"About the French Foreign Legion." Topic

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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
Viva le' Legion !!!!!!!!
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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