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1	Airman's odyssey more books like this by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry This book, which could be called the "essential" guide to Antoine de Saint-Exupery, includes selections that cover his early years in the airmail service through the occupation of France by Germany during World War II. Introduction by Richard Bach. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.05! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940 more books like this by Marc Bloch In this commentary, an historian and a Resistance fighter analyzes why France fell to Germany in World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Flight to Arras more books like this by Antoine de Saint-Exupery The story of the author's reconnaissance mission from Orly over Nazi-occupied France to Arras in 1940. The journey is recounted in the general context of mortality and war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Auschwitz and After more books like this by Charlotte Delbo, Professor Rosette C Lamont (Translator), Professor Lawrence L Langer (Introduction by) In March 1942, French police arrested Charlotte Delbo and her husband, the resistance leader Georges Dudach, as they were preparing to distribute anti-German leaflets in Paris. The French turned them over to the Gestapo, who imprisoned them. Dudach was executed by firing squad in May; Delbo remained in prison until January 1943, when she was ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $16.48! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The War: A Memoir more books like this by Marguerite Duras, Professor Barbara Bray One of France's greatest novelists offers a remarkable diary of the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War II and of its eventual liberation by the Allies. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the liberation, this extraordinary diary by the author of The Lover is "a haunting portrait of a time and place" (New York Times). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Wine and war : the French, the Nazis, and France's greatest treasure more books like this by Donald Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup In the vineyards, wine caves and cellars of France as war and occupation came to the country, winemakers acted heroically not only to save the best wines but to defend their way of life. This collection offers true stories of the vignerons who sheltered Jewish refugees in their cellars and of winemakers who risked their lives to aid the resistance ... see all copies from $9.54! new only from $15.33!
7	Forgotten Soldier (P) See 882864 more books like this by Guy Sajer As a member the elite Gross Deutschland Division, a teenage German foot soldier sets off on an exciting adventure that turns to a desperate struggle for survival. This unique World War II memoir gives readers an eyewitness account of the savage war in Eastern Europe. An eloquent narrative, likened by critics to Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $8.00! \| first editions
8	Convoy to Auschwitz: Women of the French Resistance more books like this by Charlotte Delbo, Carol Cosman (Translator), John Felstiner (Introduction by) "A unique and invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature." -- Lawrence Langer, Shapiro Scholar in Residence at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum see all copies from $8.00! new only from $54.64! \| first editions
9	Pilote de Guerre more books like this by Antoine de Saint Exupéry see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.33! \| first editions \| SVS
10	None of Us Will Return more books like this by Charlotte Delbo see all copies from $7.58! first editions
11	Hanged at Auschwitz more books like this by Sim Kessel see all copies from $10.00! first editions
12	The Normandy Diary of Marie-Louise Osmont:: 1940-1944 more books like this by Marie Louise Osmont, Marie L Csmont This extraordinary book--the centerpiece of a two-hour Discovery Channel documentary that will air on the 50th anniversary of D-Day--offers a fresh and personal perspective of the events leading up to and following the greatest military operation of all time. Photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
13	The Adversary more books like this by A. M. Kabal Millionaire David Medina offered to pay to have the scroll authenticated only if he could have it after its contents were made public. Father Paolozzi vowed to destroy it before that could happen--for the scroll that purported to be the last will and testament of Saint Peter could destroy his faith. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
14	War Diaries of Sartre more books like this by Jean-Paul Sartre see all copies from $1.99! new only from $50.96! \| first editions
15	Code Name Christiane Clouet: A Woman in the French Resistance more books like this by Claire Chevrillon, Jane K Stott (Translator) In 1943 Claire Chevrillon (code named Christiane Clouet) became head of the Code Service in Paris for General de Gaulle's Delegation and served as the main link in the lines of communication flowing between the Free French Government in London and the Delegation (Provisional Government) in France. It was Chevrillon and her team who coded many of ... see all copies from $3.26! new only from $13.44! \| first editions \| SVS
16	French Aces of World War II more books like this by Barry Ketley French pilots endured fighting both with and against the Allies during World War 2. Possessing obsolescent aircraft at the outbreak of the war, the Arme e de l'Air was decimated in the wake of the Blitzkrieg; however, a number of fighter units still achieved creditable scores flying Curtiss Hawks, Morane MS.406s and Dewoitine D.520s. Following the ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $35.95! \| first editions
17	My longest night more books like this by Geneviève Duboscq see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	October '45: Childhood Memories of War more books like this by Jean-Louis Besson, Rita Marshall (Illustrator), Professor Carol Volk (Translator) At the start of World War II Jean-Louis Besson was a seven-year-old boy living in Paris. Here he recollects what those years were like--seeking shelters from bombs, watching a flaming plane fall from the sky, listening to coded messages on British radio, and wondering what happened to his Jewish classmates who never returned from summer vacation. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.96! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	With Napoleon in Russia: The Illustrated Memoirs of Faber Du Faur, 1812 more books like this by Christian Wilhelm Von Faber Du Faur This pictorial record of Napoleon's campaigns is by one of his soldiers, Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur, who published these plates in his lifetime. Historian Jonathan North has translated the captions. see all copies from $26.56! new only from $80.00! \| first editions
20	My own River Kwai. more books like this by Pierre Boulle see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	A thousand shall fall more books like this by Hans Habe see all copies from $2.25! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	No Tears in Ireland: A Memoir more books like this by Sylvia Couturie This memoir describes how the author and her sister--young, privileged French aristocrats--travel to Ireland one summer with their cruel nanny on holiday. When World War II erupts during their stay, they are forced to wait out the war there in cheerless company. The sisters make the most of it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
23	... Journey among warriors. more books like this by Eve Curie see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Reality of War: A Memoir of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) more books like this by Leonce Patry, Douglas Fermer (Translator) The long and sombre chronicle of the Franco-Prussian war is an episode that deserves further attention. English-speaking readers have very little sense of what the war was like for its participants. Based on his own experiences, Patry vividly describes the bloodshed and appalling atrocities committed during the army advance to retake the Paris ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $15.10! \| first editions
25 view cover	Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1812-1813 more books like this by Adrien Jean Baptiste F Bourgogne A French soldier's eyewitness account of Napoleon's capture of and later disastrous retreat from Moscow during the winter of 1912. Introduction by Richard Partridge. First published by the Folio Society in 1926 see all copies from $6.00! first editions

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