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On that afternoon of 16 May 1940, a group of around twenty Chars B belonging to the French Army — 32-tonne vehicles each armed with a 75 mm gun and a 47 mm gun, making them the most powerful armoured materiel in existence in the world in 1940 — approached a small town that was about to enter History: Montcornet. Since the day before yesterday, the enemy...
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1870–1871: A Conflict Through Images - Carnet de la Compagnie d'Elite & Sabretache
L20250169
€18.96
The Franco-Prussian War is a conflict largely unknown to our contemporaries. It must be said that everything was done to erase from history the defeat that precipitated the fall of the Second Empire, beginning with the removal of this event from history books as early as the Third Republic. Later it would be overshadowed by the bloody but glorious war of...
€23.60
Pulitzer Prize 1945 - The cult reportage by the GIs' favourite cartoonist
"The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry." Bill Mauldin
A gifted child from a poor family, Bill Mauldin (1921–2003) enlisted in 1940 and became the cartoonist for the great Army daily Stars and Stripes. Sent to the European front, he was the first to describe the...
€42.65
An exceptional study to be published in two volumes on the events that took place in the Côte-d'Or in May 1940.
This book will take you day by day through the incredible and terrible history of the Côte-d'Or in 1940: the history of war, fire and chaos. Fleeing the fighting, on the roads of the exodus, tens of thousands of civilians crossed the region. For...
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A graduate of the École Polytechnique and an artilleryman, René Olry (1880–1944) belongs to that category of soldiers who, with equal distinction, earn the admiration of their superiors, their peers and their subordinates. A man of character, he combined exceptional intellectual abilities with unwavering determination.
A specialist in mountain operations,...
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This book presents in guide form the flight uniforms and equipment used on the European front by American airmen between August 1942, the date of the first bombing mission over France, and May 1945.
Through hundreds of archive photographs and objects presented in detail, this new expanded edition traces the evolution of these items of equipment, the...
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After the Second World War, the "Lorraine" Group returned its bombers to the Royal Air Force and rejoined the Armée de l'Air.
During the following decades, the unit carried out reconnaissance missions and then night fighter missions on the Mosquito and Meteor, all-weather fighter missions on the Vautour, before finally transitioning to "pure" fighter...
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On the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, as the Allied armada approached the Normandy coastline, 36 Frenchmen were dropped behind enemy lines. They belonged to the 2nd Parachute Hunter Regiment attached to the British Special Air Service (the famous S.A.S.). Their mission: to prepare the arrival of their unit in Brittany.
Nearly 450 French paratroopers were...
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The Lafayette Escadrille – A Squadron of American Volunteers Fighting for France,...
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€20.85
This is the story of a handful of volunteers, spiritual heirs of the Marquis de Lafayette. The story of 38 men who joined the ranks of a Franco-American fighter squadron and who, between April 1916 and February 1918, ranging across the Western Front, were the protagonists of Dantean and heroic confrontations.
In 1916, France had already been holding back...
€157.50
1966 Jungle Jacket Olive – Tropical Combat Uniform Jacket
The 1966 Jungle Jacket is derived from the Tropical Combat Uniform, the standard uniform of American soldiers during the Vietnam War. Developed in the early 1960s, it was specially designed to withstand the extreme conditions of the jungle: heat, humidity and dense vegetation.
Made from lightweight...
€30.81
US Air Force, US Navy, USMC, US Army, North and South Vietnamese Air Forces
Having begun very discreetly in 1961 with the deployment of a handful of American "advisors" alongside the newly formed SVNAF, the South Vietnamese air force, the air war in Southeast Asia — and in Vietnam in particular — grew steadily in scale until, at its peak in 1968, the US...
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In fifteen years, the Napoleonic Grande Armée, an unmatched war machine, won more victories than any other army before or after it... Austerlitz, Jena, the Moskova, Leipzig and Waterloo have already generated much ink, but these battles are often analysed from the standpoint of strategy and tactics.
Yet the Napoleonic Wars were above all a human story....
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Normandy 1944 - Forty Veterans Recount
The result of more than 30 years of encounters on the D-Day beaches, They Did It, Normandy 1944 presents around forty Allied veterans — infantrymen, paratroopers, commandos, airmen, tank crews, nurses and sailors — recounting with emotion their experience of D-Day and the battles that followed.
So many exceptional...
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The ribbed cotton Marcel tank top with dumbbell logo
100% French-made, 100% made in Roanne
Marcel tank tops are made in Roanne, France, their region of origin. They are iconic garments of the twentieth century and have become wardrobe staples over time.
What sets them apart from other tank tops is above all their quality. They are made with organic Pima...
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The origin of this t-shirt goes back to the underwear of the 1920s. With short or long sleeves, they were worn under the shirt.
The cut of the Henley Shirt is based on period patterns. 100% cotton, it is finer than the 1954 Utility Shirt and therefore lighter and cooler to wear. It is perfect under a shirt but can also be worn as a main garment in...
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Born in the early 1970s, the T-72 very quickly became the backbone of Soviet armoured divisions in the second half of the Cold War. Distinguished by its robustness and reliability, the tank above all closed a period of doubt and hesitation within the Soviet military-industrial apparatus: the T-55 and T-62 were rapidly obsolete and the T-64 was too...
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A pair of thick, soft socks to keep your feet warm!
These socks are thick and feature a reinforced sole for extra comfort. They are ideal for winter.
75% cotton, 20% polyamide, 5% elastane
Made in Portugal
Sizes:
S from 39 to 42
M from 43 to 46
€132.50
1940 USN Chambray Shirt Harbor Blue – U.S. Navy Chambray Shirt
A true classic of military dress, the 1940 USN Chambray Shirt Harbor Blue is the faithful reissue of the shirt worn by U.S. Navy sailors in 1944. Originally designed to withstand demanding conditions at sea, it has established itself today as an iconic piece of workwear style.
Pike Brothers...
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Alesia, the culmination of centuries of defiance between the Gauls and the Romans. In the 4th century BC, Brennus uttered his famous "Vae Victis", sparking the beginning of a long centuries-old animosity between Romans and Gauls. Years of defiance between the two peoples would lead to the famous Battle of Alesia in 52 BC. Caught in Julius Caesar's...
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The women's Iron Ranger 3365 Amber Harness is a classic shoe from the Red Wing Shoes range
It is manufactured by Red Wing Shoes in the city of Red Wing, Minnesota, USA. It is the women's version of the celebrated Iron Ranger 8111, a variation on the boots worn by American G.I.s in the 1940s.
It has been completely redesigned to suit the morphology of the...
€107.50
The U.S. Navy CPO Shirt — a classic among outdoor shirts.
Life at sea has always been tough. Sailors' clothing, too, had to adapt to the harshest weather conditions. Over the years, specific cuts and materials became established in the navy. The 1943 CPO Shirt is one of those garments that emerged in the U.S. Navy. Both the cut and the material, developed...