@Scotspikeman I don't accept the poor canard that the French are congenital cowards, but if we're talking about checking facts before stuffing our feet into our mouths, it may interest you to know that France, as a single sovereign nation-state, really didn't exist until ca. 840... By my math that makes for about 1170 years or so... but then what do I know, as I don't have any formal instruction in these things.
@SuperPindos I don't deny that we did have our arses kicked in some wars, but in essence britain has been through more wars than america did. even you americans had your arses kicked in vietnam, and right now your arses are getting kicked in afghanistan.
@liverpoolmatt87 Not sure what you are trying to say. That US lost wars? Plenty! That Britain lost wars? Not sure. Which ones? Revolutionary war in America? Doesn't count. Why? Because it wasn't a war. King George knew you can't win in a war against people. Germans, on the other hand... Oh, dear.. Even Italy has beaten Germany. Japan stuck it to Russia. And so it goes.
French Foreign Legion is a fine force. Only a total idiot would deny it.
@liverpoolmatt87 Oh, now I understand what you are saying. I don't think you understod me. I took to heart this: "french did let the germans occupy france". That's a false statement. French didn't let Germans occupy France, French were soundly beaten. Tough shit. It happens to nations, now and again.
I agree that the french has a high statistic of fighting wars successfully. but we shouldn't forget the fact that only britain was able to stand up to the french, especially during the napoleonic era. Of course by the time the 14 - 18 war started well yes the french had the brits there for having better tactics...especially to artillery & infantry tactics combined together.
@NervensaegenKiller Give me a break! How would Patton know? At the time of Patton's great victories in Europe Germans were surrendering left and right. If one drunken American soldier rode into town on a bicycle - Germans surrendered. Didn't you know that? Patton.. HA! Typical arrogant American general looser. The only worse asshole was Douglas MacArthur.
Man, without any proud for it or something- German soldiers never surrendered. They fought until there was no other chance. But it doesn't matter if Patton saw the fight aganist France. Let's compare the two states. Germany defeated France in about ONE month and the common forces of Britain, America und Russia were neccessairy to defeat Germany. So also a blind man can see which devision you want to have.
@NervensaegenKiller Realy? Hmm... well, then, I guess it's because of superior strength of German soldiers that US army pushed German army backwards at the rate of 10 Km each day.
Haha, it's because German soldiers fought already 5 years in France, the Balkan states, Russia, north Africa and Russia, when your "glory Americans landed in Normandy. And if you learn the history of US amry, you will come to know that they studied the tactics of German Wehrmacht and used this knowledge afterwards.
If you don't believe me, surch at Amazon for "Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945".
@NervensaegenKiller The one who had the stronger army won the war. Last I heard it wasn't Germany. And in any case, how do you measure the strength of an army? By the number of people they killed? In that case, Germans are the best - they killed 20 million in Russia alone, murdering bastards. What are you proud of? Siege of Leningrad? Stalingrad? Kursk? Starting a war and being kicked the shit out of - is that the proof that German army WAS the better one?
Oh man, the ONE? Lol, it were three, only in Europe. And the strenght of an army is obvious as you can see at the loss of people, the time they fought etc. And you can indeed mesure it by the numbers of SOLDIERS they killed. Germany lost about 4 million soldiers in the whole war, Soviet Union e.g lost about 11 million. And if you read my text, you would know that Im not proud of it but these are facts. Learn history, a strong army doesnt automatically winning the war.
"strong army doesnt automatically winning the war" - right. That's why the whole argument about who's army is stronger is plain stupid. By the way, Germany wasn't all alone - Hungary, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria. Italians fought rather bravely in Russia. Poor German Army. Marched pretty. 200,000 gave up at Stalingrad. How many surrendered in Europe? About 1.5 million? Ich kapituliren! Hitler Kaput! LOL Warriors.
@NervensaegenKiller Shut up fucking nazi. you do propaganda, if if if !!! You was destroyed by the english, american french army and fucked by foreigner legion if not today your mother speak russian so fuck off, you losed and that's all. You"re loser, 3 war Vs France and just one won your really losers
France should investigate its own "dirty and bloody history instead of other nations France was responsible for the deaths of 45,000 people in Algeria in 1945 and for the massacre of up to 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994.PLEASE CHECK WIKIPEDIA
all these folk mocking french military history are clueless. if it wasnt for France , britain wouldnt probably still rule the US. If it wasnt for Charlemagne, Europe would be a very different place today
i dare any of you laptop har men to call a Legionnaire a pussy to his face.
I'm amused that there are a lot of keyboard warriors posting their half baked, ill informed opinions. France has a fine military tradition, as has the UK and the USA. The Legion is part of the French military, and has been for 180 years. I joined in 1988, enjoyed my time and wish I'd stayed for longer. As far as I'm aware we fought with honour and fidelity. Mock what you don't understand, fear what you will never become.
@sfub1 The U.S. didn't have a regular army until the 1970s! During war time they would build up there Army and get alot of numbers until the war was over, then they would drop back down to 10% kicking alot of people out! Suffice to say they don't have that big of a military tradition as Britain or France, they just had moments in history and that was it. Ironic isn't it that now you get people commenting on other nation's military videos saying the United States is the best.. its just sad.. .
@alwaysbehumble Incredible moron, the Legion never surrendered. Ever heard of of Camerone ? Tuyên Quang ? Even in Dien Bien Phu they fought until death.
@alwaysbehumble Man stop trying to be like others it's obvious you have no idea what you're saying. Whether France has surrendered or not means nothing because the legion is not the french army you knob. The Legion never surrenders. Go do something with your life other than thinking you're clever on the internet. If only you realized how much of a jackass you are!
@JMaleville Actually we, Le Legion are a part of the French Army, I don't know what you are referring to as "French Suffering", but what you said about us never surrendering, is correct, we do not surrender, if it comes down to it, we fight hand to hand, with a knife/ bayonet ect. nor do we surrender our arms, dead or retreat. It's an honor to become a Legionnaire, as it would be an honor to die as one.
I agree with you about foreign legion's tenacity. It's not surrendering because it's foreign legion. The reason that France has to rely on foreign soldiers for defense (contrary to the practice of any other state) is because native french soldiers are too addicted to capitulation to be trusted. (You bet they would raise white flag upon the sight of an enemy peasant waving pitchfork.) Great foreign fighters, pathetic France, and her horde of cheese-eating surrender monkeys...LOL
@alwaysbehumble France, in the last 2000 years, has fought in 160 wars. They have won 147. At least try and research what you're talking about instead of talking out of your arse.
alot of bullshit you know the french got the best war statistc in the westernworld in all their war and battles they have won about 80%and they have often stood alone against coalitions and they have been surrounded by powerfull countries like Spain, England, Holy RomanEmpire / Germany and Austria and yet France Has existed for 2000 years their people still speak french and they are proud to call themselves Frenchmen,they can speak of more then Canadas 150years existence,Swe btw
@alwaysbehumble The French Foreign Legion consists of soldiers Germans, French, Belgians (hardly), The united States of America, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Bulgaria, Egypt, Argentina, Czechoslovakia, and many more, so the French are not as "surrender monkey-ish" being they indclude their own men to fight in their force, but also if you are any of these nationalities that fight for France, then you'd be calling yourself a cheese eating surrender monkey
@Vlaxerman343 Therefore they could comprise no more than a quarter, and probably less than a quarter, of the legion. I did post another comment refuting the slander that the French are by nature Cowards, I just don't think they are fearsome and warlike in the same way that the Finns, or Russians, or Germans are.
@unclejoeoakland you're probably right, if any the French Foreign Legion was originally formed on criminals from it's own and other countries, now well it's the same just less of a criminal status
Ahahah que pourquoi les belges n'ont pas droit "une fois" a du boudin?? ;) Nan mais un peu de sérieux ici parce que je ne comprend pas pour quelle raison "vous" dites ça...on a fait un truc qui fallait pas ? ou c'est du titi ment?
@Mokba007 le rois de belgique avait interdit a ses sujet de s'engageer dans la legion pour combattre contre le mexique. et le boudin c'est pas la saucisse mais les sacs de couchage enroulé en boudin
Here you are some blood pudding, some blood pudding, some blood pudding. For the Alsatians, the Swiss and the Lorrains. For the Belgians there's none left For the Belgians there's none left. In Tonkin, the Immortal Legion At Tuyen Quang we honoured our flag The heroes of Camerone and model brothers Sleep in peace in your tombs During our far-off campaigns Facing fever and fire Forgetting with our sadnesses Death, which forgets us so little We the Legion
pourquoi n'y a t'il que les REPman qui parlent? 5 ans = 2 ans O.M ; 3 ans Métro...n' avez vous tous sur 28 ans de services connu que le R.E.P ? sorry peut etre pas si longtemps. Toute la LEGION est la LEGION; meme le Chef du camion poubelle du D.L.E.M qui fait Dzaoudi - Mamoudzou , et le Caporal de la C.A.P.LE qui reçoit et parfois jette les candidats à la gamelle. Major (e.r) Mc millian M ( p.s.o 2nd R.E.P)
Does anyone have links to fair/balanced history of French Foreign Legion fighting in Algerian war 1950s and 60s?
I read Battel of the Casbah by the French General responsible for counter terrorism actions in Algiers - wow, what an interesting rough story. But, this first hand account doesn're mention the French Foreign Legion. I think the FFL must have been fighting conventional war in the Mountains, not house to house counter terror in Arab Casbah slums in the cities.
@lastpaganemperor I read it is actually illegal to discuss the Algerian war in France so a French account might be hard to find. 35 years ago I found a book "St Micheal& the Devil"
@freebeerfordworkers Where did you read that ???!! France is a free country with le freedom of speaking ! We can say anything we want about everything !! It s only illegal to express racist, antisemite or homophobe thoughts !!
@lastpaganemperor I read it is actually illegal to discuss the Algerian war in France so a French account might be hard to find. 35 years ago I found a book in English - "St Michael & the Devil" by a former paratrooper that the French government tried to suppress - have looked for it on Amazon but no luck. Military opinion was that the played very hard and won but De Gaulle took the long view and wanted out which nearly caused a military coup.
@freebeerfordworkers thanks for the recommendation, I'll try to find St. Michael and the Devil.
I also recommend The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Algeria by French
story by the French General responsible for taking down the Arab FLN terrorists hiding amidst the large Arab civilian population in the Arab slum quarters called "The Casbah".
This is the kind of war/fighting that Western nations have not done well. But, this French Gen. got down and dirty and won.
@thijs25111996 I don't believe those were my words AT ALL!!! Do some research(or perhaps more) & you'll understand what I meant on my previous comment from 3 months ago.
There are only two units I could see myself joining, in the Legion. And neither really work. I look like shit in a beard, so the sappers are out. And the second one doesn't exist. Ah, well..
I am planning to leave for Aubagne next year and become a Legionnaire... This song is amazing. It sends quivers through my whole body. Such honor; such tradition..
En fait je crois que le roi des belges, à l'époque de la création de la Légion avait avait interdit à ses sujets de rejoindre les rangs de la Légion. Du coup pas de Belges, et donc les Belges n'ont pas une bonne image au sein de la Légion. Je crois que c'est l'explication, mais je peux me tromper.
Actually plenty of them are French, both GIs and officers alike. That no Frenchmen run away and join the legion to face death and fight hard is a myth.
@Landofwoads Ever wondered what happened in the year 1066? Why most of your royalty has a French sounding last name? Why the mottos of your monarchy and of your queen are in French? Why every British passport bears French words on it? Why 75% of your language comes directly from French?
Here's the answer: if the French were cowards and the Brits were brave, it'd be the other way around.
@BritishPatriot3 NP. And, I have to agree. The gurkhas are about as hard a unit as there is. While the legion certainly aren't soft boys by any chance, I'd rather run into a legionaire than I would a nepalese. Met them in NepBat, Lebanon. And I remember the story one of the british officers told of how he'd found a group of gurkhas crying their eyes out on board a ship, the day the Falklands ended. Asking why, he was told they were upset because they missed the war!
@MoonEyes2k haha thats quality, there extremly loyal aswell. i think like everytime they draw there nice they have to draw blood, so if the take it out when there is no need they have to cut themselves. that's what i heard anyways.
@BritishPatriot3 What, the khukhi? No, that's an old saw. The khukri is certainly capable of being a very unpleasant weapon, but it's also a tool, used for chopping wood, clearing brush and so on. If you'd need to draw blood each time, you'd soon be covered in scars. That doesn't mean it won't chop a PERSON as well as it would a tree, though, and has been used for just that.
@maximecoppin faut pas le prendre comme ça lol, en tout cas moi j'ai rien contre les belges, ma meilleure amie qui est plus qu'une soeur pour moi est de ce merveilleux pays qu'est la Belgique
Its indeed true that the belgian king forbitted any belgian to join the foreign legion. But not many belgians listen to that in that time.
Le boudin referes to the blanket they wared in the old days. Bloody 1 )couse its red. 2) when a legionnaire was wounded or dead they where wrapped in ther blancket. thats where the name came from.
1 - Légionnaire, tu es un volontaire servant la France avec honneur et fidélité.
2 - Chaque légionnaire est ton frère d'arme, quelle que soit sa nationalité, sa race, sa religion. Tu lui manifestes toujours la solidarité étroite qui doit unir les membres d'une même famille.
3 - Respectueux des traditions, attaché à tes chefs, la discipline et la camaraderie sont ta force, le courage et la loyauté tes vertus.
4 - Fier de ton état de légionnaire, tu le montres dans ta tenue toujours élégante, ton comportement toujours digne mais modeste, ton casernement toujours net.
5 - Soldat d'élite, tu t'entraînes avec rigueur, tu entretiens ton arme comme ton bien le plus précieux, tu as le souci constant de ta forme physique.
6 - La mission est sacrée, tu l'exécutes jusqu'au bout et, s'il le faut, en opérations, au péril de ta vie.
7 - Au combat tu agis sans passion et sans haine, tu respectes les ennemis vaincus, tu n'abandonnes jamais ni tes morts, ni tes blessés, ni tes armes.
They sell Boudin blood sausage at the Walmart here in Florida after trying it and liking all other blood sausage I understand why the Belgians they sing about liked their men enough not to feed them boudin and why the French gave it to the Legionaires-it sucks!
@hbogart44: ! this is only a marching song, and its only blaming the Belgian King lax proclaiming by law that Belgian man can not join the "Légion"...
Next time you're in Louisiana try again to taste the real stuff .
Many time you can only find in the USA the German recipe "Blood wurst" which is far behind the French recipe !
im a US Army 82nd airborne veteran and a former green beret.......but I still salute these men. it takes alot of commitment to leave ur home country to fight for another countries military, its takes a special person to do that.
While I have the greatest respect for La Legion, this very old American soldier would argue with you about them being the best. Good; yes; best, no. Not sure who I'd pick as the best, but the Legionnaires would be right up there with the Gurkhas and my own comrades in arms.
@Moosh50 No, it was the French Foreign Legion, at Dien Bien Phu. Nothing like that happened to the Americans in Vietnam. The Foreign Legion myth is, essentially, one of defeat -- they always lose, but gloriously. Hence the celebration of Camerone, a defeat to the last man.
@Moosh50 Actually, no. The Americans walked out of Khe Sanh, Con Tien, and every other place where the North Vietnamese tried to besiege them. Giap himself admitted that the north lost half a million men in the south. Giap's invaders finally walked into Saigon in 1975 -- three years after the Americans left. Don't bother replying, you obviously know nothing of military history.
ma c'è qualcosa che t fà pensare che io voglia che tu mi credi?? nn sono ancora partito per il semplice fatto che devo scontare i miei problemi con la giustizia italiana ..
in this day and age where us armyinfantry training consists of time outs and stress cards the french foreign legion actually trains for battle
bradleyk0107 2 weeks ago
@Scotspikeman I don't accept the poor canard that the French are congenital cowards, but if we're talking about checking facts before stuffing our feet into our mouths, it may interest you to know that France, as a single sovereign nation-state, really didn't exist until ca. 840... By my math that makes for about 1170 years or so... but then what do I know, as I don't have any formal instruction in these things.
unclejoeoakland 3 weeks ago
I would also have to agree that the french did let the germans occupy france
liverpoolmatt87 1 month ago
@liverpoolmatt87 Have you ever had your ass kicked? If yes - did you have to agree to being beaten the shit out of?
SuperPindos 1 week ago
@SuperPindos I don't deny that we did have our arses kicked in some wars, but in essence britain has been through more wars than america did. even you americans had your arses kicked in vietnam, and right now your arses are getting kicked in afghanistan.
liverpoolmatt87 1 week ago
@liverpoolmatt87 Not sure what you are trying to say. That US lost wars? Plenty! That Britain lost wars? Not sure. Which ones? Revolutionary war in America? Doesn't count. Why? Because it wasn't a war. King George knew you can't win in a war against people. Germans, on the other hand... Oh, dear.. Even Italy has beaten Germany. Japan stuck it to Russia. And so it goes.
French Foreign Legion is a fine force. Only a total idiot would deny it.
SuperPindos 1 week ago
@liverpoolmatt87 Oh, now I understand what you are saying. I don't think you understod me. I took to heart this: "french did let the germans occupy france". That's a false statement. French didn't let Germans occupy France, French were soundly beaten. Tough shit. It happens to nations, now and again.
SuperPindos 1 week ago
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I agree that the french has a high statistic of fighting wars successfully. but we shouldn't forget the fact that only britain was able to stand up to the french, especially during the napoleonic era. Of course by the time the 14 - 18 war started well yes the french had the brits there for having better tactics...especially to artillery & infantry tactics combined together.
liverpoolmatt87 1 month ago
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liverpoolmatt87 1 month ago
I´ll give you 100€ to tell these guys their singing sucks...
swertinge07 1 month ago
How many men do you need to defend Paris? No idea, no one ever tried xD
NervensaegenKiller 1 month ago
@NervensaegenKiller I don't know either, but I know that you'll need a divison of Americans to liberate the place!
unclejoeoakland 3 weeks ago
@unclejoeoakland
Haha well, as General Patton said in WWII: "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."
NervensaegenKiller 3 weeks ago
@NervensaegenKiller Not surprising. Patton was an asshole
SuperPindos 2 weeks ago
@SuperPindos
Haha, maybe he was but in this case, he said the truth
NervensaegenKiller 2 weeks ago
@NervensaegenKiller Give me a break! How would Patton know? At the time of Patton's great victories in Europe Germans were surrendering left and right. If one drunken American soldier rode into town on a bicycle - Germans surrendered. Didn't you know that? Patton.. HA! Typical arrogant American general looser. The only worse asshole was Douglas MacArthur.
SuperPindos 1 week ago
@SuperPindos
Man, without any proud for it or something- German soldiers never surrendered. They fought until there was no other chance. But it doesn't matter if Patton saw the fight aganist France. Let's compare the two states. Germany defeated France in about ONE month and the common forces of Britain, America und Russia were neccessairy to defeat Germany. So also a blind man can see which devision you want to have.
NervensaegenKiller 1 week ago
@NervensaegenKiller A combined international division, consisting of soldiers from Britain, America and Russia?
SuperPindos 1 week ago
@NervensaegenKiller Realy? Hmm... well, then, I guess it's because of superior strength of German soldiers that US army pushed German army backwards at the rate of 10 Km each day.
SuperPindos 1 week ago
@SuperPindos
Haha, it's because German soldiers fought already 5 years in France, the Balkan states, Russia, north Africa and Russia, when your "glory Americans landed in Normandy. And if you learn the history of US amry, you will come to know that they studied the tactics of German Wehrmacht and used this knowledge afterwards.
If you don't believe me, surch at Amazon for "Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945".
You'll see who had the stronger army.
NervensaegenKiller 1 week ago
@NervensaegenKiller The one who had the stronger army won the war. Last I heard it wasn't Germany. And in any case, how do you measure the strength of an army? By the number of people they killed? In that case, Germans are the best - they killed 20 million in Russia alone, murdering bastards. What are you proud of? Siege of Leningrad? Stalingrad? Kursk? Starting a war and being kicked the shit out of - is that the proof that German army WAS the better one?
SuperPindos 1 week ago
@SuperPindos
Oh man, the ONE? Lol, it were three, only in Europe. And the strenght of an army is obvious as you can see at the loss of people, the time they fought etc. And you can indeed mesure it by the numbers of SOLDIERS they killed. Germany lost about 4 million soldiers in the whole war, Soviet Union e.g lost about 11 million. And if you read my text, you would know that Im not proud of it but these are facts. Learn history, a strong army doesnt automatically winning the war.
NervensaegenKiller 1 week ago
@NervensaegenKiller
"strong army doesnt automatically winning the war" - right. That's why the whole argument about who's army is stronger is plain stupid. By the way, Germany wasn't all alone - Hungary, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria. Italians fought rather bravely in Russia. Poor German Army. Marched pretty. 200,000 gave up at Stalingrad. How many surrendered in Europe? About 1.5 million? Ich kapituliren! Hitler Kaput! LOL Warriors.
SuperPindos 1 week ago
@NervensaegenKiller Shut up fucking nazi. you do propaganda, if if if !!! You was destroyed by the english, american french army and fucked by foreigner legion if not today your mother speak russian so fuck off, you losed and that's all. You"re loser, 3 war Vs France and just one won your really losers
patisserie63 1 week ago
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France should investigate its own "dirty and bloody history instead of other nations France was responsible for the deaths of 45,000 people in Algeria in 1945 and for the massacre of up to 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994.PLEASE CHECK WIKIPEDIA
edcboatman 1 month ago
8 tireurs au cul à ce jour !
MegaWTFman 2 months ago
Greetings from East Germany ...!
HipHopNobby 2 months ago
all these folk mocking french military history are clueless. if it wasnt for France , britain wouldnt probably still rule the US. If it wasnt for Charlemagne, Europe would be a very different place today
i dare any of you laptop har men to call a Legionnaire a pussy to his face.
MichaelKelly91 3 months ago
I'm amused that there are a lot of keyboard warriors posting their half baked, ill informed opinions. France has a fine military tradition, as has the UK and the USA. The Legion is part of the French military, and has been for 180 years. I joined in 1988, enjoyed my time and wish I'd stayed for longer. As far as I'm aware we fought with honour and fidelity. Mock what you don't understand, fear what you will never become.
sfub1 3 months ago
@sfub1 The U.S. didn't have a regular army until the 1970s! During war time they would build up there Army and get alot of numbers until the war was over, then they would drop back down to 10% kicking alot of people out! Suffice to say they don't have that big of a military tradition as Britain or France, they just had moments in history and that was it. Ironic isn't it that now you get people commenting on other nation's military videos saying the United States is the best.. its just sad.. .
RazorCell7 3 months ago
tien voila du boudin
TheMaxence32 4 months ago
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alwaysbehumble 4 months ago
@alwaysbehumble Incredible moron, the Legion never surrendered. Ever heard of of Camerone ? Tuyên Quang ? Even in Dien Bien Phu they fought until death.
VRIESSS 4 months ago
@alwaysbehumble Man stop trying to be like others it's obvious you have no idea what you're saying. Whether France has surrendered or not means nothing because the legion is not the french army you knob. The Legion never surrenders. Go do something with your life other than thinking you're clever on the internet. If only you realized how much of a jackass you are!
JMaleville 4 months ago
@JMaleville Actually we, Le Legion are a part of the French Army, I don't know what you are referring to as "French Suffering", but what you said about us never surrendering, is correct, we do not surrender, if it comes down to it, we fight hand to hand, with a knife/ bayonet ect. nor do we surrender our arms, dead or retreat. It's an honor to become a Legionnaire, as it would be an honor to die as one.
- 1st Classe Legionnaire István
HungarianLegionnaire 4 months ago
@JMaleville
I agree with you about foreign legion's tenacity. It's not surrendering because it's foreign legion. The reason that France has to rely on foreign soldiers for defense (contrary to the practice of any other state) is because native french soldiers are too addicted to capitulation to be trusted. (You bet they would raise white flag upon the sight of an enemy peasant waving pitchfork.) Great foreign fighters, pathetic France, and her horde of cheese-eating surrender monkeys...LOL
alwaysbehumble 4 months ago
@alwaysbehumble France, in the last 2000 years, has fought in 160 wars. They have won 147. At least try and research what you're talking about instead of talking out of your arse.
Scotspikeman 3 months ago 9
@Scotspikeman Americans also tends to forget who helped them beat the red coats... :)
swertinge07 1 month ago
@swertinge07 On purpose
RazorCell7 1 month ago
@alwaysbehumble
alot of bullshit you know the french got the best war statistc in the westernworld in all their war and battles they have won about 80%and they have often stood alone against coalitions and they have been surrounded by powerfull countries like Spain, England, Holy RomanEmpire / Germany and Austria and yet France Has existed for 2000 years their people still speak french and they are proud to call themselves Frenchmen,they can speak of more then Canadas 150years existence,Swe btw
Narjoso 3 months ago
@alwaysbehumble so much for always be humble
Vlaxerman343 4 months ago
@Vlaxerman343
I am only humble to real humans with honor and courage, not shameless cheese eating surrender monkeys.
LOL
alwaysbehumble 4 months ago
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Vlaxerman343 4 months ago
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Vlaxerman343 4 months ago
@alwaysbehumble The French Foreign Legion consists of soldiers Germans, French, Belgians (hardly), The united States of America, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Bulgaria, Egypt, Argentina, Czechoslovakia, and many more, so the French are not as "surrender monkey-ish" being they indclude their own men to fight in their force, but also if you are any of these nationalities that fight for France, then you'd be calling yourself a cheese eating surrender monkey
Vlaxerman343 4 months ago
@Vlaxerman343 czechoslovakia?
sniperRobert 4 months ago
@sniperRobert well the czech republic, what used to be czechoslovakia
Vlaxerman343 4 months ago
@Vlaxerman343 Or else you're highlighting the curious situation that the most feared soldiers of the French Army are not Frenchmen.
unclejoeoakland 3 weeks ago
@unclejoeoakland there are Frenchmen in the French foreign legion. The French natives in the legion are the fourth largest contributor to it's size.
Vlaxerman343 3 weeks ago
@Vlaxerman343 Therefore they could comprise no more than a quarter, and probably less than a quarter, of the legion. I did post another comment refuting the slander that the French are by nature Cowards, I just don't think they are fearsome and warlike in the same way that the Finns, or Russians, or Germans are.
unclejoeoakland 3 weeks ago
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Vlaxerman343 3 weeks ago
@unclejoeoakland you're probably right, if any the French Foreign Legion was originally formed on criminals from it's own and other countries, now well it's the same just less of a criminal status
Vlaxerman343 3 weeks ago
@Vlaxerman343 Not surprising. Patton was an asshole.
SuperPindos 2 weeks ago
Ahahah que pourquoi les belges n'ont pas droit "une fois" a du boudin?? ;) Nan mais un peu de sérieux ici parce que je ne comprend pas pour quelle raison "vous" dites ça...on a fait un truc qui fallait pas ? ou c'est du titi ment?
Mokba007 5 months ago
@Mokba007
CE sont des tireurs au cul
DRWIDMEROVECH 5 months ago
@Mokba007 le rois de belgique avait interdit a ses sujet de s'engageer dans la legion pour combattre contre le mexique. et le boudin c'est pas la saucisse mais les sacs de couchage enroulé en boudin
aimanXIII 4 months ago
Here you are some blood pudding, some blood pudding, some blood pudding. For the Alsatians, the Swiss and the Lorrains. For the Belgians there's none left For the Belgians there's none left. In Tonkin, the Immortal Legion At Tuyen Quang we honoured our flag The heroes of Camerone and model brothers Sleep in peace in your tombs During our far-off campaigns Facing fever and fire Forgetting with our sadnesses Death, which forgets us so little We the Legion
Azunit 5 months ago
Y en a plus pour nous ? Dommage, j'avais faim.
IrianZamJaya 6 months ago
@Jason66601
Is it true that you get a phonenumber? that you can call from around the world 24/7 if you get in trouble? like the one Swartzkopf got?
MikeKay1978 6 months ago
pourquoi n'y a t'il que les REPman qui parlent? 5 ans = 2 ans O.M ; 3 ans Métro...n' avez vous tous sur 28 ans de services connu que le R.E.P ? sorry peut etre pas si longtemps. Toute la LEGION est la LEGION; meme le Chef du camion poubelle du D.L.E.M qui fait Dzaoudi - Mamoudzou , et le Caporal de la C.A.P.LE qui reçoit et parfois jette les candidats à la gamelle. Major (e.r) Mc millian M ( p.s.o 2nd R.E.P)
mosesmcmillian 7 months ago
@Jason66601
Glück ab, Kamerad!
Thumelikar 7 months ago
tien voilá du boudin, mais je prefere le Diable marche avec nous...Le 2eme REPchanson . 1979-1985. MsSallo Simao
MsJSimao 8 months ago 3
Legiunea o istorie adevarata!!!
MrMusatinul 9 months ago
" Pour les belges y'en a plus ce sont des tireurs au cul "hahahaha
TheKwissKwiss 9 months ago
Section..Grace vous...le ton pour le Boudin. MsSalloSimao...2emeREP...La legion marche vers le front
sallomarine 10 months ago
2e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes
Legio Patria Nostra
TrashPoet 11 months ago
L'honneur
papyjojo89 11 months ago
Does anyone have links to fair/balanced history of French Foreign Legion fighting in Algerian war 1950s and 60s?
I read Battel of the Casbah by the French General responsible for counter terrorism actions in Algiers - wow, what an interesting rough story. But, this first hand account doesn're mention the French Foreign Legion. I think the FFL must have been fighting conventional war in the Mountains, not house to house counter terror in Arab Casbah slums in the cities.
lastpaganemperor 11 months ago
@lastpaganemperor I think the article about the legion in wikipedia is quite complete, if you haven't checked it already
R4PH4EL55 11 months ago
@lastpaganemperor I read it is actually illegal to discuss the Algerian war in France so a French account might be hard to find. 35 years ago I found a book "St Micheal& the Devil"
freebeerfordworkers 11 months ago
@freebeerfordworkers Where did you read that ???!! France is a free country with le freedom of speaking ! We can say anything we want about everything !! It s only illegal to express racist, antisemite or homophobe thoughts !!
loloveutdulolo 11 months ago
@lastpaganemperor I read it is actually illegal to discuss the Algerian war in France so a French account might be hard to find. 35 years ago I found a book in English - "St Michael & the Devil" by a former paratrooper that the French government tried to suppress - have looked for it on Amazon but no luck. Military opinion was that the played very hard and won but De Gaulle took the long view and wanted out which nearly caused a military coup.
freebeerfordworkers 11 months ago
@freebeerfordworkers thanks for the recommendation, I'll try to find St. Michael and the Devil.
I also recommend The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Algeria by French
story by the French General responsible for taking down the Arab FLN terrorists hiding amidst the large Arab civilian population in the Arab slum quarters called "The Casbah".
This is the kind of war/fighting that Western nations have not done well. But, this French Gen. got down and dirty and won.
northwestmigration 11 months ago
you should watch the film "Battle of Algiers"
exocet1 10 months ago
Trop fort
Vive la Légion.
petitemanu1 11 months ago
messieurs les guerriers , nous vous saluont! vous etes l'honneur de notre pays!
chemlolo 11 months ago
Foreign Legion the best!!!
TheCobinski 11 months ago
Rules of Engagement held the US back in Vietnam.
kasper2514 1 year ago
@kasper2514 so that means that you can do just about anything in a war
you 'feel' is good?
thijs25111996 9 months ago
@thijs25111996 I don't believe those were my words AT ALL!!! Do some research(or perhaps more) & you'll understand what I meant on my previous comment from 3 months ago.
kasper2514 9 months ago
lyric?
Musclepill 1 year ago
bravo ellina enas apo tous ligous
gregoification 1 year ago
half fence and half geek.
JanryPhoenix 1 year ago
Je me demande si de nos jours, il y a des belges avec suffisament d'abnegation pour rejoindre la LE et se farcir cette chanson sans sourciller... :)
Germeka 1 year ago
@Germeka
dans la legion tu ne es pas belgium..tu es legionnaire!
bertoandrea86 1 year ago
Nice boys!
wansjo11 1 year ago
piękne
farao1997 1 year ago
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Vive la France! Vive la Légion Étrangère! Vive la RUSSIA!
PsychoPatism 1 year ago
There are only two units I could see myself joining, in the Legion. And neither really work. I look like shit in a beard, so the sappers are out. And the second one doesn't exist. Ah, well..
Non, Je ne regrette rien...
MoonEyes2k 1 year ago
I am planning to leave for Aubagne next year and become a Legionnaire... This song is amazing. It sends quivers through my whole body. Such honor; such tradition..
OldForeignMusic 1 year ago
Linh nhu con cac
colt35 1 year ago
my great respect from greece!!!!! hope that someday will work with those guys.......
psychomonster92 1 year ago
From Portugal my great respect for that unique army force. Army can be for everyone, but legegion etrangere, it's only for a fews.
My salut braves man's
themagicmagnetism 1 year ago
vive le légion
mjkded 1 year ago
pourquoi y a plus de boudin pour les belges? hein?
tartineaucaca 1 year ago
@tartineaucaca parce que le belge est trés stupide. le armé de Français sait ça.
mjkded 1 year ago
Mouef toi, vu la manière dont tu écris, tu ne dois être ni belge ni français. Par contre certainement assez stupide. :)
tartineaucaca 1 year ago
@tartineaucaca
En fait je crois que le roi des belges, à l'époque de la création de la Légion avait avait interdit à ses sujets de rejoindre les rangs de la Légion. Du coup pas de Belges, et donc les Belges n'ont pas une bonne image au sein de la Légion. Je crois que c'est l'explication, mais je peux me tromper.
lagent1986 1 year ago
@tartineaucaca car les belges sont des tireur au cul c se qui et dit dans la chanson sa ne vien pas de moi
boxeurbalrog 1 year ago
Viva la france!
im british =)
TSnXxOshelxX 1 year ago 2
28 août 2010 Festival International de Musique Militaire de Québec
OUI ON A DU BOUDIN
Bravo à la participation de la Légion Étrangère en terre d'amérique
rbilodo 1 year ago
bon
emil08151 1 year ago
ils sont spectaculaire, mais aussi la legion etrangere est deficile
Zerkziz 1 year ago
vive la Emperor
naroj10 1 year ago
vive la légion
TheBottileandro 1 year ago
haha french are cowards ... what a joke ?
french are the bravest population of da world !
TylerDurden131313 1 year ago 2
im from liverpool the french are allways called cowards but the legion are brave as hell
Landofwoads 1 year ago 2
@Landofwoads thats why they formed the legion in the first place...
deadjailorrocknroll 1 year ago
@Landofwoads That's because none of them are French!
tiewithoutfly 1 year ago 2
@tiewithoutfly
Actually plenty of them are French, both GIs and officers alike. That no Frenchmen run away and join the legion to face death and fight hard is a myth.
ChristianEastern 1 year ago
@Landofwoads that's cos most of them aren't french
tonylast47 1 year ago
@Landofwoads Ever wondered what happened in the year 1066? Why most of your royalty has a French sounding last name? Why the mottos of your monarchy and of your queen are in French? Why every British passport bears French words on it? Why 75% of your language comes directly from French?
Here's the answer: if the French were cowards and the Brits were brave, it'd be the other way around.
Rachegotter 1 year ago
can anybody translate what they are saying becuase i dont know french? sound's like a nice song though.
BritishPatriot3 1 year ago
@BritishPatriot3 It is, shall we say, sanitized...
but, if you go to wikipedia and search for 'Le Boudin' you'll find
ONE translation.
MoonEyes2k 1 year ago
@MoonEyes2k thanks alot, i will do.
BritishPatriot3 1 year ago
@BritishPatriot3 NP. And, I have to agree. The gurkhas are about as hard a unit as there is. While the legion certainly aren't soft boys by any chance, I'd rather run into a legionaire than I would a nepalese. Met them in NepBat, Lebanon. And I remember the story one of the british officers told of how he'd found a group of gurkhas crying their eyes out on board a ship, the day the Falklands ended. Asking why, he was told they were upset because they missed the war!
MoonEyes2k 1 year ago
@MoonEyes2k haha thats quality, there extremly loyal aswell. i think like everytime they draw there nice they have to draw blood, so if the take it out when there is no need they have to cut themselves. that's what i heard anyways.
BritishPatriot3 1 year ago
@BritishPatriot3 What, the khukhi? No, that's an old saw. The khukri is certainly capable of being a very unpleasant weapon, but it's also a tool, used for chopping wood, clearing brush and so on. If you'd need to draw blood each time, you'd soon be covered in scars. That doesn't mean it won't chop a PERSON as well as it would a tree, though, and has been used for just that.
MoonEyes2k 1 year ago
@MoonEyes2k ahh thats what i heard anyways, but still fucking hard and fearless soldiers.
BritishPatriot3 1 year ago
pour le belges y en a plus....ce sont des tireurs au cul.... lol... thats correct
wassnshit 1 year ago
The Gp. is very Impressive
jamsmi174 1 year ago
vive la kepi blanc respect .reb198
reb198 1 year ago
Pastria Nostra
Vanille97422 1 year ago
pour les belges yen a plus? on vous enmerde XD
maximecoppin 1 year ago 2
@maximecoppin faut pas le prendre comme ça lol, en tout cas moi j'ai rien contre les belges, ma meilleure amie qui est plus qu'une soeur pour moi est de ce merveilleux pays qu'est la Belgique
Vanille97422 1 year ago
agreed, ffl are diciplined and ready for anything, toughest basterds in the world youve never heard of, my hats off
123wjb 1 year ago
True...my uncle served in the 13 DBLE...he was in Djibouti and Vietnam, until he died because he had cancer..
ShantyChannel 1 year ago
WTF?
PCNerding 1 year ago
Its indeed true that the belgian king forbitted any belgian to join the foreign legion. But not many belgians listen to that in that time.
Le boudin referes to the blanket they wared in the old days. Bloody 1 )couse its red. 2) when a legionnaire was wounded or dead they where wrapped in ther blancket. thats where the name came from.
piderci 1 year ago
@Jason66601 : Do you still remember the Code of Honour(Code d'honneur) ?
EAFSQ9 1 year ago
@EAFSQ9
1 - Légionnaire, tu es un volontaire servant la France avec honneur et fidélité.
2 - Chaque légionnaire est ton frère d'arme, quelle que soit sa nationalité, sa race, sa religion. Tu lui manifestes toujours la solidarité étroite qui doit unir les membres d'une même famille.
010onebyone010 1 year ago
@010onebyone010
3 - Respectueux des traditions, attaché à tes chefs, la discipline et la camaraderie sont ta force, le courage et la loyauté tes vertus.
4 - Fier de ton état de légionnaire, tu le montres dans ta tenue toujours élégante, ton comportement toujours digne mais modeste, ton casernement toujours net.
010onebyone010 1 year ago
5 - Soldat d'élite, tu t'entraînes avec rigueur, tu entretiens ton arme comme ton bien le plus précieux, tu as le souci constant de ta forme physique.
6 - La mission est sacrée, tu l'exécutes jusqu'au bout et, s'il le faut, en opérations, au péril de ta vie.
7 - Au combat tu agis sans passion et sans haine, tu respectes les ennemis vaincus, tu n'abandonnes jamais ni tes morts, ni tes blessés, ni tes armes.
010onebyone010 1 year ago
"Le Boudin" is the blue belt they got
Str3lok 1 year ago
@Str3lok
nonsense
ancien13dble 1 year ago
I know what "boudin" means
but they call the blue belt "buidin"
realy
Str3lok 1 year ago
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PCNerding 1 year ago
its translates into the bloody sausange from the red blankets the used to carry in the 19th century
balin1920 1 year ago
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PCNerding 1 year ago
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@Str3lok Le boudin colloquially meant the gear (rolled up in a red blanket) that used to top the backpacks of Legionnaires
PCNerding 1 year ago
They sell Boudin blood sausage at the Walmart here in Florida after trying it and liking all other blood sausage I understand why the Belgians they sing about liked their men enough not to feed them boudin and why the French gave it to the Legionaires-it sucks!
hbogart44 1 year ago 2
@hbogart44: ! this is only a marching song, and its only blaming the Belgian King lax proclaiming by law that Belgian man can not join the "Légion"...
Next time you're in Louisiana try again to taste the real stuff .
Many time you can only find in the USA the German recipe "Blood wurst" which is far behind the French recipe !
culhman 1 year ago
im a US Army 82nd airborne veteran and a former green beret.......but I still salute these men. it takes alot of commitment to leave ur home country to fight for another countries military, its takes a special person to do that.
pimpfang1 1 year ago 11
I agree. You have to be very committed in joining another military, instead of your own country's military.
EAFSQ9 1 year ago
素晴らしい歌だ
cgdreuj 2 years ago
Just feed them sausage and they will die for the Legion !!!
Ripley44mag 2 years ago
we only fight for man sausage! nothing else can compare to the feel and taste
Will403536 2 years ago
@Will403536 LOL as the old sand nig -- once said. A woman ...Yes. But a boy, Paradise.
Ripley44mag 1 year ago
Simply the best soldiers in the world... I have worked with Leginnaires... Respect!
sharkey5911 2 years ago 65
@sharkey5911
While I have the greatest respect for La Legion, this very old American soldier would argue with you about them being the best. Good; yes; best, no. Not sure who I'd pick as the best, but the Legionnaires would be right up there with the Gurkhas and my own comrades in arms.
TheSFCRetired 1 year ago
@TheSFCRetired the gurkhas are fucking hard. ' Better to die than to be a coward'. the royal marines and paras are tough fuckers aswell.
BritishPatriot3 1 year ago
@sharkey5911 Then why do they always lose?
scottadler 1 year ago
@scottadler Yeah, like that one time when they got their asses handed to them by vietnamese rice farmers... Wait, I'm that was some other army...
Moosh50 1 year ago
@Moosh50 No, it was the French Foreign Legion, at Dien Bien Phu. Nothing like that happened to the Americans in Vietnam. The Foreign Legion myth is, essentially, one of defeat -- they always lose, but gloriously. Hence the celebration of Camerone, a defeat to the last man.
scottadler 1 year ago
@scottadler Isn't that pretty much the only thing that happened to americans in vietnam?
Moosh50 1 year ago
@Moosh50 Actually, no. The Americans walked out of Khe Sanh, Con Tien, and every other place where the North Vietnamese tried to besiege them. Giap himself admitted that the north lost half a million men in the south. Giap's invaders finally walked into Saigon in 1975 -- three years after the Americans left. Don't bother replying, you obviously know nothing of military history.
scottadler 1 year ago
@scottadler It really boggles the mind how americans won their battles and still lost the war.
Moosh50 1 year ago
Vive la Légion Étrangère!
Vive la France!
I'm half-Frech and half-Greek!
AthaNapo1994 2 years ago 48
@AthaNapo1994 so you are a " FREEK" lols. sorry bro just messing with you.
sofamp3 1 year ago
@sofamp3 I'm a freak!? why!? I love France! Moi patrie!
AthaNapo1994 1 year ago
@AthaNapo1994 sorry dude, like i said , sorry. i was just messing with you.
sofamp3 1 year ago
The best soldier's the one who's got nothin' left to lose...
Soldat80 2 years ago 6
If only i knew what they were saying.
expertstrategy 2 years ago
they are singing about sausages..seriously
mrgezau 2 years ago 3
I regret that I don't speak French - but, in spite of that, Semper Fidelis, Legionnaires! You are truly good fighting men.
MJD, USMC
MichaelJDoyle 2 years ago 4
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Well, it's a luck for you to not be able to understand what they're singing. It's so stupid, like every military songs.
nicomacdo 2 years ago
What outfit did you serve with?
ErnstBecker 2 years ago
ignorant coward!
GermanAmerican22 2 years ago
Legio Patria Nostra -- The Legion is my home.
Semper Fi !
ErnstBecker 2 years ago 3
Ce sont des tireurs au cul, pas coup ;)
Oligo11 2 years ago 2
Tiens. Voila du boudin, Voila du boudin, Voila du boudin
Pour les Alsaciens, les Suisses et les lorraines,
Pour le Belges y en a plus, pour les Belges y en a plus,
Ce sont de tireurs au coup,
Tireurs au coup.
bertlok 2 years ago
great song
sniperRobert 2 years ago
fuck yeah
Raidenv 2 years ago
Merci beacoup Leopold III....
Un belge :)
LaGresse 2 years ago
love this song, one of my favorite legion songs
User10001110101 2 years ago
ma c'è qualcosa che t fà pensare che io voglia che tu mi credi?? nn sono ancora partito per il semplice fatto che devo scontare i miei problemi con la giustizia italiana ..
Cazawiforever 2 years ago
Buena suerte ,,,,,,,,,,
ErnstBecker 2 years ago