George Bernage - Böcker

A spectacular, large format, full colour book, packed with over 200 photographs, maps and charts. The book is divided into the sectors associated with the Normandy landings in 1944.

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This book provides a day-by-day account of the forty-two days of fighting from Omaha Beach to Saint-L. Follow Lt. Allsup from the beaches at Hill 108 (the 'bloody hill'), where he was injured, and Lt. Jones, who was among the first to enter Saint-...

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The Battle of the Odon evokes the clash between the British Army and the II SS-Panzer Korps, as they attacked across the Odon Valley during Operation "Epsom" in June 1944. Using contemporary photographs and documents, this book provides ...

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On the night of 8 August 1944, the First Canadian Army launched Operation Totalize, directing their advance towards Falaise, with the intention of breaking through the German defences south of Caen. In spite of large numbers, they were halted by t...

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In June 1944, the Americans left the Sainte-M re-Eglise and Utah Beach bridgehead and crossed the Merderet river to the Chauss e de la Fiere, taking Picauville on 10 June. Their advance was slowed following the failure of the 90th Infantry Divisio...

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Hastings is perhaps the most famous battle ever fought on English soil and resulted in William, Duke of Normandy, becoming King of England. Popularly known as William the Conqueror, his victory over King Harold and his forces was a pivotal turning...

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French Language

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During the night of 5-6 June 1944, the Pathfinders were the first Allied soldiers to set foot on Normandy soil. They fought all night until the 4th Infantry Division linked up with them at St Mere Eglise, and then on to the siege and capture of Ch...

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Following the hugely successful "Invasion Journal Pictorial," the first volume in the Memorial Album Collection, with sales of 60,000 copies since 1983, this new "Memorial" follows the campaign of the 1st US Army, step by step,...

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A pictorial study. Wartime b/w photographs with captions. The Pluto pipeline, Red Ball Express, and the restoration of the French railways. Illustrated.

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June 6, 1944. In the gray light of dawn the landing craft carrying the assault wave of two US divisions as well as the Engineers and the Rangers, advanced toward the beach that was their assigned objective, code-named Omaha. Exhausted by the cross...

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In this important new work on Normandy, Georges Bernage offers a close examination of the decisive moments between 5 and 8 June, 1944, when the Panzers arrived on the front line. He details their units and their very first engagements on the battl...

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The "Corridor of the Death" is the bottleneck of the famous Falaise-Argentan pocket, where the German fighting forces will be destroyed by Allied power. The Germans will leave several thousand dead and 40,000 prisoners in the pocket, aft...

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Sourced from several global archives, this book presents the life and achievements of the great sailor Korvettenkapitan Kentrat with more than 500 photographs and documents. Born in 1906 in the Moselle, he joined the Reichsmarine in October 1925 a...

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Of Jewish origin and an intimate friend of Hitler, Emil Maurice was the founder of the SA and of the Stosstrupp Hitler (the origin of the SS). He also helped to edit Mein Kampf in Landsberg Prison. Through the unusual destiny of Emil Maurice, this...

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June 7, 1944. The Allies have landed in Normandy, where they have set a bridgehead : yet this one is narrow and fragile. The Canadians sprint on to Carpiquet, but their attack is crushed by panzers of the Hitlerjugend Division that have just rejoi...

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6 juin 1944, deux divisions aroportes amricaines sont largues lest de la Presqule du Cotentin. Lune delles, la 101st Airborne Division, a pour mission douvrir les sorties de plages pour la 4th Infantry Division qui va dbarquer sur Utah Beach mais ...

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This book is the fruit of forty years of contact with military and civilian witnesses, now almost all gone, of research, analyses and descriptions of several thousands of photographs about the Landings and the Battle of Normandy. This book is the ...

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To the northeast of Brittany, in the marches, three towns still have their old medieval aspect and reveal their exceptional heritage. These three medieval cities are presented together in a magnificent colour 80-page bound book. The reworked texts...

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Following the failure at Villers-Bocage and a further failure at the end of June 1944 facing Hill 112 at the end of Operation Epsom (the Battle of the Odon), Monty relaunched an attack against Hill 112, southwest of Caen, on 10 July 1944. In doing...

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lissue de Marita, de la campagne des Balkans et de la victoire allemande en Grce continentale, lle de Crte, en tant que base de la RAF, constitue une grave menace pour le Reich, les champs ptrolifres de Ploesti seraient menacs par les bombardiers ...

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