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Lecture : « L'Étrange Défaite », de Marc Bloch defense-zone.com
Books

Book review: “L’Étrange Défaite” (Strange Defeat), by Marc Bloch

Our review: “L’Étrange Défaite” (Strange Defeat) by Marc Bloch, the autopsy of the 1940 collapse by a towering historian-soldier, soon to enter the Panthéon. Summary, context, why it matters and biography.

26 September 2026
 Lecture : « Pilote de guerre », d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry defense-zone.com
Books

Book review: “Pilote de guerre” (Flight to Arras), by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

28 August 2026