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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... Lyautey as commander of the Sud Oranais in the autumn of 1903 . Lyautey had served as chief of staff to Colonel , later General , Joseph Galliéni in Tonkin and Madagascar , where he had helped to apply Gal- liéni's " tache d'huile ...
... Lyautey as commander of the Sud Oranais in the autumn of 1903 . Lyautey had served as chief of staff to Colonel , later General , Joseph Galliéni in Tonkin and Madagascar , where he had helped to apply Gal- liéni's " tache d'huile ...
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... Lyautey could have contributed to the strength of the RMLE , he proved reluctant to do so . On November 9 , 1916 , Lyautey wrote that he did not want to send the Czechs and Poles to France because this would open the door for the ...
... Lyautey could have contributed to the strength of the RMLE , he proved reluctant to do so . On November 9 , 1916 , Lyautey wrote that he did not want to send the Czechs and Poles to France because this would open the door for the ...
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... Lyautey went even further in his objections - for the same reason that the British learned not to assign natives to artillery units following the 1857 Indian Mutiny , Lyautey pointed out that desertion with arms of Legion artillerymen ...
... Lyautey went even further in his objections - for the same reason that the British learned not to assign natives to artillery units following the 1857 Indian Mutiny , Lyautey pointed out that desertion with arms of Legion artillerymen ...
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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