French Foreign Legion Paratroops
Martin Windrow & Wayne Braby
The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in the First Indochina War (1946), 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 Legions own very marked ?sprit de corps. Over time, however, all these doubts evaporated with experience.
Thể loại:
Tập:
006
Năm:
1985
Nhà xuát bản:
Osprey Publishing
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
64
ISBN 10:
0850456290
ISBN 13:
9780850456295
Loạt:
Elite
File:
PDF, 31.91 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 1985