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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... five times before the French finally claimed it , but at the cost of over two hundred casualties for the Legion . When on May 23 a truce was declared to collect the dead , it required five hours to complete this grisly task , the bodies ...
... five times before the French finally claimed it , but at the cost of over two hundred casualties for the Legion . When on May 23 a truce was declared to collect the dead , it required five hours to complete this grisly task , the bodies ...
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... five sous " ( about one franc ) .97 Legionnaires were willing to undertake such unrewarding work for the simple reason that they were so badly paid . Legion pay was low — indeed , scandalously low , about five centimes ( one cent or a ...
... five sous " ( about one franc ) .97 Legionnaires were willing to undertake such unrewarding work for the simple reason that they were so badly paid . Legion pay was low — indeed , scandalously low , about five centimes ( one cent or a ...
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... five combat divisions of twelve thousand men each that he was training in China . At six forty - five on the morning of May 25 , 1950 , a violent artillery barrage suddenly rained down upon the two companies of Moroccans at Dong Khe ...
... five combat divisions of twelve thousand men each that he was training in China . At six forty - five on the morning of May 25 , 1950 , a violent artillery barrage suddenly rained down upon the two companies of Moroccans at Dong Khe ...
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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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