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Legio Patria Nostra

Author : U.s. Army Command and General Staff College
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500383657
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Legio Patria Nostra written by U.s. Army Command and General Staff College and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French Foreign Legion is an integral part of the recently professionalized French regular army, yet outside of Europe and Asia, the organization remains an obscure and sometimes misunderstood entity with even some American military officers unaware of its existence. Many believed the Legion went the way of French imperialism after the country's defeat in the Algerian War in 1962. In those post-war years, however, the Legion shed its mercenary image through reorganization and real world operations and quietly rebuilt itself into a ready and relevant fighting force. This book summarizes the Legion's history, describes its current structure, and characterizes its place in the French military complex. In doing so, it shows that despite a rocky early history, a mercenary reputation, and recent obscurity, the French Foreign Legion has built and maintained a level of readiness and competency that is more than equal to that of other professional military organizations and it remains a vital component of the French military infrastructure.

Legio Patria Nostra: The History of the French Foreign Legion Since 1962

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book Legio Patria Nostra: The History of the French Foreign Legion Since 1962 written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French Foreign Legion is an integral part of the recently professionalized French regular army, yet outside of Europe and Asia the organization remains an obscure and sometimes misunderstood entity with even some American military officers unaware of its existence. Many believed the Legion went the way of French imperialism after the country's defeat in the Algerian War in 1962. In those post-war years, however, the Legion shed its mercenary image through reorganization and real-world operations and quietly rebuilt itself into a ready and relevant fighting force. This thesis summarizes the Legion's history, describes its current structure, and characterizes its place in the French military complex. In doing so, it shows that despite a rocky early history, a mercenary reputation, and recent obscurity, the French Foreign Legion has built and maintained a level of readiness and competency that is more than equal to that of other professional military organizations, and it remains a vital component of the French military infrastructure.

The French Foreign Legion

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462531
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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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.

Legionnaire

Author : Simon Murray
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307415813
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Legionnaire written by Simon Murray and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A pleasure to read and nearly impossible to put down.” –Army Times “Embodies an experience that many have enjoyed in fantasy–few in reality.” –The Washington Post The French Foreign Legion–mysterious, romantic, deadly–is filled with men of dubious character, and hardly the place for a proper Englishman just nineteen years of age. Yet in 1960, Simon Murray traveled alone to Paris, Marseilles, and ultimately Algeria to fulfill the toughest contract of his life: a five-year stint in the Legion. Along the way, he kept a diary. Legionnaire is a compelling, firsthand account of Murray’s experience with this legendary band of soldiers. This gripping journal offers stark evidence that the Legion’s reputation for pushing men to their breaking points and beyond is well deserved. In the fierce, sun-baked North African desert, strong men cracked under brutal officers, merciless training methods, and barbarous punishments. Yet Murray survived, even thrived. For he shared one trait with these hard men from all nations and backgrounds: a determination never to surrender. “The drama, excitement, and color of a good guts-and-glory thriller.” –Dr. Henry Kissinger

Legio Patria Nostra

Author : Jean-André Yerlès
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Legio Patria Nostra written by Jean-André Yerlès and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The French Foreign Legion and Indochina in Retrospect

Author : Michael Kaponya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627462099
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The French Foreign Legion and Indochina in Retrospect written by Michael Kaponya and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the French Foreign Legion defended the Indochinese Union from 1883 through 1945 from frequent armed attacks launched from outside its borders as well as bloody inside uprisings. At that time, the Union consisted of Tonkin, Annam, Laos, Cambodia, and Cochin-China. Michael Kaponya shares his memoirs as a French Foreign Legionnaire who served in the infantry and participated in battles and countless skirmishes between 1949 and 1952 in Indochina. The French Foreign Legion and Indochina in Retrospect also outlines the politics that led America into the twentieth century wars in South-East Asia and provides readers with a greater understanding of the aftermath of the French presence and ensuing U.S. involvement. The French Foreign Legion and Indochina in Retrospect addresses an overview of the French Foreign Legion, since its foundation in 1831, that fought with Honneur et Fidelite countless battles, up to 1962, in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Russia, Italy, Mexico, France, China, Dahomey (Benin), Soudan, Madagascar, Serbia, Syria, Tunisia, Norway, Egypt, Libya, Germany, and Indochina. It also unveils the spirit of the legionnaires, originating from many countries and inseparably unites under the French flag with the Latin motto Legio Patria Nostra (the Legion is our fatherland). This fascinating memoir details Michael's experiences during and post-World War II in Europe, which led him to join the French Foreign Legion. Gain a greater understanding of the Legion and its roles in crucial conflicts from this first-hand account.

Legio, patria nostra

Author : Frédérique Kane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782912671097
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Legio, patria nostra written by Frédérique Kane and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Eagle and the Snake

Author : Douglas Boyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781530740086
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Eagle and the Snake written by Douglas Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1974, France. Raoul Duvalier is a captain in the Foreign Legion. A fit, tough and confident soldier. The legion's motto is Legio Patria Nostra: The Legion is Our Country. And yet although they fight and die for France, every few years the government tries to abolish the Legion because politicians are afraid of it. When he parachutes straight into the midst of the Vietnam War, Raoul encounters hellish conditions. In the epic battle at Dien Bien Phu, Duvalier is tortured at the hands of the Viets, a POW in a jungle prison camp. He is left at the mercy of the sadistic Commissar Minh and forced to tell his captors where they hid their precious gold. Years later, Raoul meets with his old legion friend Koenig, who is now a criminal on the run, betrayed on a mission in Algeria and Raoul is still a cripple. He invites him on a mission to find the lost gold, revealing he only gave the whereabouts of half of it to his captors. He begins collecting members of the legion to help him, choosing a young American, Frank, Irishman Patrick, Englishman, Roger and German, Hans-Peter. But quickly the men argue and fight among themselves and over the beautiful Marie France who ends up pregnant... Raoul struggles to trust all his men and his suspicions are proved to be true years later when Frank dies in suspicious circumstances and it comes to light that there was a traitor in the group, after the money for himself. Commissar Minh intends to grab the second cache of gold and Kill Rapul, who has to face the fact that someone in his team has betrayed him. Who is the traitor? It's a race against time to find the guilty man before even more men are killed... 'The Eagle and the Snake' is a gripping roller-coaster of secrets, violence and romance. Praise for the author: 'Well-crafted, convincing and intriguing' - Tony Geraghty, author of MARCH OR DIE Boyd is also the author of a non-fiction history of the Legion, which was so appreciated by English-speaking legionnaires that they elected him an honorary member of the Association des Anciens de le Légion Etrangère de Bordeaux - making him an honorary ex-legionnaire! His books include 'The Honour and the Glory' and 'The Truth and the Lies'.

Tomorrow to be Brave

Author : Susan Travers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780552148146
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Tomorrow to be Brave written by Susan Travers and published by . This book was released on 2001-09-03 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wherever you go, I will go too. These were the words Susan Travers spoke to General Koenig of the Free French and the Foreign Legion of North Africa, and they were tested to the limit. Surrounded for 15 days by Rommel's Afrika Korps, Susan was awarded the Legion d'Honneur for her heroism.

Appel

Author : Joel Adam Struthers
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1771121068
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Appel written by Joel Adam Struthers and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

French Foreign Legion

Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472805291
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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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.

The French Foreign Legion

Author : Douglas Porch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628732393
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by Douglas Porch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.”

The French Foreign Legion

Author : Douglas Boyd
Publisher : Ian Allen Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780711035003
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by Douglas Boyd and published by Ian Allen Pub. This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French Foreign Legion is an extraordinary and unique army, specifically created for foreign nationals wishing to serve in the French Armed Forces, but commanded by French officers. For nearly two centuries, adventure seekers or men on the run from all around the globe have found a home in the Foreign Legion and shed blood for France. In this book, author Douglas Boyd has been given unrivalled access to the Legion to tell its story from its inception in the 1830s, when it was primarily used to protect and expand the French colonial empire during the nineteenth century, but it has also fought in almost all French wars including the Franco-Prussian War and both World Wars. The Legion is today known as an elite military unit whose training focuses not only on traditional military skills, but also on its strong esprit de corps.

The French Foreign Legion

Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472806409
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by Martin Windrow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Ghost Legion

Author : Andreas Christensen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974569809
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Legion written by Andreas Christensen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legio Patria Nostra (Lat.) The Legion is our Fatherland. Eighteen years ago they came to destroy us... A race of conquerors from deep space had set their eyes on Earths riches. Their invasion slaughtered billions. But humanity united under a common leadership and fought back. We chased them off Earth and most of the Solar System. The war still rages on, and every year young people are sent out to die, far away from Earth. Ethan Wang was born on the day of the invasion, during the chaos and turmoil of war and now hes ready to join the fight. But first he has to become a soldier, and survive his initiation into one of the toughest military units Earth ever mustered: the Ghost Legion. With Ghost Legion, Andreas Christensen kicks off the Legionnaire Series, a military science fiction set in the near future. Suit up, and get ready for a roller coaster ride into space!

The French Foreign Legion

Author : Douglas Porch
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 161608068X
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The French Foreign Legion written by Douglas Porch and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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." 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.

The White Kepi

Author : Walter Kanitz
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787205762
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)

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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!”