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1940 - A Strange Defeat
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1940 - A Strange Defeat

L20200193
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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...
Original Pilot Silver AO Skymaster - American Optical... Original Pilot Silver AO Skymaster - American Optical... 2
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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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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...
THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY
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THE WILD PURGE IN NORMANDY

L20200079
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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...
The SA 330 PUMA
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The SA 330 PUMA

L20200045
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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.
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
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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...
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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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.
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