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Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870-1935 by Martin Windrow
Category: History
Ever since the 1920s the popular legend of the French Foreign Legion has been formed by P.C. Wren's novel BEAU GESTE - a world of remote forts, warrior tribes, and desperate men of all nationalities enlisting under pseudonyms to fight and die under the desert sun. As with all cliches, the reality is far ...Show more
The Algerian War 1954-62 by Martin Windrow; Mike Chappell (Illustrator)
Category: History | Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
It is hard to convey the public impact of France's war to maintain her colonial grip on Algeria; yet in the late 1950s this ugly conflict dominated Europe's media to almost the same extent as would Vietnam ten years later. It brought France to the very verge of military coup d'etat; it destroyed thousan ...Show more
The Indochina War, 1946-54 by Martin Windrow
Category: History | Series: Men-at-arms
The states of Indochina had been French colonies or protectorates since the 19th century. However, in March 1945 the Japanese interned all French troops and officials, and turned over all civil government to local authorities. The power vacuum caused by the Japanese surrender allowed the Viet Minh, a st ...Show more
The Last Valley : Dien Bien Phu and the French defeat in Vietnam by Martin Windrow
Category: History
In December 1953 the French army challenged its elusive Vietnamese enemies to a stand-up battle. French paras landed on the border between Vietnam and Laos, astride the Communist lines of communication. The Vietnamese not only attacked, they isolated the French force and besieged it in its jungle base. ...Show more
The Last Valley : Dien Bien Phu and the French defeat in Vietnam by Martin Windrow
Category: History
Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam In winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and légionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were flown to the ...Show more
The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar by Martin Windrow
Category: Biography
'Perched on the back of a sunlit chair was something about 9 inches tall and shaped rather like a plump toy penguin with a nose-job. It appeared to be wearing a one-piece knitted jumpsuit of pale grey fluff with brown stitching, complete with an attached balaclava helmet. From the face-hole of the fuzzy ...Show more
The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl by Martin Windrow
Category: Children's
The story of an odd couple--a British military historian and the Tawny Owl with whom he lived for fifteen years Martin Windrow was a war historian with little experience with pets when he adopted an owl the size of a corncob. Adorable but with knife-sharp talons, Mumble became Windrow's closest, if at t ...Show more
The Waffen-SS by Martin Windrow; Jeffrey Burn
Category: Military | Series: Men-at-Arms Ser.
In the early 1920s, a tiny group was formed within the SA to serve as Hitler's personal bodyguard. Originally labelled the "Stosstruppe Adolf Hitler," they later became known as the SS - Schutz Staffeln, or "protection squads." From these humble beginnings, the SS rose to a nominal strength of 38 divisi ...Show more
Warriors: Fighting Men and Their Uniforms by Martin Windrow
Category: Military | Series: General Military
From ancient times to the present day, the world's finest warriors have been marked out by a stunning variety of dress, tactics and equipment. This splendid collection of artwork and commentaries illustrates famous combatants from all the ages of military history, bringing them to life in incredible col ...Show more
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