Books published by Editions Heimdal

The revealing account of the D-Day rehearsal on 27 April 1944 that resulted in 900 deaths.

Four years before the Allied landing in Normandy, the French coast was the scene of another major episode of the Second World War. This is Operation Dynamo, much less well known than D-Day. Between 27 May and June 4, nearly 350,000 British and French soldiers were evacuated from the Dunkirk pocket by a heterogeneous fleet of 850 boats. Nearly 80 years later, Jean-Charles Stasi, author of several successful books published by Heimdal publishes this major history of one of the most pivotal actions of WWII in a book illustrated with numerous photographs in black and white and color, as well as maps, computer graphics, aircraft profiles and boats. Text in French.

French text: These three volumes represent tthe most comprehensive and detailed study of the uniforms and equipment of the German paratroopers (Fallschirmjäger) of World War II. Virtually every element of uniform is presented in its every detail, including the different types of jump suits (Knochensack), and equipment used by the Luftwaffe from the mid-1930s to the capitulation of the Reich. The reader will also find badges to Fallschirmjäger and many previously unpublished stories. In short, this work describes in depth the 'green Devils' operations, the attack on Norway in the last days of the Third Reich, passing by the assault on the Belgian fortress of Eben Emael. Campaigns in Holland, Crete, North Africa, Russia, Italy, Normandy and the Ardennes are included in this trilogy. With the help of collectors and museums around the world, the author and the German Publisher have undertaken an unprecedented collaboration. The three volumes total more than 1,000 pages in color, with thousands of photos of objects from collections of the Fallschirmjäger including pieces never revealed and investigated. This exceptional triptych is enriched with many photos of the time including many never before published.

La Wekusta 2 etait une unite de reconnaissance meteorologiquede la Luftwaffe, dont l'histoire fut tres peuexploree par les historiens et si mal connue a ce jour. L'auteur a ecrit ce livre illustre de photos inedites a partirdes archives et des precieux temoignages de veterans.

(Ref. 8403) will be available in early summer. We also offer a another album on the kitchen at that time in the Norman worlds: Normandy kingdom Anglo-Norman, Norman Sicily but also Denmark and Iceland. It will appear in the month of April.

L'auteur, archeologue, dirige actuellement en Normandie la reconstitution d'un bateau viking. Dans cet ouvrage, il retrace l'evolution de ce type de navires a clins depuis les plus anciens prototypes (Hjortspring) jusqu'aux derniers modeles (Roskilde), avec de nombreux plans.

French Language

Located at an isolated house on the cliffs of Bruneval, near Le Havre, the German radio site was considered to be responsible for the loss of many British bombers. It became very important that the receiver was destroyed as it gave the Germans early warning of any Allied ships and aircraft approaching the coast of Western Europe.

6 juin 1944, deux divisions a¿port¿ am¿caines sont largu¿ ¿¿est de la Presqu¿¿ du Cotentin. L¿une d¿elles, la 101st Airborne Division, a pour mission d¿ouvrir les sorties de plages pour la 4th Infantry Division qui va d¿rquer sur Utah Beach mais aussi de d¿ger les passages sur la Douve, au sud, au milieu des marais pour atteindre et prendre Carentan, petite ville situ¿au coeur de cette zone aquatique mais aussi carrefour strat¿que permettant la jonction avec la t¿ de pont d¿Omaha Beach. Prendre Carentan, c¿est r¿ir les forces am¿caines, un ¿ec isolerait dangereusement les forces ayant pris pied dans le Cotentin. Les Allemands sont num¿quement surclass¿mais un r¿ment d¿¿te, les paras du Fallschirmj¿r-Regiment 6 de von der Heydte, se trouve ¿roximit¿t monte en ligne face ¿a 101e. Ce sera alors un combat acharn¿ntre paras am¿cains et paras allemands, dans le secteur de Saint-C¿me-du-Mont puis devant Carentan. Les paras du 502 PIR attaquent la chauss¿ avec de lourdes pertes puis sur la ferme Ingouf. C¿est enfin le mythique combat du ¿ carr¿e choux ¿. Submerg¿ans Carentan, v¿table ¿ Cassino ¿ normand, von der Heydte d¿oche dans la nuit du 11 au 12 juin, avant la contre-attaque allemande du 13 men¿avec la ¿ G¿tz ¿. C¿est un ¿ec, la bataille est finie. Les Am¿cains ont assur¿a jonction entre les deux t¿s de pont. Cet ouvrage tr¿document¿uit ces op¿tions mal connues, jour par jour avec de nombreux t¿ignages et des documents exceptionnels.

11 novembre 1918. La victoire inachevée... La France croit avoir gagné la guerre, elle n'a gagné qu'une paix précaire. Ce constat dramatique est le point de départ d'un long chemin de croix qui va mener inexorablement le pays, vers le dénouement de juin 1940.