La Legion Etrangere En Algerie 1954-1962

ISBN-13: 9782840484127 / Francuski / Twarda / 2015 / 256 str.

Raymond Guyader

Opis

French Text This detailed study on the uniforms of the Foreign Legion during the war in Algeria has more than 400 collection pieces and about 200 vintage photographs and make us relive this painful war that ended French Algeria, 1939 in 1962, after 23 years of uninterrupted fighting for the Foreign Legion. The first part outlines the main phases of the history of this elite weapon on Algerian soil. The second part is devoted to the military uniforms of the Foreign Legion. The third part presents a comprehensive and unique study of Saharan uniform formations of the Foreign Legion. The end pages of this book are dedicated to 3475 legionnaires fallen in combat in Algeria since 1831 and to all French and all Algerians who died for French Algeria.