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French Foreign Legion 1831 71

Author: Martin Windrow   Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey)

Written by a leading expert on the French Foreign Legion, this comprehensive study explores the uniforms and equipment used by the Legion in the first 40 years of their history. Featuring full colour artwork, this volume is an invaluable resource for modellers and wargamers of 19th century campaigns, as well as students of this famous international corps.

Exploring the uniforms and equipment of the Legion, and featuring full color artwork, this is an invaluable resource for modelers and wargamers, as well as students of this famous corps.

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Written by a leading expert on the French Foreign Legion, this comprehensive study explores the uniforms and equipment used by the Legion in the first 40 years of their history. Featuring full colour artwork, this volume is an invaluable resource for modellers and wargamers of 19th century campaigns, as well as students of this famous international corps.

Exploring the uniforms and equipment of the Legion, and featuring full color artwork, this is an invaluable resource for modelers and wargamers, as well as students of this famous corps.

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Concluding his bestselling series on the French Foreign Legion, Martin Windrow explores the formation and development of the Legion during its 'first generation'. Raised in 1831, the Legion's formative years would see it fight continuous and savage campaigns in Algeria, aid the Spanish government in the Carlist War, join the British in the Crimean campaign and fight alongside the Swiss in the bloody battles of Magenta and Solferino. With the ever-changing combat environments they found themselves in, the Legion had to constantly adapt in order to survive.Taking advantage of the latest research, this lavishly illustrated study explores the evolution of the uniforms and kit of the French Foreign Legion, from their early campaigns in Algeria through to their iconic Battle of Camerone in Mexico and their role in the Franco-Prussian war.

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About the Author

Martin Windrow is series editor at Osprey and an authority on the post-war French army, particularly the Foreign Legion. He is the author of the very successful Men-at-Arms 300: French Foreign Legion since 1945, and Men-at-Arms 322: The French War Indochina War 1946-54, and the critically acclaimed The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam (2004).Gerry Embleton has been a leading illustrator and researcher of historical costume since the 1970s, and has illustrated and written Osprey titles on a wide range of subjects for more than 20 years. He is an internationally respected authority on 15th and 18th century costumes in particular. He lives in Switzerland, where since 1988 he has also become well known for designing and creating life-size historical figures for museums.

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Product Details

Publisher
Osprey Publishing (UK) | Osprey Publishing
Published
15th December 2016
Pages
48
ISBN
9781472817709

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