Males of motion and elite infantrymen with a tender and dynamic spirit, the French international Legion are able to doing their accountability anyplace each time. Martin Windrow's awesome textual content examines the heritage of this well-known strength from the top of the second one international warfare onward. this primary category addition to the Men-at-Arms sequence not just comprises the standard wealth of accompanying photos and illustrations, together with 8 complete web page color plates through Mike Chappell, yet is prolonged by way of one other sixteen pages, permitting the writer to exhibit the total variety of his professional wisdom, together with eleven pages dedicated to uniforms.
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