Episode Notes
I discuss the French experience in north Africa and the devastating consequences of the double blow of losing Indochina in the same time-frame in Algeria in north Africa.
References:
Martin Windrow Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The Foreign Legion in France’s Colonial Conquests 1870-1935
Douglas Porch The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force
Douglas Porch Counterinsurgency
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