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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... Abd el - Krim , the rebel leader . The numbers that appear in the archives , while admittedly fragmentary , seem to ... Abd el - Krim , who openly courted world public opinion during The Rif War ( 1921–26 ) by presenting himself as the ...
... Abd el - Krim , the rebel leader . The numbers that appear in the archives , while admittedly fragmentary , seem to ... Abd el - Krim , who openly courted world public opinion during The Rif War ( 1921–26 ) by presenting himself as the ...
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... Abd el - Krim claimed to have no more than fifty deserters in his army , Germans for the most part , al- though it is not clear if most came from the Spanish or the French Legion . " More , I will confess to you that I did not trust ...
... Abd el - Krim claimed to have no more than fifty deserters in his army , Germans for the most part , al- though it is not clear if most came from the Spanish or the French Legion . " More , I will confess to you that I did not trust ...
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... Krim declined to take the town although it was defended by only one thousand eight hundred poorly trained Spanish ... Abd el - Krim , and they petitioned Krim for deliverance . The French move was probably not calculated to start a war ...
... Krim declined to take the town although it was defended by only one thousand eight hundred poorly trained Spanish ... Abd el - Krim , and they petitioned Krim for deliverance . The French move was probably not calculated to start a war ...
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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