-enactment groups, the author finally allows us to rediscover them. The Vikings… Their raids, and the ancient Scandinavian civilisation from...
Civil Wars - From the Renaissance to the Present Day
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Civil Wars - From the Renaissance to the Present Day

L20250148
€20.85
" The greatest of evils is civil war " (Pascal) Following on from their previous successful collective work Le dernier carré, Jean-Christophe Buisson and Jean Sévillia have brought together renowned historians and journalists to recount the most significant civil wars that have disfigured the history of humanity, from the Wars of Religion that tore Europe...
Dictionary of Collaboration - collaborations,...
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Dictionary of Collaboration - collaborations, compromises, contradictions

L20250139
€33.18
The Collaboration, between 1940 and 1944, was not an invention of the German victor; the latter occupied, administered, persecuted and plundered, without concern for the approval of the vanquished. It was the vanquished who first resorted to this word and gave it substance in the hope — quickly turned illusion — of profiting from it. The Collaboration...
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JUNE 1940, ON THE ROADS OF CÔTE-D'OR, FROM THE DÉBÂCLE TO... JUNE 1940, ON THE ROADS OF CÔTE-D'OR, FROM THE DÉBÂCLE TO... 2
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JUNE 1940, ON THE ROADS OF CÔTE-D'OR, FROM THE DÉBÂCLE TO THE EXODUS (Volume 2)

L20250098
€45.50
Second volume of the exceptional study on the events and fighting that took place in the Côte-d'Or during June 1940. These two books will take you day by day through the incredible and terrible history of the Côte-d'Or in 1940: the history of war, fire and blood. In this context of total chaos, fleeing the fighting, on the roads of the exodus, tens of...
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JUNE 1940, ON THE ROADS OF CÔTE-D'OR, FROM THE DÉBÂCLE TO... JUNE 1940, ON THE ROADS OF CÔTE-D'OR, FROM THE DÉBÂCLE TO... 2
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JUNE 1940, ON THE ROADS OF CÔTE-D'OR, FROM THE DÉBÂCLE TO THE EXODUS (Volume 1)

L20250097
€42.65
An exceptional study to be published in two volumes on the events that took place in the Côte-d'Or in May 1940. This book will take you day by day through the incredible and terrible history of the Côte-d'Or in 1940: the history of war, fire and chaos. Fleeing the fighting, on the roads of the exodus, tens of thousands of civilians crossed the region. For...
The Secret World of the Gauls
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The Secret World of the Gauls

L20250048
€22.65
Thanks to archaeology, Gaul is gradually revealing itself, offering an unexpected vision of the Gaulish world — brilliant and at odds with the accounts handed down by the Greeks and the Romans. Throughout the five centuries of a history cut short by Caesar's conquest and the defeat of Vercingetorix, the Gauls developed an original political and social...
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CORSICA UNDER THE TEST OF WAR 1939–1943
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CORSICA UNDER THE TEST OF WAR 1939–1943

L20250029
€18.96
October 1943: Corsica became the first part of French territory to be liberated. This decisive action for the subsequent operations — since the Allies would be able from this strategic base to organise their landings in Italy — was achieved largely through the action of the maquis fighters. Since 1939, the war had been a distinct experience for the island...
FRENCH YOUTH UNDER THE OCCUPATION 1940–1945 FRENCH YOUTH UNDER THE OCCUPATION 1940–1945 2
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FRENCH YOUTH UNDER THE OCCUPATION 1940–1945

L20250023
€52.13
In the wake of the First World War, and after the Armistice of June 1940, French society placed its hopes in a renewed youth capable of henceforth promoting a goal of peace. The French State therefore seized upon this prospect by encouraging the creation of numerous youth movements, establishing a Secrétariat Général à la Jeunesse, and developing the cult...
AMERICA IN A BOTTLE - How Coca-Cola Colonized the World
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AMERICA IN A BOTTLE - How Coca-Cola Colonized the World

L20240175
€21.80
"Coca-Cola! Delicious! Refreshing! Stimulating! Invigorating!" On 29 May 1886, The Atlanta Journal published the first advertisement for the beverage invented a few months earlier by John Pemberton. This pharmacist from Columbus, who sold thirteen glasses a day of his soda flavoured with kola nut and cocaine, was far from imagining that, a hundred years...
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

L20240156
€21.71
« 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...
Women in the Service of France - 1939-1940 Women in the Service of France - 1939-1940 2
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Women in the Service of France - 1939-1940

L20240146
€28.34
Drawing on the experience of the Great War, women supported by militant feminists undertook a reflection on the role of women in wartime. Studies and initiatives were numerous and covered every field: the Air Force, the Army, support for soldiers, air first aid, parachuting... Before long, the "drôle de guerre" put an end to these promising deliberations...
The History of the 14 July Military Parade – In Paris,...
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The History of the 14 July Military Parade – In Paris, Since 1880

L20240140
€37.82
For nearly 150 years, on 14 July, the French army has paraded through Paris — yet the history of this ceremony, followed each year by millions of French people, has never before been told. Drawing on more than 300 rare or unpublished photographs and a wealth of archival sources, Christian Benoit analyses this event, which symbolises the bond between the...
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Female Collaborators, 1940–1945 - A History of the Women...
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Female Collaborators, 1940–1945 - A History of the Women Who Supported the Vichy Regime...

L20240129
€22.75
"Female collaborators": the mere mention of the word calls to mind images of the thousands of French women crushed by the savage purges and publicly shorn at the Liberation for having "sinned" with the enemy. Sometimes, too, one recalls other events that marked the years of Occupation — such as the notorious trip to Germany undertaken by French actresses...
The Occupation in Normandy
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The Occupation in Normandy

L20240106
€37.82
This collection of previously unpublished photographs invites the reader to discover the period of occupation in Normandy through the eyes of the German occupier. More than 500 images, all taken from soldiers' personal albums, are brought together here. They show us their daily lives — training, fortifications, reviews and official visits, as well as...
1940s Fashion — Dressing Well Despite Everything 1940s Fashion — Dressing Well Despite Everything 2
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1940s Fashion — Dressing Well Despite Everything

L20240101
€24.55
Almost 10 years after the success of the book l'Elegance, written by Sylvie Caillard and published by Histoire & Collections in 2015, here is the second volume in this series. Illustrated with numerous photographs of period outfits (garments from the author's personal collection), excerpts from documents and magazines, this work presents 1940s fashion,...
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1913 - Towards the Great War
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1913 - Towards the Great War

L20240074
€18.86
The year 1913 is the one in which Europe's destiny tipped towards the Great War. In French society, tensions were mounting and the threat of conflict loomed: it was the "difficult hour" described by Georges Clemenceau. While as early as January the successful play — with its notes of revanche — by Gaston Leroux, Alsace!, was running, the newspaper...
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...
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF FRANCE
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF FRANCE

L20230163
€34.12
Thousands of discoveries constantly emerge under the archaeologists' trowel. The remains of dwellings, tombs, sanctuaries and workshops enrich our heritage as much as our understanding of past societies. Never before had these archives of the soil — from the Rhine to Finistère, from the Bay of the Somme to Corsica and the overseas territories — been...
VERSAILLES 1939-1945 - A Château in the Crosshairs
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VERSAILLES 1939-1945 - A Château in the Crosshairs

L20230133
€27.49
DURING THE CONFLICT OF 1939-1945, the Château de Versailles and its gardens changed in appearance the better to protect themselves. Deemed particularly at risk, the monument took on a «war footing» as early as the summer of 1939 and gradually resumed its former appearance over the following years. By turns barricaded, occupied and then liberated, this...
WE The Children of the War - 1939-1945
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WE The Children of the War - 1939-1945

L20230132
€18.86
Telling in pictures the lives of children under the Occupation is unprecedented. One must trace the stories of these destinies, the most terrible as well as the most ordinary. All the children have in common that they continued to play marbles or with dolls, to enjoy Punch and Judy shows or to build dens in the forest — sometimes even in the internment...
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A JOURNEY THROUGH OCCUPIED FRANCE 1940-1945 - 4,000...
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A JOURNEY THROUGH OCCUPIED FRANCE 1940-1945 - 4,000 Familiar Places to Rediscover

L20230046
€46.45
Starting from a survey of more than 4,000 places across France — many of them familiar — department by department, town by town, the work A Journey through Occupied France sets out to rediscover what took place there during the Occupation (1940–1945), which men and women, French and German, inhabited those places, and what those places have since become....
THE BLACK ORDER – Edged Weapons, Traditions & Symbolism THE BLACK ORDER – Edged Weapons, Traditions & Symbolism 2
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THE BLACK ORDER – Edged Weapons, Traditions & Symbolism

L20230021
€74.88
Following the success of L'Ordre Noir, Allgemeine-SS 1925-1945, an illustrated encyclopedia dedicated to the "total society" project envisioned by the SS, we wished to explore the subject further with this new volume. Jean-François Pelletier and Georges Bernage each authored a section of this work. One presents a detailed study of the Order's edged...
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LES CAMIONS BERLIET 1961-1963
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LES CAMIONS BERLIET 1961-1963

L20220406
€33.18
For Berliet, the early 1960s were rich in symbolic significance. Indeed, this period saw the beginning of the Common Market and the lifting of customs barriers, intended to open up access to the German, Italian, Belgian and Dutch markets. The brand with the locomotive emblem built the structures needed to position itself favourably in the face of these...
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The Slang of the Poilus in 10 Lessons The Slang of the Poilus in 10 Lessons 2
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The Slang of the Poilus in 10 Lessons

L20220336
€17.06
Like any group living in upon itself, the poilus developed their own language. While some words are neologisms, most are derived from old words, Parisian slang and regional patois, trade jargon, and even foreign languages… Each of these words thus has its own history and lineage. This slang allowed fighters to assert their membership of the community and...
THE ALLIED BOMBING OF FRANCE - May–September 1944 THE ALLIED BOMBING OF FRANCE - May–September 1944 2
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THE ALLIED BOMBING OF FRANCE - May–September 1944

L20220321
€22.75
At the American cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, on the vast map engraved in stone, red ceramic stars mark the Allied bombing raids. Foreign visitors do not appreciate what these stars symbolize for the French: pain, tragedy, and sometimes incomprehension. How do you wage war against friends? Time has moved on, consigning to oblivion the suffering of the...
MOTOLADIES - They Break the Codes
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MOTOLADIES - They Break the Codes

L20220312
€18.48 €36.97
Pioneers, adventurers, riders, creators — they dare everything. Under the pen and editorial direction of Alicia Mariah Elfving, founder of TheMotoLady.com and the American Women's Motorcycle Show, Motoladies presents the remarkable stories of more than seventy pioneering women in motorcycling in all its forms. From the earliest days of the motorcycle,...
Underground Shelters of Paris - Forgotten Refuges of the...
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Underground Shelters of Paris - Forgotten Refuges of the Second World War

L20220302
€12.23
Beneath Paris, the shelters remain. More precisely, those decreed by the Passive Defence on the eve of the Second World War. Several thousand — a few hundred of which were equipped to respond to the possibility of a gas attack — were thus fitted out in the basements of buildings, in the Métro, or even in the old quarries. Many were never dismantled....
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Hérault at War 39/45 - Voices of Witnesses
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Hérault at War 39/45 - Voices of Witnesses

L20210170
€11.85 €23.70
André, Édith, Jean, Paulette, René, Suzanne, Vincent and so many others… Men and women from the Hérault, swept up by the upheavals of History, recount their experiences. Preserving the memory of the "bearers of memory" — the resisters and deportees of the Second World War — is the purpose of this catalogue. It gathers and analyses around one hundred...
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We the Commune - 18 March 1871 – 28 May 1871
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We the Commune - 18 March 1871 – 28 May 1871

L20210169
€12.80 €25.59
The Commune of 1871 is presented here through its fighters, women and men, with their stories told in detail. A visual investigation — entertaining, rigorous, and accessible to all — into a founding moment of political modernity. On 18 March 1871, the people of Paris refused the government's decision to capitulate to Prussia, then at war with France. A...
BERLIET TRUCKS IN ADVERTISEMENTS 1956-1958 BERLIET TRUCKS IN ADVERTISEMENTS 1956-1958 2
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BERLIET TRUCKS IN ADVERTISEMENTS 1956-1958

L20210164
€33.18
Berliet is certainly the most iconic and most representative marque in the world of French trucks, by virtue of its longevity — its first truck was built in 1907 —, the breadth of its ranges and the variety of vehicle types manufactured. Berliet has always been extremely prolific in producing advertising materials, with at least one document published per...
THE BLACK ANGEL OF THE GESTAPO - Normandy 1942-1944
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THE BLACK ANGEL OF THE GESTAPO - Normandy 1942-1944

L20210105
€13.27
Who exactly was this black angel of the Gestapo in Normandy? Marie-Clotilde de Combiens, a young woman of 22 in 1943, made a name for herself by becoming the mistress of the head of the Sipo-SD branch in Caen, Harald Heyns alias Bernard. Having found each other on a train between Paris and Cherbourg, Marie-Clotilde and Bernard would complement one...
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