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French Foreign Legion 1872–1914

Windrow, Martin
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781849083263
Publisert
2010-07-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Osprey Publishing
Vekt
200 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
48

Forfatter
Windrow, Martin
Illustratør
Chappell Mike

Om bidragsyterne

Martin Windrow was born in 1944 and educated at Wellington College. Since the 1970s he has worked in book publishing as a commissioning and art editor specializing in military and aviation history. He is a series editor at Osprey and an authority on the French Foreign Legion. He is the author of the highly successful Men-at-Arms 300: French Foreign Legion since 1945 and Men-at-Arms 322: The French War in Indochina 1946-54. He is an Associate of the Royal Historical Society and of the Foreign Legion Association of Great Britain. In 2004 his major study The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam was published to critical acclaim in Britain and the USA.

French Foreign Legion 1872–1914

Windrow, Martin
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk
Windrow, Martin
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk
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This volume covers the classic 'Beau Geste' period, of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion. Legion battalions fought in the deserts and mountains of southern Algeria and Morocco, as well as in the jungles of North Vietnam, West Africa and Madagascar. Their varied uniforms and equipments for each period and theatre are illustrated and examined. Written by a leading expert on the French Foreign Legion, this is a colourful introduction to the period when the Legion forged their legendary fighting reputation.
Les mer
Covers the classic 'Beau Geste' period, of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion. This title examines and illustrates their varied uniforms and equipments for each period and theatre. It is written by a leading expert on the French Foreign Legion.
Les mer
The Legion following the Franco-Prussian War /Algeria 1871–83 /Tonkin (N.Vietnam): conquest 1882–85 – pacification 1886–1900 /Madagascar: conquest 1896 – pacification 1896–1900 /Algerian Desert 1890–1902 /Moroccan Intervention: Casablanca 1907–08 – Fes 1911–12 – Eastern High Plains 1908–12 /French Moroccan Protectorate 1912–14
Les mer
A history of the classic 'Beau Geste' period when the French Foreign Legion forged their reputation as a legendary fighting force, complete with full-colour illustrations of their varied uniforms and equipments used throughout North Africa and Southeast Asia.
Les mer

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This volume covers the classic 'Beau Geste' period, of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion. Legion battalions fought in the deserts and mountains of southern Algeria and Morocco, as well as in the jungles of North Vietnam, West Africa and Madagascar. Their varied uniforms and equipments for each period and theatre are illustrated and examined. Written by a leading expert on the French Foreign Legion, this is a colourful introduction to the period when the Legion forged their legendary fighting reputation.
Les mer
Covers the classic 'Beau Geste' period, of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion. This title examines and illustrates their varied uniforms and equipments for each period and theatre. It is written by a leading expert on the French Foreign Legion.
Les mer
The Legion following the Franco-Prussian War /Algeria 1871–83 /Tonkin (N.Vietnam): conquest 1882–85 – pacification 1886–1900 /Madagascar: conquest 1896 – pacification 1896–1900 /Algerian Desert 1890–1902 /Moroccan Intervention: Casablanca 1907–08 – Fes 1911–12 – Eastern High Plains 1908–12 /French Moroccan Protectorate 1912–14
Les mer
A history of the classic 'Beau Geste' period when the French Foreign Legion forged their reputation as a legendary fighting force, complete with full-colour illustrations of their varied uniforms and equipments used throughout North Africa and Southeast Asia.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781849083263
Publisert
2010-07-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Osprey Publishing
Vekt
200 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
48

Forfatter
Windrow, Martin
Illustratør
Chappell Mike

Om bidragsyterne

Martin Windrow was born in 1944 and educated at Wellington College. Since the 1970s he has worked in book publishing as a commissioning and art editor specializing in military and aviation history. He is a series editor at Osprey and an authority on the French Foreign Legion. He is the author of the highly successful Men-at-Arms 300: French Foreign Legion since 1945 and Men-at-Arms 322: The French War in Indochina 1946-54. He is an Associate of the Royal Historical Society and of the Foreign Legion Association of Great Britain. In 2004 his major study The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam was published to critical acclaim in Britain and the USA.

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