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Aid, Rescue, Care: A History of Military Medicine from...
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A richly illustrated work tracing the profound changes undergone by the French Military Health Service in the 21st century, between field missions, innovation and fidelity to its vocation: to provide care everywhere, in the service of life. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Service de santé des armées (SSA) has undergone a period of profound...
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...
Padre - Memoirs of a Military Chaplain
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"The joy of the soul lies in action." This phrase by Marshal Lyautey perfectly sums up Father Lallemand, as soldier, priest, and man are so intimately intertwined. This remarkable personality devoted his life to his brothers-in-arms. Here is his exceptional testimony, filled with hope. Born in 1937, into a family with a military tradition marked by...
Anthology of French Military Thinkers
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From the white plume of Henri IV to Napoleon triumphant at the sun of Austerlitz, the French imagination has been nourished by feats of daring from the history of the armies to build a national military culture. The fruit of long-term work bringing together the finest specialists in military history, this anthology allows the reader to grasp its full...
The French Colonial Empire - From History to Legacy...
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During the 19th and 20th centuries, France established itself as a major colonial power (Maghreb, Africa, Asia, Oceania), driven by a policy of expansion deeply rooted in its political, economic and cultural history. This work addresses the debates it has sparked: the effects of these policies in metropolitan France and in the colonised countries, the...
The École Militaire – A History in Postcards The École Militaire – A History in Postcards 2
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The École Militaire – A History in Postcards invites the reader on a journey through time: in Paris, a century ago… These photographs show us the little history, a neighbourhood life and everyday life behind the gates of the École: soldiers at drill, ceremonies, fatigue duties, care given to horses… They also plunge us into the great History: the...
A PANTHER IN UKRAINE
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A PANTHER IN UKRAINE

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On one side, an occupied Burma in 1945. On the other, the fate of Japanese prisoners in Russia after the world conflict… Two war narratives, tragic destinies for men caught up in the turmoil of history. From Asia to Europe, personal history rubs shoulders with history on a grand scale, and the accounts by Seiho Takizawa are always documented and...
Manga Interceptors Volume 2 - Danger over Tokyo
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The Second World War. 1944: the pressure of the Allies, assembled around the American army, grows ever more pressing on the Japanese empire. Japanese imperial garrisons and air forces resist on every occupied island in the Pacific. Repatriated to Japan, Unno takes the controls of a Kawasaki Ki-45 to intercept B-29 bombers, for now it is the city of Tokyo...
STORMING THE WALLS - Cities at the heart of battle, from...
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Through humanity, the city and war have been intimately linked for several millennia. As a place of life and exchange, the city is, by its very nature, a geographical space where a population gathers, along with resources, wealth and power. It is therefore no surprise that every civilisation, including the most primitive, has sought to make the city a...
Fortifications in the Southern Alps – France, Italy. Vol. 3 Fortifications in the Southern Alps – France, Italy. Vol. 3 2
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In this third instalment of "Fortifications dans les Alpes", the reader discovers at the outset the geostrategic aspects of the Southern Alps region, as well as the difficult movement through the high valleys and the advantages of the narrow passes that are easy to barricade. The illustrated narrative then explains the complex tactical operations in the...
Repression in Franco's Spain 1939–1975
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Repression in Franco's Spain 1939–1975: from memorial propaganda to historical reality A serious study of Francoist post-war repression had been missing. This work is, without doubt, a major milestone in the historiography of the Spanish Civil War. Having gained access to the previously unpublished archival holdings of the Cuerpo Jurídico Militar...
Churchill the Visionary Churchill the Visionary 2
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Churchill – The Visionary

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Churchill sounded the alarm about German militarism as early as 1908, about the Bolshevik threat from 1919, about the Nazi peril from 1932, about Stalinist imperialism from 1943… His "visions" contributed to making the statesman a "whistleblower," and this biography draws an original portrait of him on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth on...
The Marines - History of an American Myth
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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,...
The Honour of a Colonel - From Algeria to Kolwezi The Honour of a Colonel - From Algeria to Kolwezi 2
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May 1978 – Kolwezi (former Zaire): thousands of Katangese rebels seize control of the city and hold hundreds of European hostages. Massacres begin… Faced with the urgency of the situation, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing launched Operation Bonite. Without warning, without ground support, without the possibility of reinforcements and with "scarce and...
TOMCAT COMIC BOOK – LARGE FORMAT
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25 October 1994, off the coast of San Diego, California. An F-14 is about to land on the carrier when a serious incident occurs. In the final seconds before the crash, the aircraft sees its life flash before it — from its birth to its final flight… TOMCAT follows the intertwined destinies of this aircraft and KARA HULTGREEN, the first female American Navy...
Castelnau - The Vanished Marshal 1851-1944
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General de Castelnau spans a century of French military and political history. Regarded by his contemporaries as one of the fathers of victory in the First World War, he fell victim to political machinations tied to his reputation as a Catholic conservative. Nicknamed the "booted friar" by Clemenceau, he was three times denied the marshal's baton that...
History of the Ninjas - Henchmen and Spies in Samurai Japan
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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...
A History of French Military Signals from 1867 to the... A History of French Military Signals from 1867 to the... 2
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« The history of military signals is a fascinating story. Above all, it is a human adventure », writes General Jacques Eyharts, the "father of the Signals branch", in his preface. It is this adventure that this work — the first of its kind — recounts, in which the authors show how, from a simple army telegraph service, the French Signals Corps became an...
READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers 2
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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...
BD TOMCAT
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BD TOMCAT

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25 October 1994, off the coast of San Diego, California. An F-14 is about to land on a carrier when a serious incident occurs. In the final seconds before crashing, the aircraft sees its entire life flash before it, from its birth to its final flight… TOMCAT follows the intertwined destinies of this aircraft and KARA HULTGREEN, the first female fighter...
French Nationalist Movements 1920–1945 French Nationalist Movements 1920–1945 2
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From the Action française league to the LVF, by way of the PPF and the Milice française, this work offers a broad overview of French nationalist movements from 1920 to 1945. Its presentation in album-book format, showcasing a variety of items (photographs, insignia, membership cards) — many previously unpublished — will delight historians and collectors...
2nd Class Submarines and Minelayers of the French Navy... 2nd Class Submarines and Minelayers of the French Navy... 2
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This work is primarily devoted to the 34 2nd class submarines and the six minelayers (Saphir type) produced under the naval construction programmes of 1922 to 1936. The post-1945 period of the 2nd class Aurore-type submarines — the first of which was only just completed in June 1940 — is briefly mentioned. The contemporary 1st class submarines (Requin and...
MARCEL BLOCH AIRCRAFT - Volume 1: Early Successes MARCEL BLOCH AIRCRAFT - Volume 1: Early Successes 2
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Among all the great French aircraft manufacturers, Marcel Bloch is one of the least well known, as are his aircraft. It is time to fill an important gap and present his productions, which left their mark from the 1930s through to the Second World War. How, by applying a policy of small steps and always building on his previous experience — good and bad...
COMIC SABOTEUSES - VOL. 3 - MOUCHE
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London, 1942. Hannah is a sensible housewife raising two children in a city under the Blitz. Cold by nature, she no longer understands what she is doing there, waiting for her husband each evening and for the war to end, while others disappear or help keep the country alive. Her mind made up, she decides to enlist and join the S.O.E. Normandy, a few...
COMIC INVISIBLE ENEMY
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COMIC INVISIBLE ENEMY

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The "Puma" fighter pilots of the 101st Air Wing of the Hungarian Defence Forces regularly patrol the skies on their mission to defend NATO airspace. In 1990, this unit was named in honour of Dezso Szentgyorgyi, the greatest Hungarian ace of the Second World War. Like many other pilots who, as he did, did not leave their country after the war, he had to...
COMIC Sans Peur et Sans Pitié Volume 1
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1947. A former officer is found murdered in Paris. The police attempt to solve the crime and discover that it may be linked to events that took place during the Second World War, among the men of the 6th Moroccan Tirailleur Regiment. The investigation unfolds at the same pace as the regiment's feats of arms are revealed. Not content with a didactic...
BD Dreaming Eagles BD Dreaming Eagles 2
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BD Dreaming Eagles

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In the 1960s, as the civil rights movement shocks America, World War II veteran Reggie Atkinson watches his teenage son Lee get drawn into the dangerous struggle for racial equality — and fears for him. Twenty years earlier, in an unlikely place called Tuskegee, Alabama, officer candidate Atkinson and his fellow trainees report for pilot training. The...
Manga Interceptors Vol. 1 - New Guinea Campaign Manga Interceptors Vol. 1 - New Guinea Campaign 2
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During the Second World War, the Pacific Front was the theatre of aerial battles that have since become legendary, fought between American forces and the Imperial Japanese Army. Seiho Takizawa takes us into the New Guinea Campaign, following Sergeant Unno, a pilot flying the Kawasaki Ki-45 and the Nakajima Ki-43.
Manga Wartime Pilots Manga Wartime Pilots 2
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Manga Wartime Pilots

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A new collection of short stories by Seiho Takizawa, a master of aviation manga. The story that gives the collection its title, Shah's Pilot, is based on accounts from Iranian F-14 pilots during the Iran-Iraq War — a little-known yet heroic episode. The F-14 Tomcat, an American-built fighter famously featured in the film Top Gun, formed the spearhead of...
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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