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French Foreign Legion Paratroops

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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 , 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.

Language: English

Pages: 64

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Release: September 26, 1985

ISBN: 0850456290

ISBN 13: 9780850456295

French Foreign Legion Paratroops

3.4/5 ( ratings)

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 , 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.

Language: English

Pages: 64

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Release: September 26, 1985

ISBN: 0850456290

ISBN 13: 9780850456295

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