Murderers, gamblers and criminals on the run: French Foreign Legion soldiers were the toughest in the world and would march in 50C heat till their BOOTS filled with BLOOD

by Guest Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:07 am

[*]New book examines the legendary, vicious (and racist) French Foreign Legion

[*]Jean-Vincent Blanchard has penned a series on the infamous soldiers

[*]The band of outcasts were fearless and had 'no families, no ideals' and 'no loves’

[*]Sex with prostitutes, heavy drinking and fighting were encouraged

As a boy, I’d always more than half-wondered if the French Foreign Legion was an invention of Hollywood. Cary Grant and Gary Cooper capered about in the desert wearing those distinctive hats with the white hankies dangling down the backs of their necks. Laurel and Hardy ran away to join the Foreign Legion, as did Jim Dale in Carry On . . . Follow That Camel, which was filmed in exotic Camber Sands. Marty Feldman directed, co-wrote and starred in The Last Remake Of Beau Geste, with Peter Ustinov as the sadistic sergeant.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-4652108/French-Foreign-Legion-soldiers-toughest-world.html#ixzz4lT1J77m6

by Syl Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:06 pm

I also had a quite romantic idea of the men who join and fight for the foreign legion...it probably bares no resemblance at all to the truth.

Sad, lost, and alone, they have nothing to live for and maybe something useful to die for...and of course they are all handsome and rugged. I love you

Murderers, gamblers and criminals on the run: French Foreign Legion soldiers were the toughest in the world and would march in 50C heat till their BOOTS filled with BLOOD

Murderers, gamblers and criminals on the run: French Foreign Legion soldiers were the toughest in the world and would march in 50C heat till their BOOTS filled with BLOOD

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