French Foreign Legion Paratroops Paperback / softback
by Martin Windrow, Wayne Braby
Illustrated by Kevin Lyles
Part of the Elite series
Paperback / softback
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The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in Indochina, 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 esprit de corps.
Over time, however, all these doubts evaporated with experience.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, 55 b/w; 10 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:26/09/1985
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- ISBN:9780850456295
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages, 55 b/w; 10 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:26/09/1985
- Category:
- ISBN:9780850456295
