French Foreign Legion Paratroops

Download or Read eBook French Foreign Legion Paratroops PDF written by Martin Windrow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
French Foreign Legion Paratroops
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9781472803955
ISBN-13 : 1472803957
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Book Synopsis French Foreign Legion Paratroops by : Martin Windrow

Book excerpt: The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in Indochina, and the healthy recruitment then employed by the Legion. There were some initial doubts. The Legion were known to be magnificent heavy infantry, but were felt by some to lack the flexibility and agility demanded by independent airborne operations. In the Legion itself there were some misgivings over the possible clash between the self-consciously exclusive 'para mentality', and the Legion's own very marked ésprit de corps. Over time, however, all these doubts evaporated with experience.


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