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Bigeard’s Lieutenant - Indochina 1945–1954
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2026 French Army Erwan Bergot Literary Grand PrizeThe previously unpublished account of one of the participants in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. In a scene from Pierre Schoendoerffer’s film Dien Bien Phu, a young lieutenant from the renowned 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion can be seen at the headquarters of General Cogny, commander of French forces in...
7th SS DIVISION “PRINZ EUGEN”
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7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division  "This book will enable the reader to learn about the little-known fate of a Waffen-SS mountain division made up largely of ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) settled in Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia, or Hungary, and mobilized as part of the settlement policy of “Greater Germany.” This division was initially commanded...
The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944 The Death Corridor Mortain-Falaise-Argentan 1944 2
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The "death corridor" is the neck of the famous Falaise-Argentan pocket where the German fighting forces in Normandy were to be crushed by Allied power. The Germans left several thousand dead and 40,000 prisoners in the pocket after roughly half of them managed to force their way through. This work recounts that hell. The Battle of Mortain with sensational...
General Valin. Commander of the Free French Air Forces
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The man who gave wings to Free France A discreet yet central figure of Free France, Martial Valin (1898–1980) was the man who gave wings to the Gaullist struggle. A courageous pilot, visionary military commander, outstanding organiser, he embodies the rebirth of French air power at a moment when all seemed lost. In 1941, he took command of the FAFL and...
FRENCH AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS - From 1950 to the Present Day
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Aviation History Collection No. 49 French Air Force helicopters first appeared in 1950 to meet operational needs in Indochina and Algeria at war, where their crews and mechanics wrote the first pages of their glory. Redeployed to metropolitan France in the early 1960s, they were also stationed overseas and deployed on external operations in Africa, the...
JAGUAR, THE FELINE IN ACTION
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JAGUAR, THE FELINE IN ACTION

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In 2007, the Jaguar continued its career in India, before taking a well-earned retirement in the pantheon of legendary aircraft. This work, enriched with nearly 600 photographs, 19 profiles, three-view drawings by Jean-Jacques Petit and numerous operational anecdotes illustrated with action photographs, will take you through the "saga" of the Jaguar, from...
THE FIRST OF THE TANKS - The 501st Tank Combat Regiment THE FIRST OF THE TANKS - The 501st Tank Combat Regiment 2
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This graphic novel, complemented by an illustrated dossier, traces the history of the 501st Tank Combat Regiment since its creation in 1918: participation in the final offensives of the First World War; combat in the Middle East and Africa; the Normandy landing on 3 August 1944, etc. Today, stationed at Mourmelon-le-Grand in Champagne, the regiment is...
IN THE FRONT LINE - A History of Nurses in the Great War
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« Our wounded are admirable, wonderful. Not a single complaint. They let themselves have their arms and legs cut off, their skulls opened without a murmur. (…) It is for France. » « I hurry towards the dressing room, and there unfolds the harrowing procession of hideous wounds, atrocious destruction, a pulp of flesh, bones and splinters. » From the...
GENERAL CATROUX - A Military Man and Diplomat - Portrait...
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A man of shadow and light, General Georges Catroux embodies the paradoxes of his era. A brilliant military officer, skilled diplomat and key intelligence operative, he moved through the major conflicts of the 20th century leaving an often overlooked mark. Heir to Lyautey, companion from the first hour of Charles de Gaulle, Catroux distinguished himself...
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - The Second World War in Colour
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The battle that took place in the Ardennes massif between 16 December 1944 and the end of January 1945 is most often referred to as the Battle of the Ardennes. In the United States, this battle — the largest in which American soldiers participated on the Western Front — is known as The Battle of the Bulge. The Americans likened it to a "bulge" of some 80...
THE KRIEGSMARINE 1935–1945 - HISTORY - UNIFORMS -...
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2025 REPRINT A magnificent colour album presenting all uniform pieces, rank insignia and badges of the Kriegsmarine, including those of U-Boot crews. This work traces the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the German war navy between 1935 and 1945. A formidable weapon which, despite its limited resources, would ultimately prove the only...
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