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Initially hailed by the apologists of the Second Empire as the "greatest idea of the reign" of Emperor Napoleon III, the French army's expedition to Mexico ended, after several years of a gruelling and brutal campaign, in a humiliating withdrawal in 1867.This unhappy episode, which marked the beginning of the regime's military decline, nonetheless leaves...
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CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part IV – First to Lead Setting up the...
L20250102
€71.09
This volume traces in images the epic story of the 101st Airborne Division during its first combat jump in history.
This fourth volume in the Carentan series — conceived as a monumental fresco in ten volumes (more than 3,000 pages and 4,000 photographs) — takes you into the very first hours of D-Day, around drop zone C, at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and...
€24.64
The first French-language biography of the founding father of the German armoured arm, "soul and genius of the Blitzkrieg", by the foremost military specialist of the Second World War.
Guderian: the man clad in the black uniform of the armoured troops who crushed France in 1940 at Sedan, before marching on Moscow. It is to him that Hitler owed his Panzer...
€20.38
How the French stood their ground against Italian soldiers in the Queyras in June 1940.
The Battle of the Alps is one of the rare engagements to have ended in a French victory during the 1940 campaign in France. While the armies of the north and east were subjected to the blitzkrieg tempo imposed by the enemy, the soldiers of the Alps managed to halt the...
€32.23
Carte blanche! When Lieutenant-Colonel Bigeard, commanding officer of the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment, reads the urgent telegram from General Salan, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Algeria, he knows he will have to play a high-stakes game.
In the preceding weeks, the Saharan troops and the air force had been unable to track down the deserters...
€22.75
Truths and legends of the "Führex".
Until his death, Léon Degrelle (1906–1994), leader of the fascist movement Rex, founder of the SS Wallonia Legion, and the last European National Socialist leader, represented for the far right the icon before whom one had to be anointed, on the occasion of a "pilgrimage" to Spain where he had taken refuge in 1945.
This...
€28.44
Official catalogue of the exhibition "Lee Miller, Saint-Malo Under Siege. August 1944." organised by the City of Saint-Malo from 18 June to 29 September 2024. This work constitutes an exceptional testament on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Liberation.
«The only photographer for miles around, I now had my own personal war.»
Having landed at...
€28.34
Here is the latest prototype from the Perrin laboratories: an operational atlas of the Second World War. This conflict was won through military operations on land, at sea and in the air — to give just one example, the Red Army alone launched more than two hundred. And yet, until now, no one had thought to select the most important, to comment on them and...
€16.59
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...
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€40.83
Barely out and already a success, the ION Premium Jean espadrille model, for those who understand the meaning of detail.
Selvedge denim upper, a natural leather anti-slip insole and a half-insole in engraved leather bearing the Don Quichosse name.
All Don Quichosse espadrilles are handmade, finished with a layer of natural rubber scented with citronella....
€112.80
This exceptional work, remarkable for the information and descriptions it provides, recounts the 17 military operations that marked the months of June to August 1944. The fruit of more than ten years of work, illustrated with numerous maps, it immerses the reader as close as possible to the fighting, to the Allied soldiers and to the Norman civilians...
€23.60
Unpublished correspondence of soldiers and officers of the First Empire held at the Service historique de la Défense (1794–1815)
The history of the Grande Armée is a matter of scale. While the exploits of its commanders-in-chief have engaged numerous historians over two centuries, the growing interest in the daily lives of its soldiers reflects a...
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Aviation at Diên Biên Phu - From the Genesis to the Fall of the Entrenched Camp...
L20240062
€35.07
From 20 November 1953 to 7 May 1954, French aircrews were progressively pushed to — and beyond — the limits of human endurance. Without the crews of the Armée de l'Air, the Aéronavale, the Aviation Légère d'Observation d'Artillerie, the requisitioned civilian airlines, and American pilots who were heirs to the Flying Tigers, the entrenched camp at Diên...
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BMW Twin-Cylinders 1950/69 from the R51/3 to the R69/S Telescopic and Swing-Arm...
L20240034
€56.87
BMW Telescopic and Swing-Arm Generation "magneto" R67 R67/2 R67/3 R68 R51/3 R50 R60 R69 R50/S R50/2 R60/2 R69S R50US R60US R69US
The "BMW magneto models" are, post-war, the R67/2, R67/3, then the R51/3, R68, and finally the Earles-fork motorcycles R50, R60, R69, R50/S and R50/2, R60/2, R69/S — immortalised by their Earles forks — except for the last ones...
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History and Art: Berezina 1812. A Tribute to the 126th RI - Carnet de la Sabretache
L20240015
€18.96
The only unit of the current French Army to bear the battle honour "La Bérézina 1812" on its colours, the 126th Infantry Regiment celebrated the 210th anniversary of the event on 25 November 2022, beneath the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile. This volume recounts its role during the crossing of the Berezina, in the course of which the 126th Line Regiment...
€23.65
Far more than a simple technique, this work offers an entirely new approach to painting armour: the black-and-white technique, or how to establish contrasts — as well as numerous visual effects (dirt, wear marks or surface discolouration) — even before the base coat is applied!
The author presents, in precise detail and through illustrated step-by-step...
€28.34
In this 120-page work, Benjamin Gravisse provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the Kirov class, before presenting all its technical equipment and armaments, then detailing the operational history of each vessel. This softcover book is richly illustrated with photographs and plans as well as 3D views of the Kirov (renamed Admiral Ushakov...
€26.54
A dark legend surrounds the paratroopers sent to Algeria. These units, marked by the defeat at Diên Biên Phu and determined to deploy every available means to avoid a new setback, are said to have theorised counter-subversive doctrines involving the use of torture, before going on to participate in the overthrow of the Fourth Republic and the putsch of...
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PARATROOPERS OF THE 14th RCP IN ALGERIA - FROM DOUBT TO REVOLT (SEPTEMBER 1959 - APRIL...
L20230088
€32.23
During the Algerian War, the paratroopers were at the forefront of the fighting. They faced the most hardened moudjahidines in the most remote djebels. Yet, nearly six decades later, does anyone still remember that some of these elite units had conscripts making up the majority of their ranks?
Such was the case of the 14th Régiment de chasseurs...
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HS UNIFORMES THEMATIQUE N°7 - THE 10th PARACHUTE DIVISION - PARAS IN ALGERIA 1956-1961
L20230080
€13.74
HISTORY - WEAPONS - UNIFORMS - INSIGNIA - EQUIPMENT
HORS-SERIE UNIFORMES THEMATIQUE N°7: THE 10th PARACHUTE DIVISION - PARAS IN ALGERIA 1956-1961
Under the direction of Marc Bruschi & Paul Villatoux. 98 illustrated pages, colour and b&w photographs
CONTENTS:
THE 10th PARACHUTE DIVISION, A "PRAETORIAN GUARD"
JUMP SUITS AND CAMOUFLAGE COMBAT DRESS
THE...
€22.75
Ministers at Vichy, police chiefs, press magnates, radio presenters, cinema actors or ordinary individuals, they left in August 1944 in the wagons of the enemy and then went into hiding. For some, their exile lasted 45 years! Yves Pourcher offers us here a gallery of history's shipwrecked souls.
August 1944. The day before, they had still been ministers,...
€140.83
1940 Army Denim Trousers Indigo – Military denim trousers
Until 1942, blue denim was the standard uniform of the U.S. Army. Introduced in the mid-1920s, it was designed to be worn over the wool field uniform, providing additional protection while ensuring comfort and freedom of movement.
The 1940 Army Denim Trousers Indigo faithfully reproduces this...
€65.40
The Egyptian Campaign 1798–1801: The Genesis of the Sons of Mars
This new book in the Épopées collection takes you to Egypt in the footsteps of those sons of Mars, the future phalanx of the armies of the Empire.
Live the account of an unimaginable epic: that of the soldiers of the First Republic, those who had already shared so many laurels with the...