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  • FIGHTING THE RUSSIANS
    BERNARD WILKIN / RENÉ WILKIN
    Before the French Revolution, the Russian Empire played a minor role in the history of Western Europe, yet its involvement in the wars of the Republic and against Napoleon would change its influence on the fate of the continent forever.  Fighting the Russians examines the crucial role played by the men of the Czar's Empire through hundreds of original letters, notebooks and acc...

    $255.99

  • ESCAPING NAZI EUROPE
    BERNARD WILKIN / BOB MOORE
    This book chronicles the escapes attempted by Belgian soldiers and civilians from Nazi-occupied Europe during the Second World War. Insofar as is practical, the authors have tried to let the subjects speak for themselves by making extensive use of their testimonies preserved in archives in Belgium and the United Kingdom. The book begins with the stories of soldiers who managed ...

    $1,240.00

  • FRENCH SOLDIERS' MORALE IN THE PHONEY WAR, 1939-1940
    MAUDE WILLIAMS / BERNARD WILKIN
    The collapse of the French army in 1940 is a well-researched topic in Second World War Studies but a surprising gap in the historiography emerges when it comes to the study of the French military prior to the German offensive of May 1940. Using various public and private sources in different languages, this book aims to address this gap by studying morale on the frontline and i...

    $1,240.00

  • AERIAL PROPAGANDA AND THE WARTIME OCCUPATION OF FRANCE, 1914–18
    BERNARD WILKIN
    Aerial Propaganda and the Wartime Occupation of France, 1914-1918 explores the combined role played by the French and British Governments and Armies in creating and distributing millions of aerial newspapers and leaflets aimed at the French population trapped behind German lines. Drawing on extensive research and French, German and British primary sources, the book highlights a...

    $1,620.00

  • FIGHTING THE BRITISH
    BERNARD WILKIN / RENÉ WILKIN
    A fascinating look at the Napoleonic Wars from French soldiers' and officers' points of view, based on hundreds of their letters, memoirs, and reports. The British army during the Napoleonic Wars is often studied using English sources, and the British view of their French opponents has been covered in exhaustive detail. However, the French view of the British has been less ofte...

    $249.00

  • FIGHTING FOR NAPOLEON
    BERNARD WILKIN / RENÉ WILKIN
    True, first-hand accounts of combat and soldiering from the men who fought for Napoleon Bonparte and the First French Empire: "Fascinating stuff" (Stuart Asquith, author of Military Modelling).   The French side of the Napoleonic Wars is often presented from a strategic point of view, or in terms of military organization and battlefield tactics, or through officers' memoirs. Fi...

    $229.00