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  • French Navy 1939–42

    The Marine nationale in World War II

    by Hugues Canuel ...
    Series Book 16 - Fleet
    An authoritative, illustrated analysis of the official French Navy in World War II, under the command of the Third Republic and of Vichy.At the outbreak of World War II, the Marine nationale was the most powerful navy in continental Europe, unified in its purpose of defending the nation and the colonial empire. It was the product of the unique 1920s–30s French naval doctrine and armaments ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Fall and Rise of French Sea Power

    France’s Quest for an Independent Naval Policy, 1940–1963

    by Hugues Canuel ...
    Series series Studies in Naval History and Sea Power
    The Fall and Rise of French Sea Power explores the renewal of French naval power from the fall of France in 1940 through the first two decades of the Cold War. The Marine nationale continued fighting after the Armistice, a service divided against itself. The destruction of French sea power—at the hands of the Allies, the Axis, and fratricidal confrontations in the colonies—continued unabated until ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

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  • Our Finest Hour

    Canada Fights the Second World War

    by David Bercuson ...
    First published in 1995 as Maple Leaf Against the Axis, Our Finest Hour has been completely revised and updated, with new chapters that reflect the latest research about Canada's home front in the war and the formulation and execution of Canadian war strategy at the highest levels. Although Canada was not ready for war in 1939, the people of Canada and their armed forces eventually overcame major ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment In Normandy Drop [Illustrated Edition]

    by Colonel S. L. A. Marshall ...
    Includes six maps.This is actual story of parent regiment of the famous "Band of Brothers" Easy company.As the tens of thousands of American troops began their approach toward the forbidding German-defended Normandy coast, their comrades in the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions had already flown over the Channel and began dropping and gliding into enemy territory. The Airborne Divisions had a role ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Second World War, Vol. 3

    The War at Sea

    by Philip D. Grove, Mark J. Grove, Alastair Finlan ...
    Series series Essential Histories
    This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a critical contest, as sea-lanes provided the logistical arteries for British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Land forces ultimately won World War II, but the battles at sea fundamentally ... Read more

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  • D-Day 1944 (1)

    Omaha Beach

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 100 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Omaha Beach landings.The D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 were the largest amphibious military operation ever mounted. The greatest armada the world had ever seen was assembled to transport the Allied invasion force across the Channel and open the long-awaited second front against Hitler's Third Reich. Of the landings on the five assault beaches, Omaha ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • 'Sink the French!'

    At War with Our Ally—1940

    by David Wragg ...
    A history-defining moment in World War II, when the allied nations of England and France stood on the precipice of betrayal—and war with each other.After the forces of Nazi Germany launched their Blitzkrieg assault on Holland, Belgium, and Northern France, the tentative relationship between Great Britain and France was strained to the limit. For when the Vichy regime surrendered, the British had ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day

    The Allied Invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe

    by Wayne Vansant ...
    The acclaimed author and illustrator presents a full-color, vividly detailed graphic history of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France.The invasion of Europe was the most anticipated event of WWII. Yet careful planning insured that the Nazis were taken by surprise when Allied forces landed in Normandy. The success of Operation Overlord was the beginning of the end for Hitler's mad ambitions ... Read more

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  • Normandy 1944: The Battle of the Hedgerows

    Photographs From Wartime Archives

    by Simon Forty ...
    Series series Images of War
    With rare wartime photography, this WWII history presents an in-depth look at one of the most grueling and vital battles of the Normandy campaign.After storming the beaches on D-Day, the US First Army labored to advance through the Norman bocage country in the west. The lethal struggle that developed there was a defining episode in the Normandy campaign, and this photographic history is a vivid ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operation Dragoon 1944

    France’s other D-Day

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 210 - Campaign
    The story of the second major amphibious landing in France in 1944, which built upon the lessons learned from D-Day.Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in southern France on August 15, 1944, was one of the most controversial operations of 1944, leading to a deep divide between United States and British planners. The US objective was to threaten the rear of the German armies occupying France by ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Cherbourg 1944

    The first Allied victory in Normandy

    by Steven J. Zaloga ...
    Series Book 278 - Campaign
    A rigorous and absorbing study of the first major Allied operation in Normandy after the D-Day landings.Blending expert analysis, specially commissioned artwork and illustrative maps, this book tells the story of the bitter struggle to capture this vital point. Cherbourg was recognized by both the German and Allied High commands as crucial to the Allied foothold in Normandy – it was the nearest ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • FIGHT AT THE LOCK [Illustrated Edition]

    by Colonel S. L. A. Marshall ...
    Includes 6 mapsAs the tens of thousands of American troops began their approach toward the forbidding German-defended Normandy coast, their comrades in the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions had already flown over the Channel and began dropping and gliding into enemy territory. The Airborne Divisions had a role critical to the success of the entire Normandy Landings; beyond the initial beach ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus