The battle of Dien Bien Phu

Using 165 images from French army archives, Pierre Journoud tells the story of the battle of Dien Bien Phu. More specifically, he looks back at the origins of the battle and some of the key episodes of the last major confrontation of the Indochina War, such as Operation Castor (the dropping of Lieutenant-Colonel Bigeard's paratroopers into the [...]

When de Gaulle liberated Paris, June-August 1944

In the spirit of a chronicle, this book looks back at General de Gaulle's return journey to France at the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Paris. Jean-François MURACCIOLE, Paris, Odile Jacob, 2024 More information