The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting ForceHarperCollins Publishers, 1991 - 728 pages The legend of Beau Gaste and the hell-raising, hard-drinking, long-suffering, loyal Legionnaires has been immortalized by countless novels and Hollywood movies. Here Douglas Porch examines the Legion myth and goes beyond it to explore the Legion's mystique and describe its performance from its founding in 1831 to today. 32 pages of halftones; maps; index. |
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... 13 DBLE parading before their leader in Rome in 1944 in their Narvik berets rather than in white kepis , regarded as a pro- Vichy symbol . Legion infantry in the Tonkin delta . Legionnaires near Hoa.
... 13 DBLE parading before their leader in Rome in 1944 in their Narvik berets rather than in white kepis , regarded as a pro- Vichy symbol . Legion infantry in the Tonkin delta . Legionnaires near Hoa.
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... 13e DBLE WHILE THE FRENCH army was quickly dissolving into chaos as the legions of German panzers cut swathes through its rear , an obscure action was being fought in an apparently improbable place — the fjords of northern Norway . The ...
... 13e DBLE WHILE THE FRENCH army was quickly dissolving into chaos as the legions of German panzers cut swathes through its rear , an obscure action was being fought in an apparently improbable place — the fjords of northern Norway . The ...
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... 13 DBLE in Indochina . As a major in 1953 , he was seriously wounded leading the 1er BEP , but survived to take over the 1er REP upon the death of Jeanpierre in 1958. The following year , he took command of the maison mère at Sidi - bel ...
... 13 DBLE in Indochina . As a major in 1953 , he was seriously wounded leading the 1er BEP , but survived to take over the 1er REP upon the death of Jeanpierre in 1958. The following year , he took command of the maison mère at Sidi - bel ...
Table des matières
Le Plus Beau Corps de France | 1 |
Between Politics Diplomacy and the Cannon The Legion in Spain 18351839 | 22 |
The New Legion | 50 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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1er étranger 2º étranger Abd el-Kader Abd el-Krim Algeria Algiers appeared Arabs Armée d'Afrique artillery attack Azan barracks battalion battle became began believed Bernelle Bugeaud camp campaign Captain Carlist caused cavalry Chinese colonial column combat command complained corps Dahomans Dahomey DBLE defense desertion discipline enemy enlisted especially fighting fire Flutsch force Foreign Legion fought France French army French Foreign Legion garrison German Grisot guerre Herbillon Indochina infantry Jews Kemencei killed lack Lamborelle Lang Son large number Légion étrangère Legion officers legionnaires Lyautey Madagascar Martyn mercenary Mexican military morale Moroccan Morocco Moslem mounted companies naires NCOs North Africa operations paras Paris pied noir Poer political posts problems recruits regiment régiment de marche régiment étranger RMLE Rollet Rosen Saint-Arnaud September sergeant served SHAT Sidi-bel-Abbès soldiers Souvenirs Spanish Sylvère tirailleurs Tonkin troops Tuyen Quang units Viet Minh Vietnamese volunteers wounded wrote Zaatcha Zédé