Modern warfare

The Schnellbootwaffe was created in the early 1930s, before the Second World War, in concurrence with the regenerated Kriegsmarine.

Pour aider la France à mener la guerre de 1939-1945, cette dernière demande à ses colonies africaines de lui envoyer des hommes, de lui fournir des prestations et des marchandises et de prélever des impôts.

Pendant l'Occupation de Nantes les autorités allemandes encouragèrent les représentations lyriques et les concerts.

When winners write history, they sometimes "e;forget"e; to include their own embarrassing misjudgments.

War is the story of individuals painted into a broader tapestry of overpowering events.

Ce récit est fondé sur des documents personnels, des souvenirs et anecdotes ainsi que des documents historiques qui constituent plus de quarante ans de recherches.

In the early morning of 10 May 1940, the sky literally fell on the heads of the defenders of Fort Eben-Emael, considered to be Belgium's most powerful fortress.

This is the first English-language translation of a crucial memoir of the dying days of Hitler’s Third Reich.

Voici le destin difficile d’un jeune Alsacien devant abandonner famille et études, n’ayant eu d’autres choix que de vêtir tour à tour l’uniforme des deux camps et forcé à survivre dans un monde auquel rien ne le prédestinait afin de partir en guerre.

Cette histoire familiale commence avec Abraham ; elle emprunte pour s'exprimer les récits de l'Ecriture avant d'aborder l'Antiquité, le Moyen Age, et enfin la modernité.

Au sortir de la Première Guerre Mondiale, l'écroulement des grands empires européens donne naissance à de nouveaux pays dont beaucoup n'ont jamais été des Etats.

Unrestricted Warfare reveals the dramatic story of the harsh baptism by fire faced by U.

Written by a Commando veteran of World War II, this is a remarkable, vivid and honest account of the battles and actions behind the award of the thirty eight Battle Honours that were awarded to the Army Commandos by Her Majesty the Queen in 1958.

More than an account of Churchill's momentous meetings with Roosevelt, Stalin and other leaders at the height of the Second World War, this book illuminates the practicalities of transporting a prime minister through dangerous skies and across hostile oceans in a time of global war.

Raymond Juillard a 17 ans lorsqu'il est arrêté par la Gestapo allemande le 27 août 1943.

Keen to learn but short on time?

Written by a Commando veteran of World War II, this is a remarkable, vivid and honest account of the battles and actions behind the award of the thirty eight Battle Honours that were awarded to the Army Commandos by Her Majesty the Queen in 1958.

L'enfant est né avec la guerre, des hordes de Barbares ont envahi le pays.

'Common men no longer start wars: they take part in them when someone else has started them.

Combat biographies of seven ace pilots flying for the Nazi German air force during World War II, featuring in-the-cockpit accounts of aerial dogfights.

Itinéraire d'un père, combattant actif de la bataille de France en 1940, prisonnier de guerre, « triangle rouge », résistant pris dans les barbelés des camps nazis condamné à la déportation pour rébellion, sabotage et tentatives d'évasion.

Les tirailleurs sénégalais ont été nombreux à s'être sacrifiés sans avoir été récompensés à leur juste valeur.

Reinhard ‘Teddy’ Suhren fired more successful torpedo shots than any other man during the war, many before he even became a U-boat commander.

The evacuation and subsequent German occupation of the Channel Islands during WWII, told through personal accounts, newspapers, and political decisions.

Drummer Richard Bentinck of the 23rd of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) was a rarity: he survived many sanguinary experiences and recorded his adventures.

Dans ce roman historique, Jean Moulin nous parle de lui sans rien omettre.

The new edition of this market-leading textbook includes a revised introduction and updated chapters with new research and insights.

Le 11 avril 1945, plus de 3000 déportés à bout de force espèrent leur libération dans deux petites gares ferroviaires perdues au fin fond de l'Allemagne nazie.

A groundbreaking study of the Canadians' first major operation in Normandy with new revelations on the death of German panzer ace Michael Wittmann.

The word 'Gestapo' has become synonymous with the terrible brutality and terror of the Nazi regime in World War II.

Submarine' is almost certainly the first book to bring together eye-witness accounts from almost every navy that deployed submarines in WW2, and it is far more than an account of WW2 missions.

This work examines the nature of the relationship between the British Government and the Polish Government-in-Exile, 1939-1945.

L'auteur livre ici l'histoire de son père, Marcel Autant.

Dans ce livre, l'auteur raconte avec sa gouaille de titi parisien, sa pudeur, mais aussi avec beaucoup de sobriété, son quotidien de gamin du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, pendant l'Occupation allemande.

Richard Hughes was an artillery officer with the British Army in World War II.

A German air force officer's first person account of aerial battle during the invasion of Sicily in WWII.

Ce recueil de dix nouvelles est imprégné par les grands conflits du vingtième siècle.

Le blocus de la colonie française de la Côte Française des Somalis et plus particulièrement de son port, Djibouti, entre 1940 et 1942, est l'histoire d'une guerre fratricide entre Français libres et Français de Vichy.

This military history examines the development of French Army doctrine from the end of WWI to the disastrous German invasion of WWII.

The assault guns and tank destroyers deployed by the Wehrmacht during the Second World War are not as famous as tanks like the Tiger and Panther, but they were remarkably successful, and they are the subject of Anthony Tucker-Jones's wide-ranging photographic history.

Fin décembre 1942, une petite fille s'échappe du ghetto de Varsovie.

Offering a unique approach to history, this series of individual encyclopedias will delineate and explain the people, places, events, chronology, and ramifications of pivotal days in history.

Ce récit romancé est l'histoire d'une famille du Nord de la France, sur trois générations, au travers des parcours de vie noués aux grands mouvements de l'Histoire qui ont marqué cette région.

In 1942, John Eppler was one of two German spies inserted behind British lines in Egypt after an epic crossing of the Western Desert organised by the Hungarian explorer Count László Almásy, Operation ‘Condor’.

Tadeusz Komorowski was born in 1895 in Galicia, a region then ruled by the Austrians, and he served in the Austro-Hungarian Army in the First World War.

De 1939 à 1945, l'Algérie a occupé une place centrale dans l'histoire de la France.

The third volume in this definitive reference on the German Army in WWII, covering the organization, combat histories, and commanders of each division.