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The Free French Secret Agents Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9782352502708
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2013
Series: Résistance
Description:
With only a few good men and women, and in spite of the unrelenting pressure of both German and Vichy security services, the BCRA managed to establish a series of resistance networks that eventually provided up to 75% of the vital intelligence needed for the preparation of the June 1944 Normandy landings. Based on little known or ignored documents, this latest addition to the Resistance series presents General de Gaulle’s secret services that went from being no more than a small band of amateurs in 1940 to a key element of the Free French contribution to final victory.
RRP: £22.00
Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 191 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 276
ISBN: 9782840483236
Pub Date: 28 Feb 2013
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: 360 illustrations
Description:
Established on 1 October 1949, the Sturmgeschütz Brigade participated in Operation Barbarossa in Ukraine all the way to the gates of Moscow. In 1942 it fought on the Terek in the Ukraine and then onto Sebastopol, Yugoslavia and then Hungry. Its successes can be attributed to the numerous recipients of the Knights Cross included among its ranks.
La Flak de la Hohenstaufen Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9782840483267
Pub Date: 15 Feb 2013
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: 130 illustrations
Description:
The 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen", also known as SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 9, SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 9 Hohenstaufen or 9. SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen, was a German Waffen-SS Armoured division which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. The division was activated on the 31 December 1942.
Raid de Bruneval et de la Poterie-Cap d’Antifer Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9782840483151
Pub Date: 01 Feb 2013
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: fully illustrated throughout
Description:
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. The attack, on the night of February 27th 1942, was a major success, and demonstrated the military importance of a small and highly trained group of men and the impact they could have on a specific target when given a specific task to do.
RRP: £42.99
La 1st Marine Division dans l'enfer du Pacifique Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 420
ISBN: 9782840483427
Pub Date: 19 Jan 2013
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: 800 photographs
Description:
This book covers the exploits of the 1st Marine Division. It show how they fought alone on the Guadalcanal front against the Japanese under particularly difficult circumstances, defeated the Japanese garrisons at Cape Gloucester and Peleliu, and played a key role in the Battle of Okinawa. It tells of how twenty-two of their men were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (when divisions which have been the subject of dozens of publications, such as the 82nd and 101st Airborne have won three each), the most famous of whom was undoubtedly John Basilone.
La Bataille d'El-Alamein Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 120
ISBN: 9782840483410
Pub Date: 19 Jan 2013
Imprint: Heimdal
Description:
This new book is published to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein. It has a special place among the major battles of the Second World War, and is linked to the name of two great leaders that commanded in this battle: Rommel and Montgomery. We follow the checking of Rommel’s advance at El Alamein (July 1 - September 2, 1942) and the victorious counter-offensive of Montgomery (October 23, November 4, 1942).
RRP: £22.00
Major Rudolf Witzig le Vainqueur d’Eben-Emael Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9782840483359
Pub Date: 19 Jan 2013
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: 140 illustrations
Description:
This book presents the history of the famous Major Witzig, born on August 14, 1916, aspiring officer on April 1, 1935, head of the engineering section of the Fallschirm-Infantry Battalion in August 1938, with which he captured Fort Eben-Emael at dawn on May 10, 1940, capturing 1,200 soldiers with his 55 paratroopers. Awarded the Knight's Cross, he jumped in Crete where he was seriously injured. Afterwards, he commanded a battalion of paratroopers in Tunisia and on the Eastern Front.
RRP: £12.00
1940: Les Blindes Francais Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9782840483182
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2013
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: Fully illustrated throughout
Description:
In Heimdal’s latest collection, this portfolio focuses on tanks in 1940 France.In addition to a detailed presentation of the equipment, unit and leadership, information is also provided as to what fate they eventually met. With 160 colour pages, this work is full of unique photos of the destruction these tanks underwent on the battlefield.
Souvenirs de GI's 1944-1945 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 116
ISBN: 9782840483335
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2013
Imprint: Heimdal
Illustrations: Numerous colour photographs
Description:
Included in this richly illustrated work by Daniel Blanchard are over 50 portfolios of American soldiers, ranging from paratroopers, pilots, infantrymen, tank specialists, plus many more. Blanchard retraces the history of American military units via their uniforms and equipment brought back by the GIs. French Language
RRP: £25.00
The Americans In Normandy Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 260
ISBN: 9782815101141
Pub Date: 15 Jan 2013
Imprint: OREP
Illustrations: 400 illustrations
Description:
Alongside their British and Canadian allies, the American troops landed on the Normandy beaches on the 6th of June 1944. Today, their presence in Normandy on D-Day appears as if it were perfectly obvious. The reality behind it is a little more complicated.
Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781611211368
Pub Date: 06 Jan 2013
Imprint: Savas Beatie
Illustrations: 70 images, 11 maps
Description:
By May of 1863, the Stone Wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg loomed large over the Army of the Potomac, haunting its men with memories of slaughter from their crushing defeat there the previous December. They would assault it again with a very different result the following spring when General Joe Hooker, bogged down in bloody battle with the Army of Northern Virginia around the crossroads of Chancellorsville, ordered John Sedgwick’s Sixth Corps to assault the heights and move to his assistance. This time the Union troops wrested the wall and high ground from the Confederates and drove west into the enemy’s rear.
Building for War Cover Building for War Cover
Format: 
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781612001296
Pub Date: 19 Dec 2012
Illustrations: 16 pages of photos
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9781636244570
Pub Date: 01 Jun 2024
Illustrations: 16 pages of photos
Description:
This intimately researched work tells the story of the thousand-plus Depression-era civilian contractors who came to Wake Island, a remote Pacific atoll, in 1941 to build an air station for the U.S. Navy.
RRP: £22.50
General Mark Clark Cover General Mark Clark Cover
Format: 
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9781612001319
Pub Date: 19 Dec 2012
Illustrations: 16 pages of illustrations
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781636240510
Pub Date: 15 Jul 2021
Illustrations: 16 pages of illustrations
Description:
Although not nearly as well known as other U.S. Army senior commanders, General Mark Clark is one of the four men - along with Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley - who historian Martin Blumenson called “the essential quartet of American leaders who achieved victory in Europe.
RRP: £25.00
If Chaos Reigns Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9781612001524
Pub Date: 19 Dec 2012
Illustrations: 32 pages of photos
Description:
“Gentlemen, do not be daunted if chaos reigns; it undoubtedly will.” So said Brigadier S. James Hill, commanding officer of the British 3rd Parachute Brigade, in an address to his troops shortly before the launching of Operation Overlord—the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
Perilous Moon Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781612001241
Pub Date: 19 Dec 2012
Illustrations: Lavishly illustrated throughout
Description:
“The detail in the book, including scores of photos and maps, is remarkable. What a story he had to tell. And what a story his son Stuart has written.
Guardian Angel Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781612001227
Pub Date: 19 Nov 2012
Illustrations: 16 pages of photos
Description:
U.S. Air Force Pararescue is the most skilful and capable rescue force in the world, taking on some of the most dangerous rescue missions imaginable.