{"product_id":"french-foreign-legion-paratroops-martin-windrow-9780850456295","title":"French Foreign Legion Paratroops","description":"The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in the First Indochina War (1946), and the healthy recruitment then employed by the Legion. There were some initial doubts. The Legion were known to be magnificent heavy infantry, but were felt by some to lack the flexibility and agility demanded by independent airborne operations. In the Legion itself there were some misgivings over the possible clash between the self-consciously exclusive 'para mentality', and the Legion's own very marked  sprit de corps. Over time, however, all these doubts evaporated with experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Windrow, Wayne Braby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0850456290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780850456295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.86h x 7.18w x 0.05d","brand":"Martin Windrow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540347154687,"sku":"9780850456295","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba4b1f52-41c0-45c8-8a86-c07ef1e735f7.jpg?v=1700587391","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/french-foreign-legion-paratroops-martin-windrow-9780850456295","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}