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Exercise Baccarat 2021

October 30, 2021 · Posted in 13dble, 1reg, 2rei

Between October 15 and 21, a full-scale multinational Exercise Baccarat 2021 occurred in Southern France. Besides the Foreign Legion units, U.S. Marines and Spanish soldiers also participated.

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Second World War: A little-known story about the very first para-legionnaires

October 25, 2021 · Posted in history, legion

Officially, the very first Foreign Legion airborne unit appeared during the First Indochina War in 1948. However, the history of the legionnaires paratroopers started much earlier: in North Africa during the Second World War.

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Honor and Fidelity motto: 100th Anniversary

October 19, 2021 · Posted in 13dble, 1re, history

On this Saturday, October 16, in memory of Hubert Germain, a former officer of the 13e DBLE and the last “companion of the Liberation” (people awarded the Ordre de la Libération of the Free French during WWII) who has just passed away, the Foreign Legion celebrated the centenary of its motto Honneur et Fidélité.

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13e DBLE: 2021 Training at CENTAC

October 12, 2021 · Posted in 13dble

In October 2021, legionnaires of the 13th Foreign Legion Half Brigade (13e DBLE) are deployed to the Aube department in north-central France, to train at the Combat Training Center (Centre d’Entraînement au Combat, CENTAC) at Mailly Camp, one of the most important French military training camps. see the images.

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2e REI: 2021 El Moungar

October 2, 2021 · Posted in 2rei

After four years, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e REI) commemorated once again their regimental holiday, El Moungar, in public. See the images.

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  • Apr 22 - 1908 Battle of Menabha was published
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  • Mar 05 - 1933 Battle of Bou Gafer was published
  • Dec 30 - 13e DBLE's History article was fully reworked
  • Dec 04 - 1952 Battle of Na San was published
  • Nov 04 - CPLE article was published (y compris l'article CPLE en français)
  • Nov 04 - 61e BMGL article was fully reworked (y compris l'article 61ème BMGL en français)
  • Sep 14 - 1932 Turenne Rail Accident article was published & l'article sur la Catastrophe de Turenne de 1932 est publié

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