The French Foreign Legion by Windrow, Martin

The French Foreign Legion (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780850450514)

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Format: Paperback
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The French Foreign Legion by Windrow, Martin

The French Foreign Legion

$20.00
The French Foreign Legion by Windrow, Martin

The French Foreign Legion

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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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 armor. 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.

Author: Martin Windrow
ISBN-10: 0850450519
ISBN-13: 9780850450514
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 06/15/1971
Pages: 50
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 9.50h x 7.00w x 0.20d
By Martin Windrow
By Martin Windrow
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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 very successful Men-at-Arms 300: French Foreign Legion since 1945, Men-at-Arms 322: The French War in Indochina 1946-54 and the critically acclaimed The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam (2004).

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