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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... less intemperate , less racist , less inclined " to play the hardened veteran . " Discipline , too , he believed to be more relaxed , the NCOs less brutal , and the officers " suddenly adopt the unusual attitudes of older brothers ...
... less intemperate , less racist , less inclined " to play the hardened veteran . " Discipline , too , he believed to be more relaxed , the NCOs less brutal , and the officers " suddenly adopt the unusual attitudes of older brothers ...
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... less effective , and the more or less incorrigible soldiers who encumber this splendid regiment are a constant source of worry for the command and absorb a disproportionate amount of its at- tention to the detriment of its military ...
... less effective , and the more or less incorrigible soldiers who encumber this splendid regiment are a constant source of worry for the command and absorb a disproportionate amount of its at- tention to the detriment of its military ...
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... less coherent , less aggressive under fire . " 79 The 5 étranger complained in 1953 that its battalions assigned to the groupes mobiles " arrive on the battlefield in skeletal strength . " 80 It was the same story the following year ...
... less coherent , less aggressive under fire . " 79 The 5 étranger complained in 1953 that its battalions assigned to the groupes mobiles " arrive on the battlefield in skeletal strength . " 80 It was the same story the following year ...
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