"In 1936, the Spanish Foreign Legion was the best equipped and most thoroughly trained and battle-tested unit in the Spanish ARmy. With its fearsome reputation for brutality and savagery, the Legion was not only critical to the eventual victory of Franco and the Nationalists, but was also a powerful propaganda tool the Nationalists used to intimidate and terrorize their enemies. Drawing upon Spanish military archival sources, the Legion's own diary of operations, and relevant secondary sources, ???Alvarez recounts the ...
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"In 1936, the Spanish Foreign Legion was the best equipped and most thoroughly trained and battle-tested unit in the Spanish ARmy. With its fearsome reputation for brutality and savagery, the Legion was not only critical to the eventual victory of Franco and the Nationalists, but was also a powerful propaganda tool the Nationalists used to intimidate and terrorize their enemies. Drawing upon Spanish military archival sources, the Legion's own diary of operations, and relevant secondary sources, ???Alvarez recounts the pivotal role played by the Spanish Foreign Legion in the initial months of the Spanish Civil War." --Book jacket.
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New. 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches. pp. 307. Brand new. Pristine, unmarked. A gripping new history by the author of "The Betrothed of Death." After years of savage fighting in Morocco the Spanish Foreign Legion was a tough, battle-hardened formation with a mystique of its own and a fearsome reputation. The Legion was critical to the early Nationalist victories at Badajoz (where the Fourth Bandera lost heavily), the relief of the Alcazar of Toledo, and the first battles around Madrid. 8 photographs, 5 maps. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box.
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