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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... FRANCE " THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION was created by King Louis - Philippe on March 10 , 1831. The stilted official prose of the royal ordinance of that date directed that a legion of foreigners aged between eighteen and forty years be ...
... FRANCE " THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION was created by King Louis - Philippe on March 10 , 1831. The stilted official prose of the royal ordinance of that date directed that a legion of foreigners aged between eighteen and forty years be ...
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... France had been broken , both by law and in the spirit of French- men , by the Revolution of 1830. When a new recruitment bill was passed on March 21 , 1832 , Article 2 declared that " no one will be admitted to serve in the French ...
... France had been broken , both by law and in the spirit of French- men , by the Revolution of 1830. When a new recruitment bill was passed on March 21 , 1832 , Article 2 declared that " no one will be admitted to serve in the French ...
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... France than the government actually requested , on August 16 he " protested formally against sending the Legion to France . " On August 20 , 1914 , the war min- istry compromised and decided to retain the Legion in Morocco , but or ...
... France than the government actually requested , on August 16 he " protested formally against sending the Legion to France . " On August 20 , 1914 , the war min- istry compromised and decided to retain the Legion in Morocco , but or ...
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 |
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