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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...
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