French TextThis work offers thirty or so concise but precise biographies of French World War I Generals. All ranks of generals rub shoulders, from the simple brigadier to the generals destined to become Maréchals. Some are famous; others renowned in their time are now unknown to the general public. The reader discovers the different careers, both typical and unusual, which enabled these men to reach this rank; there is also information which goes against the grain of generally accepted ideas. All the generals are mentioned, from the generals of the "14 Generation" to those of 1918, who advanced because of the conflict; also discussed are the various sackings, the different contexts and the spirit of the times; the clans, the different schools,  skills and negligence, political affinities and their influence; the generals who fell at the front and the true faces of men praised or reviled by History, all with anecdotes and details still as yet unpublished.This study, the first of its type, is captivating from beginning to end and is complemented by unpublished pictures; it enables the reader to put faces to the names of the main protagonists of the Great War; it's all about the men from all walks of life who, far from forming a rigid caste like their counterparts on the other side of the Rhine, reflected the diversity of French society at the time.An undisputed specialist of  20th Century French Army history and a former officer, Paul Gaujac served in the paratroopers, in the air transport command, at the nuclear submarine headquarters and then at that of the Army, finishing his career as head of the Historical Department of the Armée de Terre. He has published twenty works, three of them with Histoire & Collections.

Les Generaux de la Grande Guerre: Tome 1 (French Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Gaujac, Paul

Leaders & Notable People

Histoire and Collections

With the help of technical specifications, discover all the cannon used by the American forces campaigning between 1941 and 1945. Field artillery and anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns are presented from the technical and historical point of view. A chapter is devoted to radio vectors and another to artillery spotting. Undisputed specialist of 20th Century French Army history and former officer, Paul Gaujac served in the paratroopers, in the air transport command, at the nuclear submarines headquarters and then at that of the Army, finishing his career as head of the Historical Department of the Armée de Terre. He has published twenty works, three of them with Histoire &amp; Collections. Modelers, military equipment enthusiasts and readers interested in World War II history will all find this an excellent new reference book.

The Equipment of the U.S. Army: American Field Artillery 1941-45

History

Americas

Casemate Publishers

French TextAfter adopting the American uniform in 1943 when the French Expeditionary Corps in North Africa were equipped by the United States, the high command and the units were constantly improving it with additions conforming to French military traditions. However, once peace had returned, its metropolitan army needed new dress and uniforms.fThis fully illustrated volume includes the black and white plates of the officers’ uniforms published in April 1954, and shows how from 1943 to 1956, the high command and the units managed to transform a uniform which was dull by its very nature into a rather becoming and tasteful uniform inspired by the great tradition of the French Army.

L’Armée Française: 1943-1956 (Officers and Soldiers of) (French Edition)

Military

Designed in less than six months a short while before the United States entered the war in December 1941, in all 650 000 jeeps were built of which almost 175 000 were delivered to the Allied armies as part of the Lend-Lease agreement. The Free French paratroopers were the first to use jeeps – during the Special Air Service raids in the Western Desert. But it was from April 1943 onwards that the jeeps starting arriving in droves in the ports at Algiers and Casablanca as part of the rearmament agreements. These funny little cars won over the French with their good handling and their ability to get over the worst obstacles. Wherever the French army was, there were the jeeps. They transported top brass, carried radios, were equipped with automatic or antitank weapons, evacuated casualties from the battle zones over difficult terrain. They were equipped with loudspeakers to harangue the crowds and the technicians even thought of getting them to do mine detecting. Other builders thought they could replace them but they failed. They just had to build them under license until they just disappeared after sixty years of loyal service

La jeep dans l'armée française Tome 1. De 1943 - 1954

Originating from an illustrated document published in Berlin in 1933, this book presents the uniforms of the various units, governmental and political organizations. We discover here not only the traditional branches of the armed forces such as the navy or air force, but also those of customs agents, forest rangers and members of the Nazi party.To facilitate the reader’s understanding, the two opening chapters are dedicated first to the seizure of power by Hitler, and second to the transformation of the Reichswehr in Wehrmacht, which is a result of the events in the first chapter. In the same spirit, the original plates were completed by documents derived from the period, particularly those emanating from the archives of the 2nd French Office, well informed about the rise of the German forces.The accuracy, the diversity of the representation of uniforms, as well as its aesthetic quality, make this book a valuable document for historians and lovers of uniforms.

Germany in Uniform: From Reichswehr to Wehrmacht: Volume I - 1934

Les forces spéciales de la Libération (Collection "Actions spéciales") (French Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Histoire & Collections

A graduate of France's famed Saint-Cyr military academy covers in detail all American, British, and Free French covert operations that prepared the way for the D-Day and Anvil-Dragoon landings.

Special Forces in the Invasion of France (Special Operations Series)

French Text In July 1944, the soldiers of the French Expeditionary Force in Italy wiped off the effects of their defeat of 1940. Gaining the admiration of the Americans, they stretched the German defenses, which up to that point had been largely unchallenged, with an extraordinay mountain action around the Garigliano, they pushed back 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.

Le Corps Expeditionnaire Francais En Italie, 1943-1944 (French Edition)

The preparation of the Provence landing in August 1944 was so precise that, against all odds, everything went exactly as scheduled. Therefore, this book emphasizes on the military planning involving all the units and equipments used. The second part of the book deals with the landing operations themselves and the first three days of fighting in Provence, by US troops, up to the arrival of the French 1st Army. The second largest US landing operation in France has never received such a detailed coverage, both in preparation and in execution. An hour-by-hour account of the fighting by US troops. More than 60 color profiles of aircraft and landing crafts and ships.

Dragoon, August 15, 1944: The Other Invasion of France

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