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| Is it true? SS fought en masse in the French Foreign Legion |
| 2023-05-18 |
 Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Commentary comes from the V Kontakte page of Egor Stulikov The French Foreign Legion had a German accent from the first days: King Louis Philippe created it in 1831 from mercenary German and Swiss regiments. The difficult, but massive presence of the Germans in the Legion lasted a century and a half. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 Fascinating. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2023-05-18 17:12 |
| #5 Wilhelm Gehlen was at Dien Bien Phu. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-05-18 13:00 |
| #4 Yes. Read Bernard B. Fall's Street Without Joy for some anecdotes about former Waffen-SS serving in Indochina. Great book as is his book Hell In A Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu. |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-05-18 11:26 |
| #3 All fairly well known, but still fascinating. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-05-18 09:15 |
| #2 I have read first-hand accounts from German soldiers who were captured by French troops who were forced into the Foreign Legion after WWII ended instead of being allowed to go home. I even got to talk to one, Wilhelm Gehlen. I have a signed copy of his book. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-05-18 07:23 |
| #1 Early post-conflict contracting effort. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-18 06:57 |