The role of Foreign Legion in the colonial war
Have you read the book, Solo, what is written by Jack Higgins, what is telling the story about the contract killer, who began his career in the French Foreign legion at Algiers. The thing in that book is that the war in Algiers was the last of the official French colonial wars, and there were many tales about that war. In the Indo-China, the French government was used some ex-Waffen-SS personnel in the actions against the rebellious Vietnamese troops, and some of those persons were claimed to be the convicted war criminals.
French Foreign Legion was the popular tool in the hands of the French military because its fighters were foreigners. That means they were not missed in France, and because many of those people were criminals, they were not missed either at other countries. Traditional member of the Foreign Legion was the person, who was not wanted at home.
And the last chance for those men was French Foreign Legion, where they could serve well, and earn the French citizenship. Or at least those men allowed changing their names in that unit, what was, and what still is one of the toughest combat units in the World.
There is a possibility, that the Wehrmacht has learned some of it's most effective tactics from the men, who have served in Foreign Legion in Spain or France.
There is a couple of things about the Foreign Legion and it's a connection to Waffen-SS and that thing is that the notorious Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger, claimed to be served in Spanish Foreign Legion, but after the Second World war the French government recruited the persons, who were members of the Einsatzgruppen. That tale is told by the person who claimed the identity of "Hans Josef Wagemueller" for the writer George Elford. There are people, who claim that this story is pure fiction, because of Wagemueller told to be a member of the "Panzer Kommando", but that was not official SS-unit.
But in the first line of that book, Wagemueller told to be the "Einsatzkommando", and maybe "Panzer Kommando" was the codename for the personnel, who were recruited to the French Foreign Legion. The unit where Wagemueller claimed being was the 2nd. REI and the thing are that the French government probably didn't want those men back from the Indo-China, and probably some of those men were lost in some suspicious conditions.
But as you know the war at Algiers was the point of the golden era of the Foreign Legion, what was created for the tool of the French Government. The Foreign Legion was collected by using the foreign fighters, who had criminal backgrounds. And it was a suitable tool for use in the colonies in the operations, what was too risky for publishing in the French newspapers.
Modern Foreign Legion is different than it was in the early of the last Century.
When we are thinking the Foreign Legion as the tool, what to use in the operations, where the faked identities have been created, the thing is that the fighter of the Foreign Legion would get a new identity, if that person wants. When we are thinking the ethnic background of that hardcore military unit is, we must realize that those men can also use as the special operation operators against their own homeland. There is no proves about that kind of actions, and modern legion is cleaner than it was in the 1940s.
But when we are thinking about the role of the French Foreign Legion, that unit is one of the elite squads of the French military forces. And that means that there is a possibility, that the members of the foreign military forces like some Eastern- European countries have sent their personnel to that unit to learn effective tactics to use in the operations, where it needed a hard touch and effective movements. Also, light-armed teams would use similar tactics, what was created by the French Foreign Legion.
Have you read the book, Solo, what is written by Jack Higgins, what is telling the story about the contract killer, who began his career in the French Foreign legion at Algiers. The thing in that book is that the war in Algiers was the last of the official French colonial wars, and there were many tales about that war. In the Indo-China, the French government was used some ex-Waffen-SS personnel in the actions against the rebellious Vietnamese troops, and some of those persons were claimed to be the convicted war criminals.
French Foreign Legion was the popular tool in the hands of the French military because its fighters were foreigners. That means they were not missed in France, and because many of those people were criminals, they were not missed either at other countries. Traditional member of the Foreign Legion was the person, who was not wanted at home.
And the last chance for those men was French Foreign Legion, where they could serve well, and earn the French citizenship. Or at least those men allowed changing their names in that unit, what was, and what still is one of the toughest combat units in the World.
There is a possibility, that the Wehrmacht has learned some of it's most effective tactics from the men, who have served in Foreign Legion in Spain or France.
There is a couple of things about the Foreign Legion and it's a connection to Waffen-SS and that thing is that the notorious Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger, claimed to be served in Spanish Foreign Legion, but after the Second World war the French government recruited the persons, who were members of the Einsatzgruppen. That tale is told by the person who claimed the identity of "Hans Josef Wagemueller" for the writer George Elford. There are people, who claim that this story is pure fiction, because of Wagemueller told to be a member of the "Panzer Kommando", but that was not official SS-unit.
But in the first line of that book, Wagemueller told to be the "Einsatzkommando", and maybe "Panzer Kommando" was the codename for the personnel, who were recruited to the French Foreign Legion. The unit where Wagemueller claimed being was the 2nd. REI and the thing are that the French government probably didn't want those men back from the Indo-China, and probably some of those men were lost in some suspicious conditions.
But as you know the war at Algiers was the point of the golden era of the Foreign Legion, what was created for the tool of the French Government. The Foreign Legion was collected by using the foreign fighters, who had criminal backgrounds. And it was a suitable tool for use in the colonies in the operations, what was too risky for publishing in the French newspapers.
Modern Foreign Legion is different than it was in the early of the last Century.
When we are thinking the Foreign Legion as the tool, what to use in the operations, where the faked identities have been created, the thing is that the fighter of the Foreign Legion would get a new identity, if that person wants. When we are thinking the ethnic background of that hardcore military unit is, we must realize that those men can also use as the special operation operators against their own homeland. There is no proves about that kind of actions, and modern legion is cleaner than it was in the 1940s.
But when we are thinking about the role of the French Foreign Legion, that unit is one of the elite squads of the French military forces. And that means that there is a possibility, that the members of the foreign military forces like some Eastern- European countries have sent their personnel to that unit to learn effective tactics to use in the operations, where it needed a hard touch and effective movements. Also, light-armed teams would use similar tactics, what was created by the French Foreign Legion.
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