World Wars

FRENCH VERSION
Operation « Merkur » through the testimonies of the actors.This precise and vivid book offers around 400 photographs, most of them never published before, on the preparation and development of this operation. Detailed orbats on the opposing forces and photos of insignia and Soldbuchs of German paratroopers and airmen involved in the campaign, give a final touch to this book.

For a few brief days in August 1944 the world turned its attention to Brittany, but soon all eyes focused on the drive into the heart of France. Yet, Patton’s other tank drive to the west, and the siege of the ports of Brittany, were crucial on the logistical plans for the Allied Armies in Europe. This book covers the astounding armored thrusts of the 4th and 6th Armored Divisions, as well as General Ernest’s cavalry Task Force A, into Brittany.

Operation « Merkur » through the testimonies of the actors.This precise and vivid book offers around 400 photographs, most of them never published before, on the preparation and development of this operation. Detailed orbats on the opposing forces and photos of insignia and Soldbuchs of German paratroopers and airmen involved in the campaign, give a final touch to this book.

FRENCH VERSION
EVERYTHING of what was issued to the GI in Europe in 1943-45 is to be found in this book. Each chapter follows the spirit of the original QMC catalog, but here, every single item is photographed in colour, after the real thing (with every single label inside the garments and pieces of equipment shown in insert). Not only this book is an absolute must for the collector. It is also, for the general readership interested in military History, a perfect demonstration of what a big, industrialized country is able to provide his boys (and girls!) when the need has come. Truly in this book, everything is ‘government issue ’.

In July 1944, the soldiers of the French Expeditionary Force in Italy have wipped off the defeat of 1940, by forcing and turning down the German lines, opening the road to Rome for the Allies. This new book gives a detailed account of General Juin’s men, their organization, equipment, daily life on the front, etc. About twenty maps and hundreds of photographs are included. (French edition only)

FRENCH VERSION
The very first ground actions linked to the D-Day in France were fought by the ‘red berets’, the famous British and Canadian paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division dropped over the Caen region, but also the lesser-known French SAS who jumped over Brittany the same day to fight a guerilla war. This book offers every detail of these elite soldiers.

The very first ground actions linked to the D-Day in France were fought by the ‘red berets’, the famous British and Canadian paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division dropped over the Caen region, but also the lesser-known French SAS who jumped over Brittany the same day to fight a guerilla war. This book offers every detail of these elite soldiers.

FRENCH VERSION
On August 15, 1944, Operation ‘Dragoon’ was launched in Provence. Three American divisions sailing from Naples landed between Cavalaire and Saint-Raphaël. They were followed from Corsica, Taranto and Oran by four French divisions, who captured the cities and ports of Toulon and Marseilles after tough fighting. Then Americans and French rushed north, chasing the Germans, and liberated Lyons seventy days ahead of schedule. This adventure, with its long and meticulous planning, the incertitudes, the amphibious forces, the role played by Corsica, the German defenses, the Resistance fighters, the commandos, the airborne troops, the convoys and the assaults on the beaches, the capture of beachheads, ports, etc., is detailed here.
This highly-documented study is illustrated with 50 maps and 700 photographs, mostly unpublished.

On August 15, 1944, Operation ‘Dragoon’ was launched in Provence. Three American divisions sailing from Naples landed between Cavalaire and Saint-Raphaël. They were followed from Corsica, Taranto and Oran by four French divisions, who captured the cities and ports of Toulon and Marseilles after tough fighting. Then Americans and French rushed north, chasing the Germans, and liberated Lyons seventy days ahead of schedule. This adventure, with its long and meticulous planning, the incertitudes, the amphibious forces, the role played by Corsica, the German defenses, the Resistance fighters, the commandos, the airborne troops, the convoys and the assaults on the beaches, the capture of beachheads, ports, etc., is detailed here.
This highly-documented study is illustrated with 50 maps and 700 photographs, mostly unpublished.

In the same line as The British Soldier , this new book in the series is giving a deserved in-depth study to the gallant troops of Canada who came — first of all from North America — to fight on the European soil during World War II. The greenish Battle Dresses have replaced the kaki ones, but the themes covered by this book are treated in the same logical way : headdresses, uniforms, insignia, medals, individual kit and field equipment, organisation, armament, vehicles.
Our Canadian cousins have also taken part to our Liberation, have been too often kept in the background of their British allied ; we have got to take our hat to them.