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1940 - A Strange Defeat
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1940 - A Strange Defeat

L20200193
€8.53 €17.06
May–June 1940 Disaster, rout, shipwreck, collapse, catastrophe… The defeat of the French army in 1940 was experienced as a genuine shockwave. Its speed and brutality reinforced the ideological victory of the future Vichy government and plunged the country into the darkest hours of its history. Yet nothing seems able to shake the distorted view that...
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Original Pilot Silver AO Skymaster - American Optical... Original Pilot Silver AO Skymaster - American Optical... 2
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Original Pilot Silver AO Skymaster - American Optical Sunglasses

OP-255BTCLGYG
€207.50
The Original Pilot has been the favorite sunglasses of American pilots for more than 60 years! Discover the history of American Optical, inventor of pilot eyewear, by clicking here In 1958, American Optical developed, at the request of the US Air Force, the Flight Goggle 58 (HGU-4/P), known today as the Original Pilot. It replaced the Aviator G2 that had...
HELIOPOLIS 20 March 1800 – Kléber and the Last Victory of the Army of the Orient
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HELIOPOLIS 20 March 1800 – Kléber and the Last Victory of the Army of the Orient

L20200093
€18.96
When Bonaparte left Egypt, he handed command to Kléber. The latter attempted to negotiate with the British and the Ottomans the return of the Army of the Orient to France, but the massacre of the garrison at El-Arish brought the negotiations to an end. On 20 March 1800, the French soldiers confronted and defeated the Ottoman army of Youssef Pasha amid the...
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THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY
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THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY

L20200079
€13.27
The elimination of collaborators by the Resistance, outside any judicial framework, between 1943 and 1946 in Normandy Spread over three years, from 1943 to 1946, the so-called wild purge claimed around a hundred victims in Normandy. This figure must be set against the legal purge carried out between 1944 and 1947: 39 individuals were shot after being...
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The SA 330 PUMA
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The SA 330 PUMA

L20200045
€52.13
OUT OF STOCK Designed to meet the requirements of the ALAT (the Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre, in search of a new tactical transport helicopter in the aftermath of the Algerian War), the Puma was a great success in the military sphere, both in France and for export, as well as on the civilian market.
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1928 Newsboy Cap smoke grey – Pike Brothers 1928 Newsboy Cap smoke grey – Pike Brothers 2
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1928 Newsboy Cap smoke grey – Pike Brothers

P0603-19-0014
€65.83
We all have a mental image of the 1920s to 1940s: a young newspaper vendor with his flat cap and his newspaper bag worn across the shoulder. A typical cap from the 1920s to 1940s — an essential accessory for a retro or everyday outfit that it will complete perfectly. - outer fabric: 55% linen / 45% cotton - lining: 100% cotton - marl grey colour - made in...
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CLANDESTINE RADIO OPERATORS
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THE CLANDESTINE RADIO OPERATORS

L20190164
€23.65
It is important to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for Freedom in the battle of the Airwaves waged from 1940 to 1944: the clandestine radio operators. The target of a merciless campaign by the Germans, the "pianists", men and women alike, had a life expectancy of just six months...
Versailles Kommandantur 1944–1945, Volume 2 Versailles Kommandantur 1944–1945, Volume 2 2
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Versailles Kommandantur 1944-1945, Volume 2

L20180166
€33.18
Under the generic term "Versailles Kommandantur", this second work presents the events that took place in Versailles between 1944 and 1945. We will discover the workings of the Versailles Milice Française and the S.D., better known as the Gestapo. The confrontation with the Resistance, and the reprisals.
SILK SCARF Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines ONC-L11 SILK SCARF Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines ONC-L11 2
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Pilot Scarf - Escape & Evasion Maps

SILK SCARF Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines ONC-L11

FOULARDUSAF ONC L11
€100.00
Silk-rayon scarf used by NATO fighter pilots. These scarves, printed in the 1950s or 1960s, come from a NATO stock. The maps printed on the scarves were used by pilots for navigation, particularly in the event of a crash. They were used during the Cold War and the Vietnam War. They are new old stock. 100% Silk 100 x 76 cm Original NOS (New Old...
SILK SCARF French Territory of the Afars and Issas (Djibouti), Ethiopia ONC-K6 SILK SCARF French Territory of the Afars and Issas (Djibouti), Ethiopia ONC-K6 2
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Pilot Scarf - Escape & Evasion Maps

SILK SCARF French Territory of the Afars and Issas (Djibouti), Ethiopia ONC-K6

FOULARDUSAF ONC K6
€100.00
Silk-rayon scarf used by NATO fighter pilots. These scarves, printed during the 1950s or 1960s, come from a NATO stock. The maps printed on the scarves were used by pilots to navigate, particularly in the event of a crash. They were used during the Cold War and the Vietnam War. They are new old stock. 100% Silk 100 x 76 cm Original NOS (New Old...
French Paratroopers on D-Day French Paratroopers on D-Day 2
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French Paratroopers on D-Day

L20170055
€18.48
In the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, while the American airborne divisions and the British Airborne were preparing to jump over Normandy, 36 French commandos were dropped over Brittany.
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D-DAY AT DAWN - AMERICAN ASSAULT TROOPS IN NORMANDY
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D-DAY AT DAWN - AMERICAN ASSAULT TROOPS IN NORMANDY

L20160162
€33.13
Ranked 3rd best book on the Normandy landings by the Wall Street Journal in June 2014 While the standard units that landed in Normandy have been the subject of numerous works, the special units established by the US Army to ensure the success of the amphibious assault have remained in the shadows. Jonathan Gawne, an American historian specializing in the...
ARTILLERY AND THE GRIBEAUVAL SYSTEM: VOLUME 2 ARTILLERY AND THE GRIBEAUVAL SYSTEM: VOLUME 2 2
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ARTILLERY AND THE GRIBEAUVAL SYSTEM: VOLUME 2

L20160310
€18.91
Having already become acquainted with the artillery pieces and equipment deployed by the Foot Artillery at the end of the Ancien Régime, through the Revolution and the First Empire, we now invite you to discover the men of the "Arme Savante" who moved and served their guns on horseback.
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CARENTAN - Linking Omaha Beach / Utah Beach, Part 5 CARENTAN - Linking Omaha Beach / Utah Beach, Part 5 2
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CARENTAN - Linking Omaha Beach / Utah Beach, Part 5

L20260045
€71.09
CARENTAN – Linking Omaha Beach – Utah Beach, Part 5 Paratroopers vs. Fallschirmjäger This fifth volume is part of a series of ten works devoted to the American airborne operations in Normandy, ultimately representing more than 3,500 pages and 5,000 photographs. This volume is not a simple history book. It is an immersion. A plunge into the heart of the...
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CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part IV –... CARENTAN, Linking Omaha Beach - Utah Beach, Part IV –... 2
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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...
Heinz Guderian – Master of the Panzers
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Heinz Guderian – Master of the Panzers

L20250074
€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...
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