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ROAD TRIP on the D-Day Landing Beaches ROAD TRIP on the D-Day Landing Beaches 2
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€34.03
Hit the road for a road trip aboard a Willys Jeep, along the D-Day Landing Beaches, tracing the steps of those who, at the risk of their lives, crossed the seas to restore freedom in France and across Europe. Photographer Alice Bertrand and author Claire Larquemain travel through the five Allied D-Day sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword Beach....
MINE CLEARANCE IN NORMANDY 1944–1948 MINE CLEARANCE IN NORMANDY 1944–1948 2
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Across France, more than 500,000 hectares of land had been mined during the Second World War. Nearly 6 million mines were laid on Field Marshal Rommel's orders as part of the Atlantic Wall alone, to defend the French beaches against invasion. The Normandy coastline proved severely affected by this "mine warfare." With Liberation came the time for...
HONOUR IN THE FEMININE - Portraits of Women in the...
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1940. Refusing the armistice requested by Marshal Pétain following the country's collapse, General de Gaulle made a solemn appeal from London on 18 June to rally the French — military and civilian alike — who wished to resume the fight against the German invader. From November onwards, the small Free France army thus formed opened its recruitment to...
44 EXTRAORDINARY D-DAY DESTINIES Volume 2
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€20.85
Following the success of his first volume, author and journalist Philippe Bertin unveils new stories of celebrated and anonymous heroes in his book 44 Extraordinary D-Day Destinies – Volume 2. Through beautifully illustrated pages, captivating stories await discovery: the incredible — and for some, truly surprising — destinies of men and women who crossed...
Comic Book: General Leclerc's 2nd DB - Normandy June 44 –... Comic Book: General Leclerc's 2nd DB - Normandy June 44 –... 2
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On 2 March 1941 at Koufra, in southern Libya, Colonel Leclerc swears not to lay down arms until the French flag flies over Strasbourg Cathedral... Three years later, at the casino in Témara, General de Gaulle announces that the 2nd DB will take part in the Battle of France. First step: the liberation of Normandy... 64-page comic book accompanied by a...
Historical Record of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, 6... Historical Record of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, 6... 2
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This exceptional work, remarkable for the information and descriptions it provides, recounts the 17 military operations that marked the months of June to August 1944. The fruit of more than ten years of work, illustrated with numerous maps, it immerses the reader as close as possible to the fighting, to the Allied soldiers and to the Norman civilians...
1940s Fashion — Dressing Well Despite Everything 1940s Fashion — Dressing Well Despite Everything 2
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Almost 10 years after the success of the book l'Elegance, written by Sylvie Caillard and published by Histoire & Collections in 2015, here is the second volume in this series. Illustrated with numerous photographs of period outfits (garments from the author's personal collection), excerpts from documents and magazines, this work presents 1940s fashion,...
Yellow Stars in Normandy
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Yellow Stars in Normandy

L20240102
€23.60
Willed by Marshal Pétain, the Statute on Jews was promulgated on 3 October 1940. Alongside this French legislation, the Nazi occupier put in place its own ordinances. Census-taking and Aryanisation were the prelude to the Final Solution. From 1942 onwards, arrests and round-ups followed one another in rapid succession, sending nearly a thousand Jews...
One-Way Ticket to Ouistreham: Commando Kieffer, Fallen...
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In the early hours of 6 June 1944, 177 naval commando riflemen, under the command of Philippe Kieffer, landed at Colleville-sur-Orne. Their mission was to take the town's casino, converted into a bunker, and neutralise the German defences. By the evening of 6 June, the French unit of No. 4 Commando had suffered heavy casualties. Nearly a quarter of the...
BERNARD DARGOLS, A French GI at Omaha Beach
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€18.86
A young Parisian student, Bernard Dargols was on an internship in New York when war broke out in 1939. His family, who had remained in France, was threatened by the antisemitic laws of the Vichy regime. Bernard Dargols then decided to enlist in the American army, convinced that he would be more effective there in fighting the occupying forces. Having...
Saint-Vaast Under Occupation, Saint-Vaast First Liberated...
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More than a chronicle, Saint-Vaast Under Occupation, Saint-Vaast First Liberated Port is the sensitive collection of words given by veterans and gathered twenty years ago on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. This work brings together their long-held memories, their testimonies — for the most part previously unpublished — of four...
The Occupation in Normandy
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The Occupation in Normandy

L20240106
€37.82
This collection of previously unpublished photographs invites the reader to discover the period of occupation in Normandy through the eyes of the German occupier. More than 500 images, all taken from soldiers' personal albums, are brought together here. They show us their daily lives — training, fortifications, reviews and official visits, as well as...
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