Books published by Editions Heimdal

¿The Guard Attacks!¿. The Imperial Guard, this glorious phalange, the fruit of the Emperor Napoleon¿s greatest attention, was almost an army within the ¿Grande Arm¿. This study of the Guard¿s organisation, uniforms and equipment is fully comprehensive. Vol. I: Discover the uniforms, equipment and weaponry of the Old Guard, often the last resort to be thrown into battle at the decisive moment. The illustrator and researcher, Andr¿ouineau presents here a fully comprehensive overview of all aspects, regiments, etc. of the French Imperial Guard. Vol. II Continues where vol. I ended with a wealth of images to conclude this fully comprehensive overview of the Imperial Guard.

French Text: The action of John Howard is without doubt one the most spectacular commando action of D-Day and WWII. Ten minutes after midnight on June 6th 1944, after an audacious glider landing, airborne troops of the 6th Airborne Division arrived at the bridge at Bénouville which became known as Pegasus Bridge and entered the annals of history. Six kilometers from there, towards the coast, at Melville was installed a German artillery battery which was in turn attacked by British paras a few hours later .