Claire MIOT - The first French army
From Provence to Germany 1944-1945. Ed Perrin

The definitive study of the army that liberated the south of France. On 15 August 1944, the First French Army landed in Provence. With some 300,000 soldiers in its ranks, it liberated the major cities of southern France during the summer. It was then sent to Germany, the Alps and...

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Nicolas Badalassi - "Democratia - The atom and the French: a political and controversial history".

France 3 Corse, 19 October 2021Broadcast presented by Anna Francesca LecciaOnline The major issues at stake in the Mediterranean deciphered through the prism of history by a documentary, then illuminated by the analyses of specialists interviewed by Anna Francesca Leccia.Participation by Nicolas BadalassiCoproduction: Mareterraniu

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Walter Bruyère-Ostells, Stephen Rookes - "Mercenaries in the Congo and Biafra 1960-1970: Africa's weapon of choice?"

Small Wars and Insurgencies magazine, August 2021.link Abstract" Often maligned by academics and international organisations alike, mercenaries are perceived as being a contributory factor to the worsening of conflict and as a threat to democracy. This chapter demonstrates that this reputation is not wholly deserved, and that in certain cases mercenaries have made a valuable contribution to...

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