Norway 1940: the odyssey of the French expeditionary corps in Scandinavia - Namsos/Narvik/Pays de Caux
Norway 1940: the odyssey of the French expeditionary corps in Scandinavia - Namsos/Narvik/Pays de Caux
Norway 1940: the odyssey of the French expeditionary corps in Scandinavia - Namsos/Narvik/Pays de Caux
Norway 1940: the odyssey of the French expeditionary corps in Scandinavia - Namsos/Narvik/Pays de Caux

Norway 1940: the odyssey of the French Expeditionary Corps in Scandinavia - Namsos/Narvik/Pays de Caux

L20170128
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This book retraces the entirety of this expedition — something that had never previously been done — explaining the daily life of the soldiers who would discover a country at the edge of the world, under the midnight sun, leaving a mark on their memories for life.


 

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They would experience emotions, joys, sorrows and sometimes terrible suffering, yet they fought with courage, heroism and determination — to achieve a victory, defend an ideal, or simply out of duty.

This work pays tribute to the French combatants of 1940 — overlooked by school textbooks, the media and official history — who nonetheless suffered the heaviest losses of our armed forces during the Second World War.

354 photographs, 14 uniform silhouettes, 17 maps and numerous other illustrated elements

CONTENTS:

THE FIRST PLANNED OPERATION IN SCANDINAVIA
OPERATION WESERÜBUNG
THE ALLIED RESPONSE — COMPOSITION OF THE CEFS
THE BHM
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
THE 13TH FOREIGN LEGION DEMI-BRIGADE DE MARCHE
THE 1ST INDEPENDENT BRIGADE OF CHASSEURS DE PODHALE
THE 342ND AUTONOMOUS TANK COMPANY
ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES

Author 1
Laurent Demouzon
Publication date
May 2010
Pages
256
Language
French
Publisher
Demouzon

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