2014 marks the centenary of the declaration of the Great War, which devastated daily life and gastronomy for the French, even beyond the conflict. The war saw 8,500,000 Frenchmen mobilised, all of whom needed nourishment three times a day during the 1,500 days of the conflict. French logistics had to deal with this fantastic challenge in record time: the provisioning of four million meals, portioned correctly, to the combatants at the front. This was the proving ground for the fundamentals of modern catering.Passionate about history, Jerome Delile has collected numerous historical cooking utensils, from dishes to flasks, and more, which after a meticulous restoration can now be put in context for their use during the Great War. The authentic and simple recipes in this book, abundantly illustrated with numerous enticing photos, are an invitation to travel through history in an easy and informative way. The chefs of the past who played an indispensable role in the conflict will take you on a journey through time with authentic recipes such as:Pilaf de BoeufSoupe cultivateurSoupe vigneronneCrepe a la LorraineThe research for this manuscript is now finished. It is the first in a series of three (at minimum) which will detail the cuisine of France from the beginning of the Second World War through the rationing era, taking into account the lack of food available during the occupation. TEXT IN FRENCH

The author, an archaeologist, is now directing the restoration of a Viking ship in Normandy. In this book, he traces the evolution of this type of clinker-built ship, from the most ancient prototypes (Hjortspring), to the later models (Roskilde), with many detailed plans. He then explains their construction and modes of navigation used, as well as the religious concepts linked to the fantastic figureheads. Finally, he displays several modern replicas of these ships. TEXT IN FRENCH

In this book, Matthew LONG offers us a unique evocation detailed and complete the journey to Eugene B. SLEDGE, using a mortar 1st Marine Division who fought on the front Pacific during the last year war. Describing the battles of the Marines Peleliu and Okinawa, the author relates, step by step, each tragic moment marking the journey of the character warrior central narrative. The book also includes a rich set of charts descriptions informing us the composition of the units and accurate information on weapons and the equipment in use among the troops of the US Marine Corps at that time.- TEXT IN FRENCH -

Ce nouvel ouvrage va permettre de connaitreun peu plus dans le détail l’histoire durégiment d’artillerie de la Division Wiking,grâce aux nombreux récits et souvenirsde vétérans de cette unité qui aura par sonfeu soutenu tous les combats de la Division.L’un des premiers chefs, Herbert OttoGille, deviendra même Kommandeur de laWiking.Un entrainement très poussé amènera ceshommes à utiliser au mieux leurs différentscanons et obusiers afin d’économiser, par lajustesse de leurs tirs, les munitions qui deviendront au fil des années le problème récurrentdes troupes du front. Le lecteur sera entrainé par la lecture des différents récits dans ce quifut l’un des plus terrible champs de bataille, celui du front Est, redoutable par l’adversairerusse mais aussi par un autre adversaire tout aussi terrible, le froid et la boue.

This beautiful book combines archaeological documents, paintings and photos of a reconstruction of the first wooden amphitheatre at the Coliseum. It is a complete documentation with all categories of gladiators with their particular equipment up their fighting methods and ways of dying. This excellent reference guide is a must-have for all fans of archaeology and the Romans. - TEXT IN FRENCH -

Ce guide de poche offre aux passionnés, aux historiens, aux chercheurs et à tous ceux qui s’intéressent à la bataille de Normandie, quelques six cents monuments, stèles et plaques réparties dans quatre cents villes et bourgs. Des index alphabétiques permettent de faire des recherches par noms (près de 3000 soldats recensés) et par unités combattantes (près de 500 unités répertoriées). --- This pocket guide offers enthusiasts , historians, researchers and all those interested in the Battle of Normandy, some six hundred monuments, headstones and plaques spread over four hundred cities and towns. Alphabetical indexes allow for searches by names (some 3000 soldiers identified) and combat units (nearly 500 listed units).TEXT IN FRENCH

For those numerous fans who appreciated the first volume dedicated to the Wiking Division, here is an excellent complement. After the Flak de la Hohenstaufen and that of the Leibstandarte, here is that of this division. This new title of HS Battles and Testimonies is a supplementary resource of annexes, testimonies, objects, and documents.

The Wiking division was the only armored SS division to fight exclusively on the Eastern Front. It is true that it was partly composed of Flemish, Dutch and Scandinavian volunteers whose primary motivation—for most of them—, was to fight against Bolshevism. It would have been a political mistake to go up against the Western Allies. The division fought with an unrelenting energy despite the fact that victory was not always equal to its efforts and sacrifices, as in Cherkasy or Hungary. Among the ranks of its officers were included high calipered men such as Felix Steiner, Herbert Otto Gille, August Dieckmann, Hans Dorr and Walter Schmidt to name a few. The history of this division, extremely detailed and illustrated by more than 2,500 exceptional photos largely from personal collections is here traced through a series of three volumes. The first covers the period from December 1940 to April 1942, the second from May 1942 until April 1943 and the third, recounts the last two years of war.- TEXT IN FRENCH -

August 1914 – the trigger for the Great War that threw millions of men together from the mud of Flanders to the heights of Verdun: in all, one of the most tragic epochs of the bloody 20th century. Within these anonymous masses, struggling through hardship and sacrifice, some unknowns would discover in themselves the ‘divine coupling of courage and fear’ that would lead them to their vocations as leaders of men. Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, George S. Patton: these 5 men, hardened in the crucible of the First World War, would become the great decision-makers of the war to come. The ordeal they went through would mark them profoundly and influence the course of their careers and, decisively, the course of history. For the first time, these five destinies are presented together in one work: an exceptional iconography and an essential document for understanding the history of both wars, and the history of the 20th century.Text in French.

This book, a veritable encyclopaedia, is the result of an exceptional job presenting members of the Luftwaffe 1935-1945 for the first time and in full uniform and equipment. Having gathered an impressive collection of original pieces, including service uniforms and flying equipment, the author ensures the experience of these men shines through in this book. Each object is photographed in high quality colour with incredible attention to detail and captions provided for each. With over 150 colour photos, including some published for the first time, the book is divided into four parts. As a bonus, the book ends with a discussion of these men using their gear, including telling the story of a pilot through his awards, documents and personal effects. An essential book for historians of World War II, passionate collectors, librarians and archivists.

Sous-officier, « Sepp » Dietrich commanda l’un des premiers chars de combat de l’Histoire lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Membre des gardes du corps de Hitler, il prend le commandement des 117 premiers volontaires le 17 mars 1933, noyau de la Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler qui deviendra régiment, brigade puis division. Cet album retrace le parcours de ce chef, qui avait su créer un lien très fort avec ses hommes et commandera un corps d’armée blindé à la fin de la guerre. C’est principalement un album présentant plus de 500 photos en grande partie inédites, accompagné d’anecdotes de vétérans de la Leibstandarte et de nombreux documents signés par Sepp Dietrich. Un document pour l’Histoire. Album relié en couleur de 160 pages (version reliée de deux Historica), parution hiver 2015

The kitchen of the thirteenth century was long forgotten, overshadowed by the emblematic works, The Viandier Taillevent and Le Mesnagier of Paris, appeared in the fourteenth century. The thirteenth century was a time extension, intense trade, cultural exchanges. This is the golden age for Normans establishing themselves in many countries. In Western Europe this unity and community is greater than ever known before. Their kitchen is a testament to this European cohesion. This book is interested in the recipes presented in Anglo-Norman manuscripts and Scandinavian. They are copies of earlier texts from France, Sicily, themselves copied from other texts or finding their sources of inspiration in the Greco-Latin culture and cuisine of the East. Emblematic dishes that will the reputation of the kitchen Taillevent There are already appearing. The foundations of the medieval kitchen are given.Culinary is constantly changing, it is never a revolution. Acids or sweeter flavors, popular colours, subtle flavours, worked textures, cooking in the thirteenth century offers a wide and varied range recipes as delicious as each other.- TEXT IN FRENCH -

Tuesday, 6th June 1944: 130,000 Allied soldiers arrived on the beaches of Normandy. Among them, 177 Frenchmen.If this number seems modest, its symbolic weight is immense. These men who had refused the Nazi occupation rediscovered the land of their birth, arms in hand, four years after having left. They formed part of the commandos, those elite corps created by Churchill after the disastrous evacuation of Dunkirk. At their head, Philippe Kieffer, a banker for 40 years, whose enthusiasm and obstinacy had combined to convince the British to accept the French at the heart of their shock troops.But the importance of "Commando Kieffer" to the success of Operation Overlord is not simply limited to the symbolic. On D-Day, the French Green Berets would achieve, at the price of heavy losses, all of their objectives, notably the taking of the casino at Ouistreham, transformed by the Germans into a powerfully fortified bunker.Illustrated with many photos, maps, plans, and infographics which plunge the reader into the heart of the action, this book permits one to follow the extroardinary course of action more closely than ever, from their exhaustive training in Great Britain up until the final raids at the beginning of 1945.

April 1943. The war in Europe is at its turn.Just engaged, the fighter group "Alsace" losing his first two pilots, shot down same time, in the same battle, by the same man. Claude Raoul-Duval miraculously survive and spend six months in the Resistance, where he lived an incredible adventure one network to another, before reappearing London and take control Spitfire. It is now one of the last eighteen Companions of the Liberation. Philippe Beraud disappear. His family find him after a long wait of five years, buried anonymously in Le Havre. Through her letters she then discover the extraordinary that was his life, first in the Royal Air Force, and within a squadron Hunting Free France. Missing is the poignant story of two destinies. Tribute and testimony.- TEXT IN FRENCH -

In June 1944, Johannes Börner is 19 years and Léon Gautier 21. These two elite soldiers will take part in the battle of Normandy in the frontline, each convinced to fight for the good cause. One will experience the thrill of victory, the other the humiliation of defeat and prison camps. Seventy years later, they live in the same place, Ouistreham, a seaside resort of the Calvados where Léon Gautier landed among the 177 French of the mythical Commando Kieffer. Johannes Börner, him, married a Norman and became French in 1956. They are friends and reflect together their experience so that humanity never again know the horror of World War II.

During the night of 5-6 June 1944, the Pathfinders were the first allied soldiers to set foot on Norman soil, the paratroops of the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Divisions fighting all night until the 4th Infantry Division, landing on Utah Beach, linked up with them. German troops and defences, paratroopers’ eyewitness accounts, unpublished material are all supplied in this superbly illustrated album.