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The Me 262 and the P-51 represent a peak in terms of design, performance and combat capability due to their respective flight power.

Vitrine de la puissance d'un État, l'avion de combat constitue un des outils les plus redoutables de l'arsenal militaire moderne. Système d'armes ultra-performant, il se présente comme une plateforme flexible, réactive et autonome capable de tenir un rythme opérationnel élevé dans une opération interarmées et interalliée.

Aucun autre mouvement politique que le parti nazi n'a réussi à dresser une toile aussi vaste et aussi structurée sur l'ensemble de la société qu'elle contrôlait, même le parti communiste dans ses heures les plus sombres n'a jamais réussit à atteindre cette perfection organisationnelle.

Au printemps 1940, quand l'Allemagne envahit le Danemark, la Norvège puis les Pays-Bas et la Belgique, la Waffen-SS y ouvre des bureaux de recrutement, avec des résultats mitigés, sinon médiocres.

À l'issue de Marita, de la campagne des Balkans et de la victoire allemande en Grèce continentale, l'île de Crète, en tant que base de la RAF, constitue une grave menace pour le Reich, les champs pétrolifères de Ploesti seraient menacés par les bombardiers anglais. Décision est prise, le XI.

Suite au succès des deux premiers tomes présentant, avec minutie, la percée des XXX et VIII Corps britanniques à travers le bocage dans la seconde quinzaine d'août 1944, voici l'ultime volet de cette série, décrivant jour après jour, heure par heure, la charge des troupes anglaises jusqu'à Argentan et leur contribution à la fermeture de la ...

In this exceptional book, the author, Helmut Konrad von Keusgen, a noted authority on D-Day, describes the most powerful of the German Strong Points (Widerstandsnest) in the Omaha Beach area, WN62. Omaha was where the largest tragedy of the U.S. landings of 6 June 1944 took place. Presenting a wealth of information, from many carefully verified sources, von Kuesgen reconstructs the history of WN62 from April 1942 to June 6, 1944, and particularly the daily lives of the German soldiers stationed there, as well as their relations with the local population. Produced with the assistance and cooperation of the last German veterans, this is an important contribution to the history of German troops during the Second World War. It is a rich work, full of information, typical of the author's style.

Illustrated encyclopedia looking at the weapons, traditions and symbols of Himmler's Black Order.

This two-volume work presents arms and armor from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, opening a new window on these ancient worlds and knowledge.

A fascinating history of the inception and development of Air France from after WWI to today.

Illustrated study of arms and armour from the 6th to 12th centuries, using the best of archeological and historical research of recent years.

Celebrates the French pilots of the Normandy-Niemen Regiment who fought alongside the Soviets on the Eastern Front.

To understand the "Tiger", one must look elsewhere than in its mechanics and go to meet its crew, know its origin, master its wheels in the smallest detail.

Covers the year 1799 which ends with the beginning of the Napoleonic era.

The revealing account of the D-Day rehearsal on 27 April 1944 that resulted in 900 deaths.

Four years before the Allied landing in Normandy, the French coast was the scene of another major episode of the Second World War. This is Operation Dynamo, much less well known than D-Day. Between 27 May and June 4, nearly 350,000 British and French soldiers were evacuated from the Dunkirk pocket by a heterogeneous fleet of 850 boats. Nearly 80 years later, Jean-Charles Stasi, author of several successful books published by Heimdal publishes this major history of one of the most pivotal actions of WWII in a book illustrated with numerous photographs in black and white and color, as well as maps, computer graphics, aircraft profiles and boats. Text in French.

French text: These three volumes represent tthe most comprehensive and detailed study of the uniforms and equipment of the German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) of World War II. Virtually every element of uniform is presented in its every detail, including the different types of jump suits (Knochensack), and equipment used by the Luftwaffe from the mid-1930s to the capitulation of the Reich. The reader will also find badges to Fallschirmjäger and many previously unpublished stories. In short, this work describes in depth the 'green Devils' operations, the attack on Norway in the last days of the Third Reich, passing by the assault on the Belgian fortress of Eben Emael. Campaigns in Holland, Crete, North Africa, Russia, Italy, Normandy and the Ardennes are included in this trilogy. With the help of collectors and museums around the world, the author and the German Publisher have undertaken an unprecedented collaboration. The three volumes total more than 1,000 pages in color, with thousands of photos of objects from collections of the Fallschirmjäger including pieces never revealed and investigated. This exceptional triptych is enriched with many photos of the time including many never before published.

La Wekusta 2 etait une unite de reconnaissance meteorologiquede la Luftwaffe, dont l'histoire fut tres peuexploree par les historiens et si mal connue a ce jour. L'auteur a ecrit ce livre illustre de photos inedites a partirdes archives et des precieux temoignages de veterans.

(Ref. 8403) will be available in early summer. We also offer a another album on the kitchen at that time in the Norman worlds: Normandy kingdom Anglo-Norman, Norman Sicily but also Denmark and Iceland. It will appear in the month of April.

L'auteur, archeologue, dirige actuellement en Normandie la reconstitution d'un bateau viking. Dans cet ouvrage, il retrace l'evolution de ce type de navires a clins depuis les plus anciens prototypes (Hjortspring) jusqu'aux derniers modeles (Roskilde), avec de nombreux plans.

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Located at an isolated house on the cliffs of Bruneval, near Le Havre, the German radio site was considered to be responsible for the loss of many British bombers. It became very important that the receiver was destroyed as it gave the Germans early warning of any Allied ships and aircraft approaching the coast of Western Europe.