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2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2000 Years of French Fortification - From the 4th Century... 2
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2000 YEARS OF FRENCH FORTIFICATION From the 4th century BC to the Atlantic Wall Oppida, castles, fortified churches, and urban ramparts dot the French landscape, while forts and Maginot works near the borders evoke former barriers. Why this omnipresent fortification? Historians, architects, and urban planners seek, for various reasons, an answer. They...
U.S. NAVY UNIFORMS IN WORLD WAR II : U.S. Naval...
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This book is a detailed examination of the uniforms and equipment used by elite and specialist units of the United States Navy during the Second World War. Collectors and history specialists will marvel at the breadth of previously unpublished texts and images covering such rarely treated subjects as pre-war landing parties, Seabees, Naval beach...
MIRAGE 2000, THE HISTORY IN THE AIR FORCE FROM 1974 TO... MIRAGE 2000, THE HISTORY IN THE AIR FORCE FROM 1974 TO... 2
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The genesis of the Mirage 2000 is rooted in the continuation of development work on the last experimental prototypes from Avions Marcel Dassault, particularly the Mirage 4000. The Mirage 2000, whose first prototype flew in 1978, has formed the backbone of French combat aviation since 1984, with five different variants operated by the Armée de l'Air. These...
THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY AT WAR 1914-1918 / 1939-1945
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Australia, a dominion little known before the First World War, forged a strong national identity from 1915 onwards. It fought on the battlefields of Gallipoli, at the Dardanelles. It also intervened in the terrible fighting on the French front from 1916, at Fromelles in the Nord, then at Arras and on the Somme. During the Second World War, the Australians...
THE DESERT EPIC, THE BRITISH 8TH ARMY (VOLUME I)
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The British 8th Army in the desert The defining, almost iconic experience of the British Army during the Second World War remains the confrontation that entered history under the name of the "Desert War." The aura of the 8th Army is unmatched among the British armies of the Second World War. Only the reputation of the 21st Army Group that landed in...
The Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Military Academy – The Great...
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The book presenting the history of the Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan military academy. The Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan Military Academy today brings together three schools: the École spéciale militaire, the École militaire interarmes and the École militaire des aspirants de Coëtquidan, created in 2020. Whether recruited by competitive examination, promoted from the ranks...
ROYAL ETRANGER - 1921-2021 - A Century of History of the...
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This large-format book traces a century of history of the 1er REC (Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie), a well-known unit of the French Foreign Legion. 100 years of heroism: from the first engagements in the Levant to the final clashes in the Sahel. 100 years of sacrifice: from the rice paddies of Indochina to the mountains of Afghanistan. 100 years of...
In the Storms of History - Memoirs of Colonel de La...
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In April 1961, Colonel de La Chapelle commanded the famous 1er régiment étranger de cavalerie. Convinced that "there are things that simply are not done", he chose to commit his unit to the Algiers putsch. This courageous officer began his career at the age of 20 as a simple soldier. During the twenty-seven years in which he would serve France under arms,...
Par le sang versé - La Légion étrangère en Indochine
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Their war lasted fifteen years, from the banks of the Rhine or the Oder in 1940 to the basin of Diên Biên Phu in 1954. French soldiers who had broken with Vichy or heroes of the Free French, soldiers of the Wehrmacht or from the eastern marches of Europe, a generation ground down by a world conflict, they carved out an adventure as one plays a final card....
Black Flathead Engine T-Shirt - 1969 Sports Tee Engine... Black Flathead Engine T-Shirt - 1969 Sports Tee Engine... 2
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100% cotton short-sleeve T-shirt with a classic, comfortable cut from the late 1960s. The graphics are hand-printed at Pike Brothers headquarters in the town of Bad Feilnbach in Bavaria, Germany. The 750cc Flathead engine is the one fitted to Harley-Davidson motorcycles of the civilian WL and military WLA/WLC series from the 1940s and 1950s.  - 100%...
MEDIEVAL COSTUME FROM 1320 TO 1480
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Published in 2008, Medieval Costume from 1320 to 1480 by Florent Véniel quickly became a reference work on this period. Now out of print, it is at last being reissued. Since its first publication, knowledge of medieval costume has advanced. New researchers have emerged, new studies and fundamental texts have been published… Not to mention recent...
Civil and Military Architecture from the Middle Ages to...
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Civil and Military Architecture is a pioneering work of the nineteenth century, one of the very first to classify manor houses, house façades and fortified castles, and to organise the history of architecture into chronological periods. Turning the pages amid the ever-present illustrations, the reader travels through the history of France and perceives...
NOTEBOOK FROM THE WAR OF 1870-1871 - TESTIMONY OF A SOLDIER
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First-hand accounts of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 are both rare and highly sought after. They allow us to enter into the intimate reality of a little-known conflict that nonetheless constitutes a pivotal, transitional moment between the heroic epic of Napoleon's Grande Armée and the terrible carnage of 1914–1918. For the first time in history,...
New York 'Buffalo' Token Signet Ring - Black Pearl Creations New York 'Buffalo' Token Signet Ring - Black Pearl Creations 2
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'Buffalo' Token Signet Ring — Brushed 316L surgical steel band - Style inspired by streetcar or bus tokens from Buffalo (New York State) in the 1950s - Token Ø16mm The French size corresponds to your finger circumference in mm
T-Shirt MOSQUITO BLUE - In Memories Sportswear T-Shirt MOSQUITO BLUE - In Memories Sportswear 2
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T-Shirt MOSQUITO BLUE - In Memories Sportswear

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€29.50 €49.17
This T-shirt has a straight cut in the style of the 1940s. It is made from a very thick 280 g/m² cotton, making it extremely comfortable to wear and very soft to the touch. The T-shirt is manufactured in Portugal and the screen printing is done in France entirely by hand using an artisanal process. The ink used is water-based. MOSQUITO AND TACTICAL...
German Helmets 1916-1945 - German Helmets German Helmets 1916-1945 - German Helmets 2
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Lavishly illustrated book covering German Helmets from both World Wars Hardcover book with all you need to know about German Helmets from both World Wars Aesthetically layout with 1,480 high quality pictures Theory and gallery book for novices and veteran helmet collectors The German helmet is one of the most iconic symbols of the German soldier in World...
Our Baptism of Fire - August-December 1914, Unpublished...
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Among the many works devoted to the Great War, here is a fine book that stands out for four distinctive features: – It is devoted exclusively to the first four months of the war, the period subsequently known as the "war of movement", from August to December 1914, the deadliest months of the entire conflict. – It brings together only unpublished images,...
1870-1871 Perspectives on the Franco-German War - Carnet...
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Perspectives on the Franco-German War of 1870-1871 This special issue on the conflict of 1870-1871 aims to complement the many studies and accounts that have been published on this subject. It does not claim to "recount" the war in the face of this wealth of easily accessible and highly comprehensive sources. La Sabretache has favoured a more diverse...
THE 1ST PARACHUTE CHASSEUR REGIMENT THROUGH ITS PENNANTS...
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With this unprecedented and richly illustrated work, the history of the 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (1st RCP) is revisited and expanded: for the first time, the combat actions and day-to-day training of the 1st RCP are recounted through the regiment's many pennants. A great number of them have weathered the storms of history into which the 1st RCP has...
BLOUSON "LE FALOT" WINTER WAXED by Fleurs de Bagne BLOUSON "LE FALOT" WINTER WAXED by Fleurs de Bagne 2
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BLOUSON "LE FALOT" WINTER WAXED by Fleurs de Bagne

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The "LE FALOT" jacket is made by the Manufacture HERVIER PRODUCTIONS, based in the Indre (37) for 3 generations, in a 100% waxed cotton canvas 395g/ml woven by the English manufacturer BRITISH MILLERAIN since 1880. 100% Cotton TECHWAX KHAKI canvas 395g Manufacture BRITISH MILLERAIN - England - 100% brown sheepskin wool lining Manufacture JULES TOURNIER...
Dispatches from Vietnam
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Vietnam Dispatches

L20200231
€20.85
Vietnam Dispatches brings together John Steinbeck's final series of war reportages. Previously unpublished in France, this work gathers the chronicles written from 1966 for Newsday magazine by the man who received the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. John Steinbeck, aged 64, is already an ailing...
OBJECTIVE SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE – THE AMERICAN PARATROOPERS OF D-DAY
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Far more than a book, this commemorative work — produced for the first time around the exceptional collections of the Airborne Museum at Sainte-Mère-Église — retraces the victorious epic of the American airborne troops of the 82nd and 101st Airborne, from their creation through to the fighting in Normandy, Holland, Belgium and then Germany. The many...
The Story of Hitler, Germania and Co. - Paul Ordner The Story of Hitler, Germania and Co. - Paul Ordner 2
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Paul Ordner, a celebrated sports and political cartoonist of the mid-20th century, depicts in 26 drawn tableaux the rise, the misdeeds and the fall of the terrible couple Hitler and Germania. Annotated reissue of the collection published in 1945. The sketches are reproduced identically, presented and commented upon by Yves Buffetaut.
A LEGIONNAIRE'S LIFE
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A LEGIONNAIRE'S LIFE

L20200186
€19.91
From Kolwezi to Afghanistan with the 2nd REP The first firsthand account by a French legionnaire who took part in the majority of the 2nd REP's operations: at Kolwezi in 1978, in the Central African Republic and Chad, in the former Yugoslavia between 1992 and 1999, in Côte d'Ivoire in 2002, and in Afghanistan in 2010.
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