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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... volunteer who appeared with three hundred “ semi- wild " horses that he had brought over at his own expense from Canada . " The formalities completed , the volunteers were marched behind their na- tional flags to the railway stations ...
... volunteer who appeared with three hundred “ semi- wild " horses that he had brought over at his own expense from Canada . " The formalities completed , the volunteers were marched behind their na- tional flags to the railway stations ...
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... volunteers for the duration . " The Legion also con- tributed contingents to the Dardanelles and subsequently the Macedonian campaigns and helped to maintain France's North African empire . How- ever , in a sense it was the triumph of ...
... volunteers for the duration . " The Legion also con- tributed contingents to the Dardanelles and subsequently the Macedonian campaigns and helped to maintain France's North African empire . How- ever , in a sense it was the triumph of ...
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... volunteers were shipped to GTE camps in North Africa re- served for " undesirables , " where they met volunteers for the duration whom the war had stranded there . These camps had no formal links to the Legion , even if some ex - Legion ...
... volunteers were shipped to GTE camps in North Africa re- served for " undesirables , " where they met volunteers for the duration whom the war had stranded there . These camps had no formal links to the Legion , even if some ex - Legion ...
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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