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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... followed from the first , especially in the French army , which lacked the tradition of a strong corps of NCOs to be found in the British or Imperial German armies . The problems of recruiting good officers at Bar - le - Duc followed ...
... followed from the first , especially in the French army , which lacked the tradition of a strong corps of NCOs to be found in the British or Imperial German armies . The problems of recruiting good officers at Bar - le - Duc followed ...
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... followed by a ragged volley of returned fire in the wood above them . Conrad immediately ordered his men up the hill . The second battalion moving up the steep slopes soon mingled with the first battalion , whose soldiers had been ...
... followed by a ragged volley of returned fire in the wood above them . Conrad immediately ordered his men up the hill . The second battalion moving up the steep slopes soon mingled with the first battalion , whose soldiers had been ...
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... followed the suspicious FLN leaders murdered up to four thousand of their own fellouze . The worst aspect of torture from Massu's point of view was that , even if it gained a temporary tactical advantage for the French in Algiers , ulti ...
... followed the suspicious FLN leaders murdered up to four thousand of their own fellouze . The worst aspect of torture from Massu's point of view was that , even if it gained a temporary tactical advantage for the French in Algiers , ulti ...
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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