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Napoleon's Guard

Philip Haythornthwaite

出版	Bloomsbury USA, 2000-04-25
主題	History / Military / General
ISBN	18417613119781841761312
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ya8DAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Napoleon's Imperial Guard was the elite corps of the French Army. The Guard differed from the guard corps of other European sovereigns of the period, in that its function was rather functional than ceremonial, and its expansion was such that it came to represent a considerable portion of France's military establishment. By supplying personnel to other units, it functioned as a training school for the remainder of the army, yet the elite status of the guard did little to protect its soldiers from the rigours of combat in the brutal Napoleonic Wars.