"French Foreign Legion Forts" Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Apr 2016 2:55 p.m. PST |
"It's cold, and in our hair ruffles a fresh wind, as it is not uncommon in northern Algeria in winter. The VW bus we leave beside the road – an almost perfectly straight road, which we follow for hours – and are now on foot. The reason for our trip are conspicuous structures in the desert sand, which we have discovered from the car and we want to take a closer look. How nomad tents they do not look, there must be something else. When we are closer, we see the remains of a stone-built and existing building of several rooms. Sand covered large parts of it, and it is probably only a matter of time before the desert has swallowed this foreign body entirely. The building is not one of a kind, like the Algerians they build. This one was built by the French. And "French" means in this case: the Foreign Legion…"
Using translator.
Many pics here
link For translation you can used
link Another interesting page here
link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
| Rrobbyrobot | 03 Apr 2016 3:25 p.m. PST |
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Old Glory  | 03 Apr 2016 4:03 p.m. PST |
Great stuff! Is there any history to these forts -- such as, were they ever attacked?
Regards
Russ Dunaway |
robert piepenbrink  | 03 Apr 2016 6:28 p.m. PST |
For me, THE FFL fort is Fort Leclerc, which is a little unfair to the Italians who actually built it. A bit of the history here: link |
 Stosstruppen | 03 Apr 2016 6:33 p.m. PST |
Great stuff Armand, thanks! |
| hocklermp5 | 03 Apr 2016 8:54 p.m. PST |
That second link for Chegga Bordj is stunning. Talk about being stationed at the end of the world that place has to qualify. It is back of back of beyond. |
| Tango01 | 04 Apr 2016 10:56 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed the links boys!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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