Description: French Foreign Legion ParatroopsElite 6Author: Martin WindrowIllustrator: Kevin LylesAbout this bookThe 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 ésprit de corps. Over time, however, all these doubts evaporated with experience. ContentsThe Indochina War 1946-54 · Dien Bien Phu · The Algerian War 1954-62 · Para-Commandos · The PlatesPaperback; September 1985; 64 pages; ISBN: 9780850456295
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Illustrated
Original Language: English
Book Title: French Foreign Legion Paratroops
Number of Pages: 64 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 1985
Topic: Military / Special Forces, Europe / France, Military / Pictorial
Illustrator: Lyles, Kevin, Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.7 in
Author: Wayne Braby, Martin Windrow
Book Series: Elite Ser.
Item Width: 7.2 in
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