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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... RMLE , at such spots as Carency , Navarin Farm , Belloy - en - Santerre , Verdun and the Bois de Hangard made it one of two regiments in the French army to earn the double fourragère that combined the colors of the Legion of Honor and ...
... RMLE , at such spots as Carency , Navarin Farm , Belloy - en - Santerre , Verdun and the Bois de Hangard made it one of two regiments in the French army to earn the double fourragère that combined the colors of the Legion of Honor and ...
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... RMLE . " From 1914 to 1918 , the Legion , despite everything and despite everyone , continued on its road , " it recorded , “ reinforced by thousands of brave hearts , troubled in the begin- ning , that it knew how to conquer " -the ...
... RMLE . " From 1914 to 1918 , the Legion , despite everything and despite everyone , continued on its road , " it recorded , “ reinforced by thousands of brave hearts , troubled in the begin- ning , that it knew how to conquer " -the ...
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... RMLE claims that Legion losses were actually fewer than those of many line regiments , that the effectives of the RMLE were only renewed three times while some French regiments " renewed their effectives eight or ten times . " This ...
... RMLE claims that Legion losses were actually fewer than those of many line regiments , that the effectives of the RMLE were only renewed three times while some French regiments " renewed their effectives eight or ten times . " This ...
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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1er étranger Abd el-Kader Abd el-Krim Algeria Algiers appeared Arabs Armée d'Afrique artillery attack Azan barracks battalion battle became began believed Bernelle Bugeaud camp campaign Captain Carlist caused cavalry Chinese colonial column combat command complained corps Dahomans Dahomey DBLE defense desertion despite discipline enemy enlisted especially étranger fact fighting fire Flutsch force Foreign Legion fought France French army garrison German Grisot guerre Herbillon Indochina infantry Jews Kemencei killed lack Lamborelle Lang Son large number Légion étrangère Legion officers legionnaires Lyautey Madagascar Martyn Mexican military morale Moroccan Morocco Moslem mounted companies naires NCOs North Africa operations paras Paris perhaps pied noir Poer political posts problems recruits regiment régiment de marche régiment étranger RMLE Rollet Rosen Saint-Arnaud sent September sergeant served SHAT Sidi-bel-Abbès soldiers Souvenirs Spanish Sylvère tirailleurs Tonkin troops Tuyen Quang units Viet Minh Vietnamese volunteers wounded wrote Zaatcha Zédé zouaves