Legionaire
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:53 pm
Legionaire - The real life story of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion (1985)
Softback, 314 pages
Simon Murray was 19 when he joined the FFL. He saw guerilla action in North Africa and witnessed the preparations for a dramatic airlift in support of the generals in revolt against de Gaulle. He lived through the violent quarrels between the different nationalities in the ranks of the Legion and watched those rivalries change to solid comradeship when under attack from outside. His diary is a unique document and an extraordinary insight into a soldiering trade that has passed into military history.
£4 plus postage (£2??)
Softback, 314 pages
Simon Murray was 19 when he joined the FFL. He saw guerilla action in North Africa and witnessed the preparations for a dramatic airlift in support of the generals in revolt against de Gaulle. He lived through the violent quarrels between the different nationalities in the ranks of the Legion and watched those rivalries change to solid comradeship when under attack from outside. His diary is a unique document and an extraordinary insight into a soldiering trade that has passed into military history.
£4 plus postage (£2??)