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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 July 20:

- 1954, Geneva Conference ended
- a conference taking place in Geneva, Switzerland
- it resulted in the 1954 Geneva Agreements
- the Agreements, besides other things, arranged a settlement between France and the Viet Minh
- a ceasefire was signed and it brought an end to the First Indochina War (1946-54)
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- 1955, clashes with local rebels at Djebel Bosoan, northern Algeria for legionnaires from 10th Company, 3e BEP (Parachute Battalion, later 3e REP)
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- on the picture, 3e BEP legionnaires during an operation in northern Algeria, July 1955 ... See MoreSee Less

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4e RE, 2nd Company, Basic training... ... See MoreSee Less

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1er REG (Engineer Regiment), French Polynesia, 2016. Since the 19th century, the legionnaires have been known as "legionnaires-bâtisseurs" (legionnaires-builders)... ... See MoreSee Less

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French Foreign Legion and July 19:

- 1870, Franco-Prussian War started
- the war took place in France between July 1870 - May 1871
- three battalions of the Legion took part in (since October 1870)
- 1st + 2nd Battalion (both composed of non-German legionnaires) + 5th Battalion, created in France and composed of foreign war-period-volunteers (non-legionnaires)
- the battalions fought mainly in the Second Battle of Orléans
- thereafter in 1871, after the war ended, they were involved in restoring order in Paris, controlled by a revolutionary government of the Paris Commune
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- 1919, the regimental flag of the RMLE (Foreign Legion Regimental Combat Team, future 3e REI), one of the then two most decorated flags of the French Army, paraded in London, England
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- 1949, during an operation near Tam Quan in the Binh Dinh region of central Vietnam, then French Indochina, legionnaires from 10th Company, 2e REI got involved in a fierce battle with a Viet Minh battalion
- some 60 Viet Minh rebels were killed
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- 1963, Legion in French Polynesia
- for the first time, legionnaires landed in French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean
- a detachment of the 5e REI (around 70 men)
- the legionnaires landed in Papeete, Tahiti
- until December, hundreds of legionnaires landed in French Polynesia
- they will build and guard a new French nuclear testing site at Mururoa Atoll
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- in the image, the first 5e REI legionnaires arriving in Tahiti, French Polynesia on July 19, 1963 ... See MoreSee Less

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