"About the French Foreign Legion." Topic
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03 Dec 2012 9:12 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
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Tango01  | 03 Dec 2012 9:04 p.m. PST |
This is a interesting link for those who like to read about the French Foreign Legion.
These short article belongs to 1931.
Take note that about component of legionnaires soldiers , 60% were germans and 10% russians, the rest from many other nationalities, so the french were minority.
The meal was much better to any other Army of those days, as the article said. Read more here.
PDF link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
| Legion 4 | 03 Dec 2012 9:55 p.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 04 Dec 2012 7:05 a.m. PST |
Vive la morte
Vive la guerre
Vive la Legion Etranger! |
| Tango01 | 04 Dec 2012 11:22 a.m. PST |
Et vivre ma chers TMP amis! Amicalement
Armand |
| Tango01 | 04 Dec 2012 11:23 a.m. PST |
Et vivre ma TMP amis! Amicalement
Armand |
Jcfrog  | 04 Dec 2012 4:02 p.m. PST |
There are no French! by definitions, they are all registered as Swiss or Belgians.
Between wars they'd be a refuge for Germans from their big continuing economic depression 1924-34… |
| Tango01 | 05 Dec 2012 10:58 a.m. PST |
Well, there were french always.
Maybe not the "good" french as voluntaires, maybe mostly with some "social" justice problems who decided to join the FFL to avoid them.
I had visited the Headquarters of the French Legion at Niza.
They had list with all the members in displayings on a wall and there were some french names.
One of the legionnaires who attended the visits said that to be a french born had a step forward to the rank to corporal on those days. Amicalement
Armand |
| spontoon | 08 Dec 2012 10:56 a.m. PST |
I thought that Belgians were prohibited from the legion by decree of the King of the Belgians. RE: Le Boudin. |
| Cloudy | 08 Dec 2012 9:51 p.m. PST |
"Pour les Belges y en a plus, ce sont des tireurs au cul." |
| Tango01 | 08 Dec 2012 10:34 p.m. PST |
Ha!Ha!. Tres bien mon ami!. Amicalement
Armand |
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