1914-1918, tribute to the 30 000 Corsicans killed.

In tribute to the 173rd Infantry Regiment, to the 30 000 killed in Corsica, to the 15 000 others injured, to all Corsican who participated and to the war of 1914-1918.
On August 9, 1914 the four battalions of the 173rd Infantry Regiment,
composed entirely of Corsicans, are embedded in Ajaccio, destination Marseille.
On August 20th, the Corsican soldiers are immediately engaged in the Battle of Dieuze.
Fifty thousand Corsicans are at the front under the command of officers as incompetent as inhuman.
The Corsicans fought like devils, in the Army, Navy and Air Force...
Georges Clemenceau, Minister of War in 1914, has not forgotten "1870" and his hate towards Corsicans...
By "special decree" to Corsica, Georges Clemenceau sent the Corsican's fathers of 6 children at the massacre.
The 173rd Infantry Regiment remain 4 years in the front line. Decimated repeatedly it will reconstructed each time.
Thus, Marshal Joffre say, ironically: "The Corsican come by boat to the front,
but rowboats are enough to bring them back in their island..."
Because of ethnic difference, Corsicans are victims of injustice and bullying.
For example, the Corsicans had a permission every six months, instead of 3 or 4 for the French soldiers. And then, very quickly, this deadline was extended to one leave a year!
When the defeats were attributed, wrongly to the Corsicans, the doctors refused to treat those who belonged to the 173rd RI. Thus, when the wounded Corsican had the strength, they tore the insignia of their Regiment
not to be identified...
At the end of the war, the Corsican demobilized are left to themselves. They crammed into the port of Marseille, sleep on mattresses filled with vermin, and must pay their ticket back to Corsica.
In a text written in 2000, in the newspaper "Le Monde", Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France, will say: "During the war of 14-18, France has mobilized in Corsica, what she never dared to do on the continent, to fathers of 6 children. Thus, in Corsica in 1919, there was almost no valid men to take over the farms."
It's an entire part of the Corsican people that France has sacrificed, destroyed.
For decades, in many villages of Corsica, the procession of August 15th will be called Procession of Widows.

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[girtabaix]

un travail de mémoire fabuleux ! je t'en remercie !!

pace è salute a té !

[Feathers10000]

Honte à Clémenceau et à l'état français

[declandowney]

great men who remembered how napoleon a native corsican created the glory that these en died for. Vive La France and Vive La Corsica

[Cheyennebremari]

My heart was touched so deeply & my very soul moved beyound explanation! Long live Corsica & the honorable people of this beautiful heritage..May GOD Bless & hold your spirits, firmly in HIS Hands! Much love, light & respect.

[ImperialGuard9001]

Damm French they treated all people that they dont seam fit to live as crap not only corsicans but thousands of "canon folder" colonial peoples! used in both wars! tougth they show them after WWII when they rise up against colonial rule!

[reonina]

Que magníficamente queda expresado el horror por las imágenes y la canción.

***** *****

[AMason8634]

Great footage.

[MGROYAUME]

Très bel hommage aux hommes et à leurs familles qui au prix de leur vie ont servi la France sans rien en retour. Je ne connaissais pas ce pan de notre histoire. Merci de me l'avoir fait connaître. Bon WE mon ami.

Michel.

[josparkes1]

A very beautiful sacred song to the Corsican people who fought so bravely in terrible conditions, this was so sad, and emotional.

[Feathers10000]

Honte à Clémenceau et à l'état français