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New russian French Foreign Legion documentary movie 2012

November 10, 2012 · Posted in legion

A new russian French Foreign Legion documentary movie from 2012. The movie is a part of Warriors of the World series. It offers a view on a selection in Aubagne, a training center in Castelnaudary, 2e REP and some details of the service in Legion.

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    French Foreign Legion and August 23:

    - 1947, during an operation, Second Lieutenant Buonfils and his platoons from Heavy Company, 3rd Battalion, 13e DBLE (Half-Brigade) were attacked by a large group of the Viet Minh
    - the attack took place close to Bao Trai, in the Duc Hoa region of southern Vietnam, then French Indochina
    - 15 rebels were killed
    - 13e DBLE had several legionnaires also killed
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    Norwegians in the Foreign Legion 1831-2017. A new book released by Norwegian military officer and historian Knut Flovik Thoresen.

    We shared several information with Knut and I promised him to post a non-paid article once the book is released. A nice personal photo from Knut with former legionnaires within the post.

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    French Foreign Legion and August 22:

    - 1895, during the Second Madagascar Expedition, a Foreign Legion battalion helped to seize the town of Andriba, in central Madagascar
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    - 1947, during an operation close to Can Tho, a town in southern Vietnam of then French Indochina, legionnaires from 10th Company, 3e REI were attacked by the Viet Minh
    - many rebels were killed or wounded
    - nonetheless, Lieutenant Campenet + 2 legionnaires were also killed
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    - 1959, Pierre du Bois de Dunilac and his wife liberated
    - during Operation Jumelles, Lt Lambert and his platoon from 12th Company, 5e REI liberated Pierre du Bois de Dunilac (a Swiss writer and painter) and his wife, held by rebels in an abandoned village near Azazga, northern Algeria
    - they were captured by Algerian rebels two months earlier
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    - in the image, Colonel Favreau, the one-eyed regimental commander of 5e REI, with Pierre du Bois de Dunilac and his wife, August 1959     ... See MoreSee Less

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    French Foreign Legion and August 21:

    - 1903, Attack on Taghit ended
    - the French outpost of Taghit was located near Figuig, on the Algeria-Morocco border
    - during four days, over 3,500 rebels were attacking some 400 French troops garrisoned inside the outpost
    - Lt Pointurier and his platoon from 22nd Mounted Company, 2e RE (now 2e REI) took part in the action, having reinforced the outpost four days earlier
    - the outpost was finally managed to defend
    - hundreds of rebels were killed or wounded
    - the French had 9 troops killed + another 21 wounded
    - two weeks later, the same rebels attacked the 22nd Mounted Company, 2e RE at El Moungar and annihilated it
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    - 1917, on the Western Front of WWI, a two-day French attacks ended
    - they took place near Verdun-sur-Meuse in northeastern France
    - RMLE (Regimental Combat Team) of the Legion was involved in
    - the French launched several successful attacks on German positions
    - RMLE, commanded by General Rollet, liberated Cumières and Regnéville
    - the unit also captured 680 prisoners
    - for that action of August 20-21, RMLE (future 3e REI) gained its sixth mention in the order of the Army and received the Fourragère in the colors of Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour), the highest French military award
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    - 1941, 4th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion established
    - in Morocco, 4e DBLE was established
    - organized at Casablanca, formed by two battalions
    - 4e DBLE received the regimental flag of the deactivated 4e REI
    - the unit was sent to Senegal, West Africa to maintain order there
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    - 1957, a successful military operation for legionnaires from 6th Motorized Company, 4e REI + 2e REP (Parachute Regiment)
    - the operation was aimed at a large rebel group
    - it took place at Oued Hallail, close to Ferkane, in the Tebessa region of northeastern Algeria
    - the group was annihilated
    - at least 35 rebels were killed
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    - in the rare picture, the regimental standard of RMLE at Nancy, France, in 1918
    - the standard is held by Lt Colonel Rollet, the then RMLE commander who became the famous Chief of the Foreign Legion in 1931, nicknamed as Father of the Legion     ... See MoreSee Less

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