In early February 1908, an unexpected severe snowstorm surprised a Foreign Legion company on the edge of the Sahara, during their march to a remote military post at the Algeria-Morocco border. Within hours, the unmerciful element decimated the unit. Many legionnaires died, others had to undergo amputation of their frozen extremities.
Learn more about the tragedy:
1908 Forthassa Disaster
La version française de l’article pour les lecteurs français :
La Tragédie de Forthassa de 1908
