Download or read book Stepsons of France written by P C Wren and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid picture of life in the French Foreign Legion. The sayings, the doings and adventures of those reckless soldiers make it not only a romance but a reality. Soldats de la Légion, de la Légion Étrangère, n'ayant pas de nation, la France est votre Mère. - War-Song of the Legion. A selection of tales from Wren, including: Ten little Legionaries, A la Ninon de L'Enclos, An Officer and-a Liar, The Dead Hand, The Gift, The Deserter, Five Minutes, "Here are Ladies", The MacSnorrt, "Belzébuth", The Quest, "Vengeance is Mine...", Sermons in Stones, Moonshine, The Coward of the Legion, Mahdev Rao, The Merry Liar.
Download or read book Stepsons of France written by P. C. Wren and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid picture of life in the French Foreign Legion. The sayings, the doings and adventures of those reckless soldiers make it not only a romance but a reality. Soldats de la L�gion, de la L�gion �trang�re, n'ayant pas de nation, la France est votre M�re. - War-Song of the Legion. A selection of tales from Wren, including: Ten little Legionaries, A la Ninon de L'Enclos, An Officer and-a Liar, The Dead Hand, The Gift, The Deserter, Five Minutes, "Here are Ladies", The MacSnorrt, "Belz�buth", The Quest, "Vengeance is Mine...", Sermons in Stones, Moonshine, The Coward of the Legion, Mahdev Rao, The Merry Liar.
Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Legion of the Damned written by Bennett Jeffries Doty and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by Douglas Porch and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The White Kepi written by Walter Kanitz and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroic figures galloping across the loose sands of the Sahara, their flowing white kepis a symbol of the highest romance and adventure...or murderers and human derelicts, rejected by society and hunted by the police, seeking escape from prison in the ranks of the Légion Étrangère? Neither picture—so commonly held by the general public—is even partially accurate, writes Walter Kanitz. During World War II, Walter Kanitz fought with the Foreign Legion in Africa. He has done a vast amount of research and reading about the Legion, and has made every possible effort to check his facts. His book represents the first comprehensive and objective history of the French Foreign Legion since its inception in 1831 by the royal decree of Louis Philippe. For the better part of its history, the Foreign Legion, remote, fascinating, somewhat sinister, has been shrouded in mystery. It has been called everything from “Desert Carrion” to the “Legion of Beggars.” It was often said that “dogs bark when the Legion passes.” Yet, in battle, the Légionnaires are famed for a courage and heroism that knows no fear of death. They are considered by most professional soldiers to be, as a unit, the best fighting force in the world. When a new recruit applies for enlistment, he is made to wait 24 hours to reconsider his decision. The ranks are made up of men of all nationalities—Germans, Poles, Czechs, Slavs, Spaniards, Americans. It is the only army in existence today made up of mercenaries who have voluntarily signed to serve five years for the government of France. The discipline is harsh and the pay meager. The call to battle has taken Legion units from Mexico to Norway, from China to Morocco. Outside of battle, life consists of infinite boredom broken only by alcohol and an occasional woman. And yet, says ex-Legionnaire Kanitz, “Qu’importe, quand la Légion passe, que les chiens viennent aboyer après d’elle! Vive la Légion!”
Download or read book The Damned Die Hard written by Hugh McLeave and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legion of Strangers written by Charles E. Mercer and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Foreign Legion written by Martin Windrow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by John Robert Young and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1988-02-21 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly recounts the Legion's battles and campaigns, looks at the training and daily life of modern legionnaires, and explains why the Legion was founded
Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by Erwan Bergot and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by W. Blassingame and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Foreign Legion for Beginners written by Thomas Gast and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the perfect guide for anyone interested in joining the French Foreign Legion. Do you meet the entry requirements? What needs special attention? Will you be able to get out of the contract? Do you have to speak French? How fit do you really have to be? Are tattoos or glasses a problem? How can I prepare physically, etc.? All the answers meet the latest standards. - I advise no one to join the French Foreign Legion on the assumption of glamour or glory - the Author says: Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. (William Jennings Bryan).
Download or read book The History of the French Foreign Legion written by David Jordan and published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a a fascinating journey into a military unit which is unique in the history of men-at-arms - the French Foreign Legion. It reveals the facts and reality behind this unit and its history in combat is descibed in full from its use in the conquest of Algeria in the 1840s to its role in the war against terrorism today.
Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by Douglas Porch and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other military force in the last century and a half has captured the popular imagination to such a degree or has been so surrounded by romance, legend, and mystery as the French Foreign Legion. This book is the most complete and balanced history of the Legion ever written.
Download or read book Devils Not Men written by Roy Claude Anderson and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1987 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by John Laffin and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
