The French Foreign Legion / Douglas Boyd.
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Boyd, Douglas, 1938- (författare)
- ISBN 9780711035003
- Publicerad: Surrey [England] : Ian Allan Publishing, 2010
- Engelska xvi, 368 p., [16] p. of plates
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- End of an Empire--Vietnam, 1949-53--Dien Bien Phu, November 1953-April 1954--Terrorism and torture : Algeria, 1954-7--Dare call it treason : Algeria, 1957-62------Building an Empire with blood--Legion of the lost : France 1813-31--Scarecrow soldiers : Algeria, 1831-5--No pay, no bullets, no mercy : Spain, 1835-9--Blood on the sand : Algeria, 1835-40--Head on a spear : Algeria, 1840-49--Chaos in the Crimea : 1851-5--Crimea, 1855-6 ; Italy, 1859--Myth and madness in Mexico : 1862-3--Death in the afternoon : Mexico, 1863-7--With rifle butt and bayonet : France, 1866-70--Blindfolds and bullets on the boulevards : France, 1870-71--Tweaking the dragon's tail : Algeria, 1871-82 ; Vietnam and Formosa, 1883-5--Vietnam, 1885-92--War on the Belly of Dan : Dahomey, 1892-4--Cut-price campaign : Madagascar, 1895--Miracle and massacre at Taghit : North Africa, 1901-3--In the kingdom of the west : North Africa, 1901-14--Chaos and confusion : France, 1914--Guns and gas in the trenches : France, 1915--Rendevous with death : France, 1916-18-- North Africa, 1918-40--Both ends of the Med : North Africa, 1918-3; Syria/Lebanon, 1918-27--Veterans and volunteers : France, 1939-40 ; Norway, 1940--France - North Africa - Syria - Britain, 1940--West Africa, 1940 ; Eritrea and Syria, 1941; Libya, 1942--"La Miss" and the heroes of Bir Hakeim : Western Desert, 1942--North Africa, 1942-3 ; Europe, 1944-5 ; Vietnam, 1945-9------Post-Imperial Period--Legion reborn--12-16 May 1978--Operation Leopard, 17-19 May 1978--Kolwezi : 19 May-6 June 1978.
- Known for its austerity and discipline, deprivation and sacrifice, the French Foreign Legion is perhaps the most intriguing and famous fighting force in the world. Douglas Boyd tells the eventful story of the Legion from its inception in 1831, to defend France's colonial interests, to the Legion of today, involved in peacekeeping and humanitarian duties worldwide.--publisher.
Ämnesord
- Militärhistoria (sao)
- Military history -- France. (LCSH)
- Military history (LCSH)
- France -- History, Military. (LCSH)
- Frankrike -- 1900-talet (sao)
Institutionsnamn
- Frankrike. Armée. Légion étrangère -- historia
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- 355.3590944 (DDC)
- S.02 (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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