Martin Windrow

French Foreign Légionaire 1890-1914

Bog

DKK 100,00

The French Foreign Legion earned its claim to be one of the world’s most famous corps during France’s colonial campaigns before World War I.  The book explains who the legionnaires really were.

Varenr. 35.58-44. – Uindbundet og med plastomslag. – 2011. –  Engelsk  tekst. –  Illustreret med tegninger og fotografier af Peter Dennis. – 64 sider. – Udgået, men meget pæn biblioteksbog med stregkode på bagsiden. – 100 kr.

Osprey Publishing - 2011

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INDHOLD:  Chronology.  – Recruitment. Class, nationality and age. – Motives for enlistmen. – Enlistmen and processing. – Training.  Marching, shooting and manoeuvering. – Appearance. Dress. – Equipment. – Weapons. – Life in peacetime. Pay and off-duty hours. – Manoeuvres and hard labor. – Discipline. – Belief and beolonging. The officers. – Life on campaign. Dahomey and Madagascar 1890s. – Tonkin 1890s. – The Sud-Oranais 1900-1907. – The mounted companies. – Morocco 1908. – The experience of battle. The aftermaths of battle. – Medical treatment. –  Discharge. – Museums. – Bibliography. – Index.