Martin Windrow

The French Foreign Legion (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Roffe, Michael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It is arguable that no group of fighting men in the history of European arms has been so misrepresented by ill-informed publicity as the French Foreign Legion. Though initially conceived in 1831 as a means of drafting recently discharged foreign soldiers to Algeria, the Legion has developed into a sophisticated force of motorized infantry, airborne troops and light armour. In this book, acclaimed French Army expert Martin Windrow examines the history and uniforms of the French Foreign Legion, from its service in the Carlist War of 1835-36 to World War II and beyond, debunking many of the prevalent myths surrounding this formidable force.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 50
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472806369
• Artikelnr.: 40469314

Autorenporträt

Martin Windrow is series editor at Osprey and an authority on the post-war French Army, particularly the Foreign Legion. He is the author of the critically acclaimed The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction · The Old Legion · Spain and the Carlist War
1835-8 · Algeria
1837-54 · The Crimea
1854-6 · The Reduction of Kabylia · Italy
1859 · Mexico
1863-7 · France and Algeria
1867-82 · Indo-China
1883-95 · Dahomey and the Sudan
1892 · Madagascar
1895 · North Africa
1890-1914 · The First World War · Africa
1918-39 · Syria · The Second World War · Indo-China
1941-54 · Algeria · The Legion Today · Colour plate commentary