French Foreign Legion - Infantry and Cavalry since 1945

Informationen zum Autor Martin Windrow is series editor at Osprey and an authority on the post-war French Army, particularly the Foreign Legion. He is the author of the critically acclaimed The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam (2004). MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Specially extended from the series' usual length, Martin Windrow's superb text examines the history of this famous force from the end of the Second World War onward, with a focus on uniforms. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Legion in 1945 · Indochina 1946-54 · Morocco 1945-57 · Algeria 1954-62 · The Diaspora · The Plates

Product details

• Authors: Martin Windrow
• Assisted by: Mike Chappell (Illustration), Chappell Mike (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781855326217
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-621-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Men-at-Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War, Warfare & defence, Military institutions