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¿The Guard Attacks!¿. The Imperial Guard, this glorious phalange, the fruit of the Emperor Napoleon¿s greatest attention, was almost an army within the ¿Grande Arm¿. This study of the Guard¿s organisation, uniforms and equipment is fully comprehensive. Vol. I: Discover the uniforms, equipment and weaponry of the Old Guard, often the last resort to be thrown into battle at the decisive moment. The illustrator and researcher, Andr¿ouineau presents here a fully comprehensive overview of all aspects, regiments, etc. of the French Imperial Guard. Vol. II Continues where vol. I ended with a wealth of images to conclude this fully comprehensive overview of the Imperial Guard.

French Text: On the 5th of June 1940, the Germans launched their second great offensive of the western campaign against a much-enfeebled French army. Despite intense fighting around the Somme and the Aisne the numerical superiority of the enemy began to tell forcing the French troupes to gradually retreat. On June 13th Weygand sent out the order to retreat and save itself at which point it would appear that the campaign was over. However, fierce fighting continued around the areas of the Loire, Verdun, the Sarre and the Rhine. Over twelve days a struggle raged between those who wanted to continue the fight lead by Reynaud and de Gaulle and those who favored and armistice led by Weygand and Petain. The fall of the Reynaud government on the 16th June sealed the end of the French campaign.

French Text: The action of John Howard is without doubt one the most spectacular commando action of D-Day and WWII. Ten minutes after midnight on June 6th 1944, after an audacious glider landing, airborne troops of the 6th Airborne Division arrived at the bridge at Bénouville which became known as Pegasus Bridge and entered the annals of history. Six kilometers from there, towards the coast, at Melville was installed a German artillery battery which was in turn attacked by British paras a few hours later .

This book is the fruit of 40 years research and analysis of eye-witnesses accounts, both military and civilian, thousands of photographs, researched and analysed, concerning the Invasion and Battle of Normandy. With over 470 photos, and 73 maps, this publication provides a day by day account of these events from June 6th to August 30th 1944.

The decisive phase of the landing of June 6 to 14, 1944 told by headgear. From 6 to 14 June 1944, Normandy, the fate of the world will play out. The first decisive phase of the landing beaches of the Allies lead to the stagnation to Caen. The allies succeeded their incredible gamble: Establish a beachhead in Normandy to defeat Nazi Germany. The soldiers left on the battlefield and the headgear, and person devices tell us a story. Each helmet has a story; each helmet is attached to a place and time of landing. It is also the story of these men, these anonymous soldiers, their encounter with the great moments of landing. Thanks to special insignia and markings that were painted for D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, we can situate these objects in their place and their historical context. These items, abandoned during the fighting will make you relive the decisive hours of landing. Discover the moving stories and great pictures.- More than 80 headgear illustrated by 300 detailed photos- Exceptional items, moving historical evidence- The radio messages 'Radio Normandy - Castle Square Bayeux' during battle, unreleased- The symbolic insignia of soldiers- This history of the landing beaches to the gates of Caen>Experience the landing through extraordinary items forgotten!

Field guide to the landing Beaches - full of photographs.

During World War II, thousands of Native Americans took part in the crusade for the defence of freedom and democracy in all theatres of operation: from Normandy to the Pacific via Africa and North Italy, the soldiers from these tribes demonstrated huge patriotism and courage.

French Language

This collection of reminiscences and poems of American veterans residing in France brings alive the realities of World War II, particularly in France but also in North Africa, the South Pacific, England, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Germany.

In the Medieval period, the idea of the crusade (or holy war/jihad) gained favor as a way firstly of freeing the Holy Land from Muslim control, it then degenerated into a justification for imposing western domination in Asia Minor. Crusades, therefore, always took place away from western Europe.

A superb, highly illustrated book! From their bridgeheads in Normandy, established after three months of intense fighting, the Allies finally broke out and began a spectacular advance, pushing the Germans back at an unprecedented rate. Here's the complete story of what became known as Montgomery's Blitzkrieg.

The wartime autobiography of one of the most colorful SOE operatives of his time. Sheppard's is a tale of extraordinary courage and bravery and of a man who ended his war in Nazi concentration camps but survived to tell the tale.

L?un des As du Normandie-Niémen avec seize victoires homologuées, Roger Sauvage a publié peu après son retour en France le récit de son expérience au sein de cette unité de chasse franco-russe devenue mythique dans l?histoire de l?aviation. Racontant la vie du « Neu-Neu » au plus près des combats et du quotidien des pilotes comme des mécaniciens, Un du Normandie-Niémen a rencontré un grand succès dès sa sortie et a été plusieurs fois réédité par la suite. Désormais introuvable, ce livre aussi vivant qu?instructif est très recherché par les passionnés d?aéronautique. Heimdal répond aujourd?hui à leur attente en proposant un ouvrage grand format comprenant l?intégralité du texte original, enrichi d?éclairages historiques permettant d?en mieux comprendre les différentes parties. Mais aussi, grâce à la famille de Roger Sauvage, un très grand nombre de photos dont une bonne partie prises par l?aviateur lui-même sur le front russe. Sans oublier les caricatures de Pierre Déchanet, dessinateur du groupe et ami de Roger Sauvage. C?est la première fois que ces dessins, relatant la vie quotidienne du « Neu-Neu » avec détails et humour, vont être présentés dans leur intégralité.

C'est l'histoire de ces bateaux et de ces hommes qui forme le coeur du livre. Parmi eux, Querville avec son sous-marin la Junon qui a debarque en Norvege un commando charge de faire sauter une usine d'eau lourde ; ou Levasseur avec l'Aconit qui a coule deux U-Boote en douze heures.

Avec 158 victoires a son palmares et sa mort a seulement 22 ans, Hans-Joachim Marseille est une legende de l'aviation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Assurement, un ouvrage qui fera date dans l'histoire des publications aeronautiques, par l'importance de son sujet comme par la qualite de son texte et la richesse de son illustration.

A richly-illustrated account of the exceptional career of Korvettenkapitan Kentrat, based on his personal documents, letters and uniform.

Apres Landser, Ordre Noir et Deutsche Luftwaffe, voici un nouveau livre de la meme collection sur les troupes de choc de la Premiere Guerre mondiale.

Ce nouvel ouvrage permet de connaitre l'histoire du regiment d'artillerie de la Division Wiking, grace aux recits et souvenirs de veterans de l'unite ayant soutenu les combats de la Division. Son chef Herbert Otto Gille en deviendra meme le Kommandeur.

Grace au journal de marche du Panzer-Regiment de la " Hitlerjugend ", nous pouvons suivre, jour par jour, l'engagement des panzers de cette celebre division dans les tres durs combats de la Bataille de Normandie. Il est accompagne d'une abondante iconographie dont une quarantaine de photos inedites. Un document incontournable.

Ce magnifique ouvrage associe les documents archeologiques, les peintures et les photos de reconstitution.

Aout 1914... Le declenchement de la Grande Guerre jette les uns contre les autres des millions d'hommes appeles a ecrire, dans la boue des Flandres ou sur les hauteurs de Verdun, l'une des plus tragiques epopees du sanglant XXe siecle.

Nous commemorerons, en 2014, le centenaire de la declaration de la Grande Guerre. Cette derniere bouleversa la vie quotidienne et la gastronomie des Francais bien au-dela du conflit. La guerre 14/18, c'est huit millions cinq cent mille francais mobilises, qu'il fallut nourrir pendant mille cinq cents jours a raison de trois repas par jour.

In the Batailles & Temoignages collection, here's a new album dedicated to the story of a German Romanian born in Kronstadt in the Carpathians, who joined the Waffen-SS, and became an officer. He would go on to fight at Normandy.