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Histoire des as au combat
Il y a cent ans s’affrontaient dans le ciel de Verdun les premiers as de l’aviation lors de combats mémorables entre « Bébé » Nieuport français et Fokker allemands. D’une main, le pilote armait sa ...
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1954-2011
Après avoir consacré trois volumes à l’Histoire des commandos, Pierre Montagnon la complète en relatant un ensemble d’opérations spectaculaires et audacieuses, parfois tragiques et sinistres, resté...
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The Naval War of 1812
As the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 approaches, a new chapter in the history of the war is being opened for the first time. Although naval battles raged on the Great Lakes, combat between p...
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A Secret Ship Made of Ice
In late 1942, Britain was desperate to win the ongoing Battle of the Atlantic. German U-boats had sunk hundreds of Allied ships containing millions of tons of cargo that was needed to continue the ...
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The Last Flight of Bomber 075
Just before midnight on February 13, 1950, three engines of a US Air Force B-36 intercontinental bomber caught fire over Canada’s northwest coast. The crew jumped, and the plane ditched somewhere i...
Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick
The word “pirate” conjures up many Hollywood images, but Trimming Yankee Sails by Faye Kert paints a very different picture. Covering the Atlantic coast from Cape Breton Island, Halifax and Saint J...
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Le 27 novembre 1942 est une date sombre dans l’Histoire de la France. Ce jour-là, la flotte française se saborde dans le port de Toulon pour éviter de tomber entre les mains de l’occupant nazi. En ...
View details (Le Suicide de la flotte française. Toulon, 27 novembre 1942)
