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French Foreign Legion: Infantry and Cavalry since 1945

✍ Scribed by Martin Windrow, Mike Chappell

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Leaves
67
Series
Men At Arms 300
Edition
illustrated edition
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

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.

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