20th CENTURY

BOB DENARD - THE GREAT MERCENARY OF THE 20th CENTURY BOB DENARD - THE GREAT MERCENARY OF THE 20th CENTURY 2
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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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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 SKY RHAPSODY - Vol. 1 Uncle Mechano THE SKY RHAPSODY - Vol. 1 Uncle Mechano 2
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Inspired by Rupert, a deceased star pilot, fourteen-year-old Natalia dreams of adventure in the skies and has one great ambition: to become a female pilot — something her father neither appreciates nor approves of. After clashing with her father, Natalia embarks on an impulsive journey to visit her uncle, who lives in Himmelslautern: Alfred, Rupert's...
COLONEL PASSY - General de Gaulle's Master Spy
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The story of Colonel Passy (1911–1998) is above all the story of an extraordinary destiny. The 29-year-old captain who rallied to Free France as early as 1940 was among the handful of volunteers without whom General de Gaulle could not have hoped to succeed in his audacious gamble: to secure France a seat at the victors' table in 1945. With no prior...
Navy - History & Traditions - Carnet de la Sabretache Navy - History & Traditions - Carnet de la Sabretache 2
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All things considered, la Royale has only four centuries of history, having emerged at the beginning of the 17th century within the framework of France's policy of power and influence, conceived and developed by Richelieu. Over those four centuries, the French navy not only sailed and explored every sea and ocean on the globe, but also fully mastered the...
NEW HISTORY OF FRENCH ARTILLERY - A HISTORY OF FRENCH... NEW HISTORY OF FRENCH ARTILLERY - A HISTORY OF FRENCH... 2
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The discovery of the collective weapon that artillery represents, born of the combination of advances in science, technology and tactical innovation in the field. Decisive on the battlefield, artillery nonetheless remains one of the great forgotten subjects of military history. This paradox is, in our country, all the more striking given that French...
CHABERTON - Armoured Fortress of the Snows CHABERTON - Armoured Fortress of the Snows 2
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Chaberton: the illustrated history of the most powerful fort in the world. « The fort of the clouds », « the highest and most powerful fort in the world ». Superlatives abound when it comes to describing Fort Chaberton, designed and built by the Italian army from the late 19th century onwards. A source of great national pride in Italy for the feat that...
THE RENAULT 4 CV GUIDE
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THE RENAULT 4 CV GUIDE

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Remember the 4 CV, the first French car to be manufactured in excess of one million units and which made its mark on the history of the motor car and of Renault. How do you identify one? Discover in this book all the distinguishing features of the 4 CV, along with a summary of the various models that rolled off the production lines at Boulogne-Billancourt...
RWANDA (6 April 1994 – 19 July 1994): The War, the... RWANDA (6 April 1994 – 19 July 1994): The War, the... 2
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What happened in Rwanda between 6 April and 19 July 1994? What share of responsibility does each of the national and international actors bear for the genocide of the Tutsi? From the very opening of the book, in order to dispel any ambiguity, a table of a scale of crimes on page 21 rules out any reasoning that would equate the genocide of the Tutsi...
FRÉJUS - LAVOIR - Men and Fortifications 1891–1945
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Since Antiquity, the Charmaix valley and the passes of Fréjus, La Roue and the Vallée Étroite have been important communication routes between the Maurienne valley and the Val di Susa. In 1860, the annexation of Savoy by France created a new frontier in the Alps. In 1882, Italy's accession to the Triple Alliance led to the creation of Alpine troops and...
ALLIED AIR POWER IN WESTERN EUROPE - 1944-1945 ALLIED AIR POWER IN WESTERN EUROPE - 1944-1945 2
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Allied Air Power in Western Europe, 1944–1945: 9th US Air Force and 2nd TAF After taking part in operations in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, the 9th US Air Force was sent to Great Britain at the end of 1943 to become the principal tactical air force of the United States, in preparation for the landings on the Continent. After preparing the assault...
FINLAND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1938–1948
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Between Stalin and Hitler: an unjustly overlooked and highly instructive history. This work deals with the history of Finland during the Second World War, from the first crises of 1938 to the signing in 1948 of a bilateral treaty with Moscow. For the country, the winter of 1939–1940 began badly: attacked in late November by the USSR, it seemed on the...
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