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Nice pictures from Afghanistan and other places

March 1, 2014 · Posted in 2reg, afghanistan

A nice slideshow of pictures taken not only in Afghanistan in 2009, by a legionnaire from the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2e REG) of the French Foreign Legion.

Last memories of Afghanistan

September 18, 2012 · Posted in afghanistan, legion

French Foreign Legion soldier’s video from Afghanistan, 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UdzeozHQSw

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French Foreign Legion and September 24:

- 1925, Capture of Sweida
- an action during the Great Syrian Revolt
- an important town of southern Syria was captured by French troops
- legionnaires from 5th Battalion, 4e REI took part in
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- 1957, Capture of Saadi Yacef
- Saadi Yacef was the well-known military chief of the rebel's Autonomous Zone of Algiers, the capital of Algeria
- he was captured by legionnaires from the 1er REP (Parachute Regiment)
- the operation helped to end the Battle of Algiers, a year-long campaign of urban guerrilla warfare
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- 1960, Operation Cigale ended
- a two-month operation in then Vialar region (now Tissemsilt), northern Algeria
- legionnaires from 1er REP took part in
- during the operation, 115 rebels were killed
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- 2006, 3rd Company, 1er REG (Engineer Regiment) took ship in Beirut, Lebanon to return to France
- between July-September, it participated in Operation Baliste
- an operation to evacuate French citizens living in Lebanon during the 2006 Lebanon War
- during the operation, at least 8,000 French citizens were rescued
- 3rd Company, 1er REG was the first French Army unit to take part in the operation in Lebanon
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- in the image, 1er REP legionnaires returning from an operation, Algeria, 1960 ... See MoreSee Less

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French Foreign Legion and September 23:

- 1925, clashes with Druze rebels in the Sweida region of southern Syria for legionnaires from 5th Battalion, 4e REI
- the next day, the town of Sweida was captured
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- 1950, Operation Po Ma
- it took place in the Po Ma valley of the Dong Khe region, northern Vietnam, then French Indochina
- launched as a response to the Battle of Dong Khe, in which 2nd Battalion, 3e REI suffered heavy casualties
- 1er BEP (Parachute Battalion, later 1er REP) participated in
- its Commando composed of local auxiliaries (assigned to the 1er BEP) also took part in
- Commando was led by Sergeant Holland (1er BEP) and his deputy, a former Viet Minh officer
- they got involved in a battle with the Viet Minh
- the enemy was fought off, several Viet Minh members were killed
- 12 Viet Minh members were imprisoned
- very important documents were discovered by the Commando, mapping the unit designations, positions and material of the Viet Minh in the region
- the documents stated that there are up to 18 Viet Minh battalions (over 10,000 men) in the region of Dong Khe
- however, the French command didn't use this knowledge well
- within two weeks, the French units were ordered to withdraw their positions through Dong Khe
- in the following Battle of Route Coloniale 4, around 4,000 of French soldiers, legionnaires and local auxiliaries were lost
- during that battle, 1er BEP became the first French parachute battalion ever lost in combat
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- 1956, a platoon of legionnaires from 6th Motorized Company, 3e REI got involved in fighting with local rebels in the T'Kout region, northeastern Algeria
- several rebels were killed and wounded
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- in the picture, 1er BEP legionnaires in French Indochina, in the early 1950s ... See MoreSee Less

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Castelnaudary, the land of legionnaires. Some nice images from inside the Foreign Legion's training regiment, early 2017. They can be seen during 0:45 - 3:20 time... ... See MoreSee Less

Castelnaudary, terre de légionnaires

A Castelnaudary, 12% des habitants ont une particularité ! Ce sont les futurs légionnaires ! Ils sont 1700 hommes et t...

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French Foreign Legion and September 22:

- 1870, Foreign Regiment (then title for the Legion) has to participate in the Franco-Prussian War (July 1870 - May 1871)
- that day, the commanding officer of the Foreign Regiment (based in Algeria) received an order to form two battalions consisting of 1,000 men to be deployed to France to join the war
- it was also ordered to exclude all German legionnaires
- they had to stay and maintain order in Algeria
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- 1917, Battle of Thuong Thon
- a battle at Thuong Thon, in the Hanoi region of Tonkin (then title for Northern Vietnam), French Indochina
- a revolted local militia group against a group of legionnaires from Autonomous Company, 1er RE
- after two hours of fighting, 7 rebels were killed
- 1 legionnaire was also killed + 4 legionnaires were wounded
- Autonomous Company (composed of around 200 German and Austrian legionnaires in the vast majority) had been the only Legion unit stationed in Indochina since 1916
- its detachments were occupying several isolated outposts in the troubled Tonkinese region bordering China
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- 1940, Battle of Lang Son started
- a three-day battle with the Japanese in then French Indochina
- 2nd Battalion, 5e REI and other French troops based at Lang Son, an important town in northern Vietnam, opposed to the Japanese invading Indochina
- during the battle, several legionnaires were killed
- finally, the French had to reach an agreement with Japan
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- 1955, Battle of Draa El Melah
- a four-hour battle with local rebels in northeastern Algeria
- it occurred during Operation Timgad, at Draa El Melah near Cheria, in the Tebessa region
- 5th + 6th Company, 2nd Battalion, 2e REI (Infantry Regiment, based in Tunisia at that time) were attacked and got involved in fierce fighting with rebels
- during the battle, 21 rebels were killed
- Lieutenant Grandsard (6th Company's commander) + 4 of his legionnaires were also killed
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- in the rare photo, General Rollet, then Chief of the Foreign Legion (called Father of the Legion) holding the standard of 5e REI at Viet Tri, then French Indochina, 1936 ... See MoreSee Less