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OMAHA BEACH – THE BLOODY ONE
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OMAHA BEACH – THE BLOODY ONE

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6 June 1944. In the grey dawn, the landing craft carrying the assault elements of two U.S. divisions, along with Combat Engineers and Rangers, advance towards the beach assigned to them as their objective.
Arromanches - The Ports and Allied Logistics Arromanches - The Ports and Allied Logistics 2
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The Normandy Landings and the military operations that followed required the deployment of unprecedented logistical and technological resources.
GUIDES AND BODYGUARDS OF COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF
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The guides, formed by the necessities of war alongside general staffs (in the roles of escort, guard and dispatch), quickly became the object of generals' solicitude, a reflection of the military prestige of their commanders and a true praetorian guard.
Mexican Campaign 1862-1867 - Carnets de la Sabretache Mexican Campaign 1862-1867 - Carnets de la Sabretache 2
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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...
HS Gazette Des Armes No.34 - The Webley Revolvers HS Gazette Des Armes No.34 - The Webley Revolvers 2
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The Webley revolvers were the principal sidearms of British officers during the extraordinary colonial expansion that characterised the Victorian era. Initially purchased privately by officers of Her Majesty, these revolvers were subsequently adopted by the British Army as its regulation sidearms from 1897 to the Second World War. Riding high on the hip,...
THE FRENCH IN THE KOREAN WAR - BF/ONU 1950–1953 THE FRENCH IN THE KOREAN WAR - BF/ONU 1950–1953 2
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The history of the French Battalion of the UN during the terrible Korean War was until now very poorly known. After twenty years of research by the author, his quest for testimonies from direct witnesses — many of whom have since passed away — allowed him to gather the personal recollections of former officers, non-commissioned officers, corporals and...
Squadron 303 Auxiliary Flask Whisky - The Blend of Freedom - Squadron 303 Auxiliary Flask Whisky - The Blend of Freedom - 2
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This Auxiliary Flask contains 70 cl of Squadron 303 Whisky - The Blend of Freedom -. It allows you to refill your Blend of Freedom flask when you run dry, at a very attractive price. THE BLEND OF FREEDOM - SQUADRON 303 WHISKY Blend 44° The Squadron 303 (No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, also known as the Kościuszko Squadron) was the most formidable...
Carabiniers du Roi 1693-1791 - Carnet de la Compagnie...
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Here is a regiment that stands truly apart by virtue of its recruitment method, its organisation, its strength and its employment. Thus, - This regiment did not recruit directly, but was "fed" and replenished with recruits by the other cavalry regiments, following a system analogous to that in force for the Compagnie des Grenadiers à cheval de la Garde; -...
The Battle of Timimoun - Algeria 1957
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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...
READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers READY? JUMP! With the First French Military Paratroopers 2
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This fascinating saga traces both the training of the first parachute instructors of the French Air Force and the creation of the first Air Infantry Groups. It is this period of wild enthusiasm, often tempered by dashed hopes, that this work recounts with humour and finesse, written in a lively style that reads like a vivid adventure story. The author...
Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World Chesapeake - The French Naval Victory That Changed the World 2
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A tactical success achieved in a few hours of violent cannonade, the Battle of the Chesapeake Bay is above all a strategic victory: the glorious day when the Royale changed the history of the world. This engagement is a reminder of the decisive role of naval combat in high-intensity warfare. At the head of a fleet transformed in response to the defeat of...
Gabi Cognac Espadrille 100% French-Made - Don Quichosse Gabi Cognac Espadrille 100% French-Made - Don Quichosse 2
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The Gabi model, in a mule style in full-grain leather in cognac on an anatomical sole for added comfort, with a leather inner lining.All Don Quichosse espadrilles are handmade, finished with a layer of natural rubber scented with lemongrass. Artisan production in the workshop located in the Basque Country in Mauléon, the espadrille capital. Entirely...
SNIPER
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SNIPER

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Effective, rugged and modern are certainly the adjectives that best define the author's approach to the instruction and employment of snipers. With this new work, Philippe Perotti provides the essential tools for making the most of the .338 Lapua Magnum calibre. He also develops a wide range of aspects of the specialty that significantly enhance the...
Commando Kieffer – 177 Faces of D-Day
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The book that gives a face back to the 177 heroes of Commando Kieffer! On 6 June 1944, at dawn, the 177 French berets of the 1st Marine Fusiliers Commando Battalion landed on Sword Beach alongside the Allies. They were the only French combatants to land on the Normandy beaches. At their head, a banker turned commando: Philippe Kieffer. Although these...
The 29th Infantry Division, a Century and a Half of Epic... The 29th Infantry Division, a Century and a Half of Epic... 2
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The Blue-and-Gray Division, the US 29th Infantry Division, distinguished itself most notably from Omaha Beach, where it suffered terrible losses, through "the hell of the bocage", all the way to Saint-Lô; but its military history continued through the gruelling Battle of Brest and into Germany, across the Rhine plains, where the fighting remained fierce...
DICTIONARY OF FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY – From the Origins...
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As General de Gaulle expressed it in a celebrated and striking phrase: "France was forged by the sword." To study the history of France — and in many respects the history of Europe and the world — one must above all take into account the military history of our country. To avoid misreadings, anachronisms and other hazardous interpretations, here is — from...
BMW Twin-Cylinders 1950/69 from the R51/3 to the R69/S... BMW Twin-Cylinders 1950/69 from the R51/3 to the R69/S... 2
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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...
THE WAFFEN-SS – THE GRENADIERS – Insignia, Footwear &... THE WAFFEN-SS – THE GRENADIERS – Insignia, Footwear &... 2
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This work traces the history, organisation, uniforms and equipment of the Waffen-SS infantrymen (Grenadiere) between 1939 and 1945. This encyclopaedia devoted to the uniforms and equipment of the infantrymen — known as "Grenadiere" towards the end of the war — of the Waffen-SS had become essential for researchers, historians, collectors and the many...
THE QUASI-WAR - The conflict between France and the...
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Who knows that France and the United States went to war? In the second half of the 1790s, these two formerly allied powers entered into open conflict. Although war was never officially declared, French and Americans clashed in naval engagements on both sides of the Atlantic, seizing each other's vessels in large numbers and causing several thousand dead...
GETTYSBURG 1863
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GETTYSBURG 1863

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During the first three days of July 1863, 160,000 Confederates and Union soldiers fought a gigantic battle in a small corner of the south-eastern Pennsylvania countryside, at Gettysburg. The bloodiest battle in all of North American history. In the eyes of contemporaries, the stakes were enormous: to determine the future — united or fractured — of the...
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