A full colour album showing the uniforms, insignias and life of the
world famous French Foreign Legion during its campaign in Indochina.
Specifically created for foreign nationals wishing to serve in the
French Armed Forces, the world famous French Foreign Legion is known as an elite
military unit whose training focuses not only on traditional military skills but
also on its strong esprit de corps. As its men come from different countries
with different cultures, this is a widely accepted solution to strengthen them
enough to work as a team. Consequently, training is often described as not only
physically challenging, but also extremely stressful psychologically.
This high quality, full colour album features some 650 photos and
documents, 400 of which cover in full colour the legion’s campaign in Indochina, when the Foreign Legion saw its numbers swell
due to the incorporation of World War II veterans who couldn't adapt to civilian
life. Although the Foreign Legion was an elite force, it also took a heavy toll
during the war: constantly being deployed in operations, it even reached the
point that whole units were annihilated in combat, in what was a traditional
Foreign Legion battlefield. Units of the Foreign Legion were also involved in
the defence of Dien Bien Phu and lost a large
number of men in the battle.
This book is an all-encompassing account of the French Foreign Legion
and their continuing fight following World War II.
French language.
