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Author : David Drake
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671319908
Set in the universe of "Ranks of Bronze, Foreign Legions" presents masterful new novellas by David Drake, Eric Flint, S.M. Stirling, Marl L. Van Name, and David Weber. "David Drake is now the king of military science fiction".--"Philadelphia Weekly Press".
Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0786462531
This book gives the reader a straightforward and continuous survey of the history of the French Foreign Legion. By outlining the Legion’s vicissitudes, victorious campaigns, epic marches, heroic and sometimes hopeless stands, dirtiest combats and dramatic defeats, but also by briefly placing the Legion back in the historical background of France, and by describing its development, organization, uniforms, equipments and weapons, the author hopes to dispel myths, and try to give a true and accurate picture of what the French Foreign Legion has been from 1831 until today. There are well-researched, detailed line drawings throughout.
Author : Joel Adam Struthers
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771121064
Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion is the first-hand account of the author’s six years as a professional soldier during the 1990s, and his experience in the Legion's elite Groupe des Commandos Parachutistes (GCP). Joel Struthers recounts the dangers and demands of military life, from the rigours of recruitment and operational training in the rugged mountains of France, to face-to-face combat in the grasslands of some of Africa’s most troubled nations. Told through the eyes of a soldier, and interspersed with humorous anecdotes, Appel is a fascinating story that debunks myths about the French Foreign Legion and shows it more accurately as a professional arm of the French military. Struthers provides insight into the rigorous discipline that the Legion instills in its young recruits, – who trade their identities as individuals for a life of adventure and a role in a unified fighting force whose motto is “Honour and Loyalty.” Foreword by Col. Benoit Desmeulles, former commanding officer of the Legions 2e Régiment Étranger Parachutistes.
Author : Douglas Porch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1117 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628732399
The French Foreign Legion is a complete, captivating study of the famed fighting force, from its inception in 1831 to modern times. Historian Douglas Porch chronicles the Legion’s involvement in Spain, Mexico, Indochina, Madagascar, WWI, Vietnam, and Algiers (to name a few) and delves into the inner workings of legionnaires and their captains. Known for draconian discipline and shrouded in mystery, the secrets of the Legion are guarded by those who have gained admittance into its elite society. In this thoroughly researched and impressive account, Porch reveals the mysteries surrounding a Legion of “unparalleled exoticism, pathos, and drama.”
Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472817723
Concluding his bestselling series on the French Foreign Legion, Martin Windrow explores the formation and development of the Legion during its 'first generation'. Raised in 1831, the Legion's formative years would see it fight continuous and savage campaigns in Algeria, aid the Spanish government in the Carlist War, join the British in the Crimean campaign and fight alongside the Swiss in the bloody battles of Magenta and Solferino. With the ever-changing combat environments they found themselves in, the Legion had to constantly adapt in order to survive. Taking advantage of the latest research, this lavishly illustrated study explores the evolution of the uniforms and kit of the French Foreign Legion, from their early campaigns in Algeria through to their iconic Battle of Camerone in Mexico and their role in the Franco-Prussian war.
Author : D. Littlejohn
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : 9780912138220
Bind 1 (norske, danske og franske frivillige), bind 3 (sydeuropæiske frivillige) og bind 4 (østeuropæiske frivillige) findes under SYSnumrene hhv. 5088, 5099 og 5105.
Author : Adrian D. Gilbert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781629140926
The French Foreign Legion has built a reputation as one of the world’s most formidable and colorful military institutions. Established as a means of absorbing foreign troublemakers, the Legion spearheaded French colonialism in North Africa during the nineteenth century. Accepting volunteers from all parts of the world, the Legion acquired an aura of mystery and a less-than-enviable reputation for extreme brutality within its ranks. Voices of the Foreign Legion explores how the Legion selects its recruits, their native lands, and why these warriors seek a life full of hardship and danger. It analyzes the Legion’s brutal attitude toward discipline, questions why desertion has been a perennial problem, and assesses the Legion’s remarkable military achievements since its formation in the year 1831. This is the real story of the Legion, featuring firsthand accounts from the men who have fought in its ranks. Its scope ranges from the conquest of the colonies in Africa and the Far East through the horrors of the two world wars, to the bitter, but ultimately hopeless, battle to maintain France’s far-flung imperial possessions. The story is brought fully up-to-date with accounts and anecdotes from those contemporary foreign legionnaires who continue to fight for French interests around the globe. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Author : Jean-Vincent Blanchard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802743886
The remarkable story of the French Foreign Legion, its dramatic rise throughout the nineteenth century, and its most committed champion, General Hubert Lyautey. An aura of mystery, romance, and danger surrounds the French Foreign Legion, the all-volunteer corps of the French Army, founded in 1831. Famous for its physically grueling training in harsh climates, the legion fought in French wars from Mexico to Madagascar, Southeast Asia to North Africa. To this day, despite its reputation for being assigned the riskiest missions in the roughest terrain, the mystique of the legion continues to attract men from every corner of the world. In At the Edge of the World, historian Jean-Vincent Blanchard follows the legion's rise to fame during the nineteenth century--focusing on its campaigns in Indochina and especially in Africa--when the corps played a central role in expanding and protecting the French Empire. As France struggled to be a power capable of rivaling the British, the figure of the legionnaire--deadly, self-sacrificing, uncompromisingly efficient--came to represent the might and morale that would secure a greater, stronger nation. Drawing from rare, archival memoirs and testimonies of legionnaires from the period and tracing the fascinating career of Hubert Lyautey, France's first resident-general in Morocco and a hero to many a legionnaire, At the Edge of the World chronicles the Foreign Legion at the height of its renown, when the corps and its archetypically handsome, moody, and marginalized recruits became both the symbols of a triumphant colonialism and the stuff of legend.
Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472806369
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 armour. 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 : Percival Christopher Wren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : France Armee. Legion etrangere
ISBN : UCAL:$B63993
Author : P. C. Wren
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547008477
This unique and meticulously edited collection includes: STEPSONS OF FRANCE:_x000D_ Ten little Legionaries_x000D_ À la Ninon de L'Enclos_x000D_ An Officer and—a Liar_x000D_ The Dead Hand_x000D_ The Gift_x000D_ The Deserter_x000D_ Five Minutes_x000D_ "Here are Ladies"_x000D_ The MacSnorrt_x000D_ "Belzébuth"_x000D_ The Quest_x000D_ "Vengeance is Mine..."_x000D_ Sermons in Stones_x000D_ Moonshine_x000D_ The Coward of the Legion_x000D_ Mahdev Rao_x000D_ The Merry Liars_x000D_ GOOD GESTES:_x000D_ What's in a Name_x000D_ A Gentleman of Colour_x000D_ David and His Incredible Jonathan_x000D_ The McSnorrt Reminiscent_x000D_ Mad Murphy's Miracle_x000D_ Buried Treasure_x000D_ If Wishes were Horses_x000D_ The Devil and Digby Geste_x000D_ The Mule_x000D_ Low Finance_x000D_ Presentiments_x000D_ Dreams Come True_x000D_ FLAWED BLADES: Tales from the Foreign Legion_x000D_ No. 187017_x000D_ Bombs_x000D_ Mastic--and Drastic_x000D_ The Death Post_x000D_ E Tenebris_x000D_ Nemesis_x000D_ The Hunting of Henri_x000D_ PORT O' MISSING MEN: Strange Tales of the Stranger Regiment_x000D_ The Return of Odo Klemens_x000D_ The Betrayal of Odo Klemens_x000D_ The Life of Odo Klemens_x000D_ Moon-rise_x000D_ Moon-shadows_x000D_ Moon-set_x000D_ Percival Christopher Wren (1875-1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. While his fictional accounts of life in the pre-1914 Foreign Legion are highly romanticized, his details of Legion uniforms, training, equipment and barrack room layout are generally accurate, which has led to unproven suggestions that Wren himself served with the legion.
Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472805294
Men of action and elite soldiers with a young and dynamic spirit, the French Foreign Legion are capable of doing their duty anywhere anytime. Martin Windrow's superb text examines the history of this famous force from the end of the Second World War onward. This first class addition to the Men-at-Arms series not only contains the usual wealth of accompanying photographs and illustrations, including eight full page colour plates by Mike Chappell, but is extended by a further 16 pages, allowing the author to display the full range of his expert knowledge, including 11 pages devoted to uniforms.
Author : John Laffin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1566198062
No military force in history has so vividly succeeded in stirring men's minds and imagination as the French Foreign Legion; no force has been invested with such a wealth of charisma. If ever there was romance in war, theen the foreign Legion has epitomized it.
Author : Eric Flint
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618242921
Lots of Soldiers Work for Civilians They don't Like, but these Romans had It Worse than Most¾ Their Commanders were Blue-Skinned Aliens! The guilds of star-traveling merchants had strict rules to prevent their technology from falling into the hands of the natives of planets they were exploiting: military operations had to be carried out with weaponry no more complex than swords and bows. That was no handicap to merchant princes with a galaxy to scour for military slaves to do their fighting for them. Some came to Earth for soldiers and returned to the stars with the best the planet had to offer. For over two thousands years the aliens thought they'd succeeded brilliantly¾but then things changed! Set in the universe of Ranks of Bronze, masterful new novellas by:David DrakeEric FlintS. M. StirlingMark L Van Nameand David Weberexplore the bleeding edge between human courage and the science of alien slavemasters. The right man with a sword is just as deadly as a technician with a laser¾ And not all the blood spilled is red! Yesterday they were the best infantry on Earth¾ Now they're going to take on the whole galaxy. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 995 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780297858416
The gripping true story of the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara. Ever since the 1920s the popular legend of the French Foreign Legion has been formed by P.C. Wren's novel BEAU GESTE - a world of remote forts, warrior tribes, and desperate men of all nationalities enlisting under pseudonyms to fight and die under the desert sun. As with all clichés, the reality is far richer and more surprising than this. In this book Martin Windrow describes desert battles and famous last stands in gripping detail - but he also shows exactly what the Foreign Legion were doing in North Africa in the first place. He explains how French colonial methods there actually had their roots in the jungles of Vietnam, and how the political pressures that kept the empire expanding can be traced to battles on the streets of Paris itself. His description of the Berber tribesmen of Morocco also reveals some disturbing modern parallels: the formidable guerrillas of the 1920s were inspired by an Islamic fundamentalist who was adept at using the world's media to further his cause. Martin Windrow's previous book THE LAST VALLEY received fabulous reviews across the English-speaking world. This unique book, which is the first to examine the 'golden age' of the Foreign Legion has followed suit.