French Foreign Legion

Home > Other > French Foreign Legion > Page 115
French Foreign Legion Page 115

by Douglas Porch


  in Franco-Prussian War, 120, 164–67, 170, 316

  French high command's attitude toward, 58, 60, 62, 132

  future of, 631–32

  Gaullist/Vichy division in, 442, 464, 471–85, 492–93, 502, 607

  heterogeneity of, 28–29, 121, 133, 158, 176–77, 184, 186, 250, 404, 423, 426, 548, 564, 620

  imperial expansion from 1870 to 1914,

  role in, 170

  in Indochina, see Indochina; Indochina War

  Intelligence Service, 438, 439, 487, 490, 493, 623

  language differences, overcoming, 186–87, 349

  Macta, Battle of, 19–21, 27, 28

  in Madagascar, see Madagascar

  French Foreign Legion (cont.)

  medical attention, 80, 82, 192–93, 282, 286–88, 421, 543, 624

  in Mexico, see Mexican campaign

  morale of, see Morale (esprit de corps) of the Legion

  mounted companies, see Mounted companies

  mutiny, see Mutiny

  myth and lore of, see Myth and lore of the Legion

  new legion, 49–69, 75–76

  from 1900 to 1914, 289–311

  officers of, see Officers of the Legion

  organization as of 1939, 445–46

  overall evaluation of, 617–34

  pay of, see Payment of Legion

  public works projects, 17–18, 408, 623

  recruitment of, see Recruitment/enlistment in the Legion

  redemptive qualities of, 184–85, 425, 625, 629–30

  reduction of, in 1867 and 1871, 163, 170–71

  régiment de marche de la Legion étrangère (RMLE), 334–83, 412, 418–19, 494, 499, 500, 501, 503

  régiment étranger de cavalerie (REC), 383, 385, 392, 406, 407, 445, 492, 499, 511, 515, 534, 535, 548–50, 553, 564, 573

  reputation of, 31, 63, 120–21, 123, 212, 298, 335, 338–39, 364, 365–66, 619, 632

  retirement from, treatment after, 434–35, 630

  in Rif War, 383, 398–406, 408, 421, 429, 623

  RMVE created separately from, 445

  routine day, 186–90

  sappers, 48, 52, 55, 109, 110, 383, 392, 419

  selection of regiment, 174

  selection of troops for expeditions, 246–48

  sex life in, 221, 309–10, 387, 467, 507–8, 546

  suicides among, 280–81, 310, 624, 625

  surveillance within, 438–39, 623 13e DBLE, 466–85, 490, 493, 494, 495, 497–500, 502, 503, 538, 539, 540, 556, 559, 561, 562, 564, 565, 572–73, 595, 631

  training of, see Training

  transport to Algeria, 173, 174

  uniforms, 189, 289, 414–17, 422–23, 493

  “Vichy” Legion, 476–81, 486–92, 502

  violence among troops, 198–201, 626

  after World War I, 382–409, 412–13

  in World War I, 333–81

  in World War II, 440–504

  Zaatcha, 89–117

  French Guiana, 631

  French Revolution, 71

  Front de Libération Nationale (FLN), 568, 574–603, 610, 614

  August 1956 conference of, 580–81

  Battle of Algiers, 580–90

  Challe offensives against, 593–97, 599

  compared to Viet Minh, 570

  government in «xile, 599, 601

  upon independence, 610, 614

  Morice Line, 590–91, 592, 596

  Suez crisis and, 579

  terrorism carried out by, 569, 570–71, 580, 581, 589, 599

  Frontiers, Battle of, 355

  Gabon, 476

  Gabrielle (Dien Bien Phu), 556, 557, 558

  Galant, Abel, 30, 45, 46, 47, 49

  Gallieni, General Joseph, 224, 240, 243, 285, 346

  on desertion, 329–30

  “tâche d'huile” techniques, 242, 320

  Gallipoli, 105, 122, 124–25, 372

  Galloni d'Istria, Mathieu, 8

  Gambetta, Leon, 169

  Gambiez, General Fernand, 609

  Gamelin, General Maurice, 465

  Garcin, Marius, 66

  Gardy, General Paul, 606, 610, 614

  Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 109–10, 346

  Garibaldi Legion, 335

  Garnier, Francis, 204

  Garnier, Jules, 38

  Gates of China, 214, 215, 229, 230, 232, 421

  Gaullists. See Free French

  Gaultier, Lieutenant Colonel, 494, 503, 504

  Gauthier, Father, 509

  Generals'Plot, 519, 604, 606–16

  George VI, King, 473

  Gérard, General Etienne, 2

  German army, 293, 326, 563

  discipline in, 293, 300

  Legion recruits from, 395

  German Protection League Against the Foreign Legion, 330

  Germany, 250, 325, 425

  anti-Legion campaign, 171, 290, 293, 330, 333, 366, 409, 413, 428, 625

  as arms dealer, 254, 255

  as colonial power in Africa, 256

  death camps, 488

  Franco-Prussian War, 120, 164–67, 170

  rivalry with France over Morocco, 289, 290, 333

  Third Reich, 436, 447

  World War I, 333, 346–47, 351–80

  World War II, 441, 443, 457–62, 465–504

  Giap, Nyuyen, 511–12, 514, 518–21, 526, 532, 533, 536, 544, 547

  Dien Bien Phu and, 556, 558–61

  Giovanielli, General, 161

  Girardot, Colonel, 331

  Giraud, General Henry, 485, 493, 496

  Glockner (deserter), 66–67

  Goebbels, Joseph, 490

  Goldfarb, Pierre, 338

  Goumiers, 315–16, 317, 329, 404

  Gourard, General Henri, 408

  Grand jeu, Le (film), 429–30

  Grand Popo, Dahomey, 254

  Grant, Ulysses S., 148

  Great Britain. See Britain

  Grede, Dahomey, 260–61

  Greece, 374, 476

  Green, Julian, 374, 376

  Grisot, General, 110, 164–69, 215, 385

  Groupe de volontaires Juifs Russo-Roumains du 18', 336

  Groupements de travailleurs étrangers (GTE), 487

  Guinea, 247

  Guir, Morocco, 313–14, 321, 322

  Guiraud, Lieutenant Colonel, 612–13

  Gung'l,J. N., 171, 175–76

  Hacienda de la Trinidad, 141

  Hafid, Abd el-, 102, 103

  Haiphong, Tonkin, 204, 227–28

  Hallo, General Jean-Pierre, 451–52, 456

  Hammada of the Guir, 313

  Hangard Wood, France, 377–78

  Hanoi, Vietnam, 204, 205, 214, 228, 303, 565

  described, 228

  during the Indochina War, 513, 515, 520, 525, 526

  Han River, 264

  Harispe, Jean, 42, 46, 48

  Hart, Lionel, 183, 192, 194, 224, 225

  on Indochina, 207, 210, 223

  Hausas, 252, 255, 260, 276

  Hebich, Johan Albrecht, 44–45

  Hell in the Foreign Legion (Loehndorf), 430

  Hellot, F., 288

  Hélo, Captain, 315

  Henri d'Orléans, due d'Aumale, 65

  Herbillon, General £mile, Zaatcha and, 92–93, 99, 100, 102–11, 113–17

  Herbinger, Lieutenant Colonel, 233, 234, 235

  Herbsheim, France, 499–500

  Hermann, Major, 460–61, 462

  Herson, General, 293, 296, 307

  Hill 119, 357

  Hill 140, 356–57, 362

  Hindenburg, Paul von, 378

  Hindenburg Line, 379

  Historique of the RMLE, 361, 366, 380

  Hitler, Adolf, 382, 436, 437, 442, 443, 466, 476, 477, 487, 497

  Hoa Binh, Vietnam, 526, 529, 537, 540, 545

  Hoa Moc, Battle of, 218, 230

  Ho Chi Minh, 510, 512, 513, 514, 517, 527

  Hodna plain, 95, 96, 98, 103

  Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, Prince of, 4

  Holmes,
Richard, 196

  Hommes sans nom, Les (The Men Without Names) (des Vallieres), 421, 431

  Homosexuality, 310

  Hong Kong, 203

  Honotaux, Gabriel, 268–69

  Hora, Charles, 443, 463, 590, 608, 630

  Horain, Thadée, 27

  Horne, Alistair, 601

  Hova army, 269–70, 273–74, 276, 278–80, 282, 283–84, 287, 288

  Hova government, 271, 280

  Hova monarchy, 268, 288

  Hova people, 269, 270, 283, 284

  Hubert-Jacques (journalist), 178, 328–29

  Huesca, Battle of, 46–47

  Huguet, L., 208, 213, 218, 219

  Huguette (Dien Bien Phu), 556, 560, 562

  Humanité, L,' 345

  Hung Hoa, Vietnam, 234

  Ikopa River, 274, 275

  Illustration, L,' 132

  Imperial Guard, French, 129

  Indian Mutiny of 1857, 288, 392

  Indochina, 170, 194, 203–44, 281, 383, 422, 454, 477, 505–66, 624

  attraction of legionnaires to, 219–23

  congaïs, 221–22, 230, 507–8, 546

  disease in, 207, 219–20, 230, 246, 529

  French-Indochina War, see Indochina War

  French invasion of, 203–18

  officers in, 210–13, 422, 536

  opium in, 222, 244

  Tonkin, see Tonkin

  voyage to, 223–29

  during World War II, 510–13

  Yen Ba revolt, 508–10

  Indochina War, 505–6, 513–66, 572, 581, 619

  desertions during, 515, 545–46

  Dien Bien Phu, 422, 517, 526, 527, 531, 539, 554–66, 571

  groupes mobiles in, 546–48, 563

  intelligence during, 538–40

  Legion's performance in, 562–64, 623

  life in posts in, 543–44

  minefields, 574

  from 1951 to 1954, 530–34

  outbreak of, 513

  POWs, 565–66

  “POW” system, 542

  Route Coloniale 4, attacks on, 517–25, 526, 528, 530, 536, 566

  training and manning problems, 530–36

  Vietnamization of, 550–54, 623

  Inigo, Battle of, 37

  Inor Wood, France, 458

  International Court at the Hague, 330

  Iribarran, General, 46–47

  Isabelle (Dien Bien Phu), 556, 559–62

  Isabel II, Queen, 23, 25, 29, 30, 41, 42

  Ischeriden, Battle of, 131–32, 135, 418, 422–23

  Israel, 578

  Italian campaign of 1859, 120, 123, 128–32

  Italy, 2, 473, 497–99

  unification of, 131

  Iwo Jima, 512

  Jacqueline, Lucien, 223, 296

  Jacquin, Henri, 520–21

  Jacquot, Lieutenant, 246, 251, 252, 256, 257, 260, 261, 263, 264

  Japan, 234, 235, 477, 505, 510–13, 538

  Russo-Japanese War, 244

  Jeanpierre, Pierre, 584, 586, 591, 607

  Jewish legionnaires, 336, 337, 338, 341, 345, 423, 621

  anti-Semitism, 360–61, 454–55, 620

  mutiny of, 359–62

  in Vichy France, 487

  before World War II, 436

  during World War II, 443, 446, 447, 450, 451–57, 462, 463, 490, 492

  Jewish refugees, 442, 443, 444, 486

  Joffre, Joseph, 355, 362, 367

  Jones, James, 625

  Jouandon, Lieutenant, 470, 472

  Jouhaud, General Edmond, 602, 609, 612, 614, 616

  Jourdan, Marshal Jean-Baptiste, 31

  Journal officiel, 218, 336

  Juárez, Benito, 143, 144

  Juin, General Alphonse, 489, 490, 497, 498

  Julien, Charles-André, 51

  on Zaatcha, 93–94, 116

  Junger, Ernst, 172, 174, 176, 177, 179, 180, 190, 224, 424

  desertion by, 326, 328, 329

  on Indochina, 221, 222

  Kabyles, 52, 131, 271, 276, 277

  Kabylia, Algeria, 92, 120, 131, 594–95

  Kader, Abd el-, 19–20, 26, 51, 70, 73–74

  Legion deserters to, 66, 67

  surrender of, 76, 92

  Kamienski, M., 130

  Kantara, George, 91

  Kanya-Forstner, A. S., 249

  Keller, legionnaire, 57

  Kelly, Russell, 346, 349

  Kemencei, Janos, 579, 605, 624

  on Algeria, 571, 573, 574, 613, 614–15

  on Indochina, 422, 517, 523, 524, 525, 528, 532, 533, 535, 561, 565–66

  King, David, 341, 342

  Kipling, Rudyard, 251

  Kirwan (Legion officer), 165

  Klement (deserter), 545

  Klems, Joseph, 396

  Knight, E. F., 271–73, 279, 283–86

  Koch (deserter), 545

  Koenig, Pierre, 473, 478, 482–85

  Kolwezi, Zaire, 617–18, 623

  Korea, 235, 518

  Kotopa, Dahomey, 262, 264

  Koto River, 262–66

  Krim, Abd el-, 395–406, 623

  Kubiak, Stefan, 545, 556–57

  Kwangsi army, 229, 230, 234

  Kwangsi province, China, 232

  Lacour, Lieutenant, 405

  Lacretellc, Charles-Nicolas, 68, 79, 83–85

  Lalande, André, 556

  Lambert, Lieutenant, 150

  Lambert, Major, 509

  Lamborelle, Louis, 11, 13, 74, 77–83, 86, 87–88

  on officer-troop relationship, 85–86, 89

  Lamping, Clemens, 121, 626

  commentary on Legion in Africa, 57–58, 60, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 78–82, 120

  Lamy, François, 271

  Langlois, Lieutenant, 274–80, 282, 295, 319

  Lang Son, Vietnam, 205, 208, 209, 213–16, 217, 221–22, 231

  described, 215

  French retreat from, 230, 233–35, 307

  during Indochina War, 517, 519, 521–26

  Route Coloniale 4 attacks, 517, 519, 521–25

  during World War II, 510–11

  Lao Kay, Vietnam, 242

  Laos, 235, 515, 518, 531, 537, 555

  Lapeyre, Pol, 399

  Lapie, P. O., 448, 451

  la Pointe, Ali, 584–85

  Larrainzar, Spain, 43–44, 45

  Larrasoańa, Spain, 37

  Lartéguy, Jean, 582–83

  Laurel and Hardy, 426

  Lauziére, Jacques, 385, 389

  Laval, Pierre, 487

  Lebanon, 632

  Lebeau. See Baux, Jean-Louis

  Lebedev, V., 337, 338, 340

  Leblanc, General, 553

  Leborgne, legionnaire, 199

  Lebrun, Albert, 442

  Leclerc, Lieutenant, 308

  Lecomte, Colonel, 613

  Lee, Robert E., 143

  Lefèvre, Charles, 321, 322–23, 325

  Légion, La, 435

  Légion d'honneur, 379, 418

  Légion étrangère, 429

  Légionnaire (Weygand), 432

  Légion of the Damned (Doty), 430

  Légions d'honneurs (film), 430

  Lelièvre, Henri Paul, 249, 251–52, 256–60, 262

  Le Mire, Henri, 610

  Le Monde, 583

  Lentonnet, Jean-Louis, 249, 274, 276, 280, 287

  Le Page, Marcel, 522–25

  Le Poer, John Patrick, 225, 226–27

  on discipline, 299–300

  on Indochina, 210–13, 220, 230, 232, 234, 239, 241

  on recruitment and training, 172, 173, 179, 186–87, 198–201

  Leroux, Corporal, 313

  Levant

  Druse revolt in, 397, 406–7

  during World War I, 371

  Libreville, Gabon, 473

  Lichana, Algeria, 99, 106, 110

  Liddell Hart, Adrian, 416, 423, 427, 428, 438, 439, 525–26, 533, 541, 549

  Liu Yung-fu, 207, 213

  Livre d'or (Brunon et al.), 416, 420, 422, 423, 427
<
br />  

‹ Prev