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Code name: "Chocolate village": Liberation of Bourneville and its region Code name: "Chocolate village": Liberation of Bourneville and its region 2
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Code Name: "Chocolate Village": Liberation of Bourneville and Its Region

L20190223
€18.96
Chronological account of the liberation of the commune of Bourneville and its surroundings in August 1944. Bourneville is a Norman commune in the Eure department, located in the meanders of the Seine. This account covers the liberation of the commune during the summer of 1944 by British troops.
ROMMEL IN NORMANDY - France 1940
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ROMMEL IN NORMANDY - France 1940

L20200055
€23.70
Rommel's passage through Normandy in June 1940 is often overshadowed. The author sought to highlight this brief episode, which was far from straightforward for his division, which nonetheless captured three Norman ports. Ancelle, Boos, Elbeuf, Yvetot, Fécamp, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Le Havre, L'Aigle, La Haye-du-Puits, Marinvast, Cherbourg — Rommel is one...
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THE WAR IN SEINE-MARITIME - Stories of Objects
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THE WAR IN SEINE-MARITIME - Stories of Objects

L20200144
€14.22
This book is, above all, an encounter — between a Norman historian and a Seine-Maritime museum dedicated to the Second World War. A museum from Forges-les-Eaux with its many treasures, accumulated and staged since 1986 by the Association Départementale du Souvenir de la Résistance (ADSRD). Thierry Chion is a journalist, writer and member of the board of...
France 1940 – Massacred!
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France 1940 – Massacred!

L20200260
€23.70
The tragic fate of African and Indochinese soldiers in Picardy and Normandy No, this book has nothing demagogic about it — the author neither seeks to flatter nor to promote himself. Those put forward are the men themselves: the actors of the bloody fighting on the Somme in June 1940, the massacres of which African soldiers were victims, and those that...
Rouen 1940–1945: Through the Years of Occupation
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Rouen 1940–1945: Through the Years of Occupation

L20210053
€25.59
When a passionate local historian meets someone who loves the city where he grew up, it inevitably ends in an exchange of stories and anecdotes. But when both share a passion for historical photographs, it draws them even closer together, and projects begin to take shape. Thierry Chion and Jonathan Sobielga share a love of photographic testimony depicting...
LIBERATED, NORMANDY 1944 LIBERATED, NORMANDY 1944 2
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LIBERATED, NORMANDY 1944

L20220383
€31.28
The advance of Canadian and Polish troops along the Channel coast to Abbeville in the summer of 1944. With Libérés Normandie 1944, Thierry Chion presents a little-known aspect of the liberation fighting. He chronicles the engagement of Canadian and Polish troops during their advance towards the Somme in August and September 1944. We follow the 4th...
FIREFIGHTERS UNDER THE BOMBS - ROUEN 1940-1944 FIREFIGHTERS UNDER THE BOMBS - ROUEN 1940-1944 2
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FIREFIGHTERS UNDER THE BOMBS - ROUEN 1940-1944

L20220384
€22.75
The remarkable work of firefighters during the bombing of Rouen at the end of the Second World War. The role of firefighters in Rouen during the Second World War is a subject that remains largely unexplored. Historians have not yet paid significant attention to the various civil defence services, having focused instead on the bombings and the fighting —...
Normandy 1944 - Heroes of the Landings Normandy 1944 - Heroes of the Landings 2
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Normandy 1944 - Heroes of the Landings

L20240205
€13.27
On 6 June 1944, the Canadians who landed at Juno Beach risked their lives to save Europe from Nazi barbarism. So that they are not forgotten, war memorials and funerary steles are erected, streets are named in their honour; thousands of white crosses stand in impeccable rows in the cemeteries; the memory of these Canadians is honoured during historical...
France 1940 - The First Battle of Normandy France 1940 - The First Battle of Normandy 2
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France 1940 - The First Battle of Normandy

L20240206
€23.70
It is never easy to recount a defeat. Burdened by caricatural clichés perpetuated for too many years, this Battle of France tends to focus on a few facts regularly singled out. Historians have primarily focused on the French side. Here, we will look at the German side. Apart from our adversaries, who can say that the Franco-British troops fought with...
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