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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... Spanish zone . 1925 proved the most challenging year for the Legion in the interwar period , when it had to confront both the Rif rebellion and the Druse revolt in the Levant . The Rifian leader Abd el - Krim was the most remarkable and ...
... Spanish zone . 1925 proved the most challenging year for the Legion in the interwar period , when it had to confront both the Rif rebellion and the Druse revolt in the Levant . The Rifian leader Abd el - Krim was the most remarkable and ...
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... Spanish conscripts . Subsequent at- tempts by the Spanish to make headway against a rebellion of what was considered the toughest and most resilient portion of tough and resilient people foundered upon the poor morale of Spanish ...
... Spanish conscripts . Subsequent at- tempts by the Spanish to make headway against a rebellion of what was considered the toughest and most resilient portion of tough and resilient people foundered upon the poor morale of Spanish ...
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... Spanish in great numbers with the defeat of the Republican armies in 1939 challenged the equilibrium of the Legion to the point that some have claimed that it altered the personality of the corps in this period . This was probably an ...
... Spanish in great numbers with the defeat of the Republican armies in 1939 challenged the equilibrium of the Legion to the point that some have claimed that it altered the personality of the corps in this period . This was probably an ...
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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