Inside The Foreign Legion

Inside The Foreign Legion by John Parker


ISBN
9780749918569
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
320

The Sensational Story Of The World's Toughest Army

Still they come. Year in and year out, young men from across the globe turn up at one of the many recruiting stations around France to volunteer for the French Foreign Legion. They come from vastly different backgrounds and creeds, with no common language. Most owe no allegiance to France itself.

Here is a new perspective on this most extreme of fighting forces. Stories of the brutal training regime and ruthless, merciless NCOs have been told by the thousands who have deserted. The Legion's tortuous demands can stretch a man's mental and physical endurance to the very limit, and often beyond it. But those who stayed, and survived the hell, tell a different tale: no regrets.

Starting with classic stories from the early years based upon original research, it also includes the experiences of legionnaires and their participation in major operations of modern times, from the Allied invasion of Narvik in World War II through to the Gulf War and Bosnia. For the first time, the extraordinary story is revealed that one of their number, an Englishman, was nominated to become the real-life jackal - the man who attempted to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle.
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