Phélizot, René, 336, 340
Philippeville massacres, 571
Philippines, 512
Philip II, King, 181
Phuc Hoa post, Vietnam, 243
Piaf, Edith, 434
Piroth, Charles, 558
Plaine des Jones, Vietnam, 549–50
Planchais, Jean, 583, 613
Poerio, Raphael, 27
Poeymirau, General, 394
Poimiro, Charles, 172
Poirmeur, Major, 390–91, 413
Poland, 2, 374, 375, 443, 466
Polish army, 444, 455
Popie, Pierre, 609
Popular Front, 436
Porter, Cole, 374, 376
Porto Novo, kingdom of, 252, 256, 259
Port Said, 223, 406, 579
Portugal, 23, 25, 374
Potsdam Conference, 513
Pregno, legionnaire, 17
Premschwitz, Raimund Anton, 290, 294, 307, 310, 324, 326
attempted suicide, 280–81
desertion by, 328
on training, 186, 190–96
Preston, Robert, 430
Printer, A. D., 449, 451
Prokos, G., 211, 242–43
Prussia, 2, 124, 131, 161
Carlist War and, 23, 25
Franco-Prussian War, 120, 164–67
Pruszkowski, Casimir, 369
Puebla, Mexico, 144
Quadrillage, 574
Quadruple Alliance, 23, 33
Quang Liet Trail, 523
Raberin, Lieutenant Colonel, 534
Rachaya, Syria, 407
Ragot, Jacques, 453, 454
Raindre, Captain, 52
Rambaud, Major, 554
Randin, Leon, 178, 181, 184, 220, 295
Randon, Jacques Cesar, 59, 87, 120, 159
Raulet, André, 298–99
Recruitment/enlistment in the Legion, 50–51, 58, 220, 438, 615, 627, 629
anonymat, 177–81, 195, 212, 301, 412–13, 432, 630
after arrest, 172
arrival of new recruits in Africa, procedure for, 175–76
background of enlistees, 2, 5, 6, 13, 14, 26, 50, 62, 84, 121, 131, 159, 171–72, 176–79, 181–85, 201, 212, 247, 280, 290, 293–94, 385, 431, 531–32
of Carlists, 58, 59, 87, 121
contract, 173
during the Depression, 384, 443
dissuasion efforts, 172, 627
in 1850s, 132–33
in 1860s, 138, 149, 157, 158, 159, 619
France's reasons for creating Legion and, 2, 5–9, 58, 84, 631
Frenchmen permitted to join, 183–84
future of, 631–32
during Indochina War, 531–33, 563, 619
of NCOs, 194–95, 299
between 1900 and 1914, 290–96
overall performance and, 618
pay level and, 307, 310
standards for, 79, 132–33, 172–73, 297, 305, 386, 532, 632
treatment of retired legionnaires and, 434–35
after World War I, 383–87, 391, 394–95, 402, 408
during World War I, 335–40, 344–45, 371–76, 381, 423, 426, 440, 620–21
after World War II, 504, 619
prior to and during World War II, 435–37, 441–55, 467, 490, 493–95, 504, 620–21
Red River, 204, 207, 228, 229
Red Sea, 225
Reibell, Emile, 270, 271, 275, 276, 277, 282–83, 286
Rembert, Captain, 129
Renault, Hippolyte, 27
Renégat, Le (Armandy), 428
Renson, Major, 124
Resolution, HMS, 468
Réunion, La, 268, 405
volunteers from, 276
Revers, General Georges, 519–20
Revolution of 1830, 1–7, 14, 15, 25, 54
Revolution of 1848, 93, 94, 97, 104
Reybaz,Jean, 341, 357, 365
Richards, Jeffrey, 429, 431
Ridzeck, Dr., 80
Rif War, 383, 395, 406, 408, 421, 429, 623
Rivière, Henri, 204, 205
Rockwell, Georgia, 336
Rockwell, Kiffin, 336, 349, 352
Rockwell, Pauf, 336, 338, 341, 358, 361, 430
Roger-Mathieu, J., 396
Rollet, Mrs. Paul (“Nenette”), 371
Rollet, Paul, 178, 303, 308, 370–71, 374, 394, 402, 405, 407, 408, 411, 435, 564, 608, 621, 629
call for recruits, 375–77
fears for future of the Legion, 377, 379, 381, 412–13
invention of Legion tradition by, 409, 412–13, 414, 416–33, 439, 440, 446, 620, 633, 634
1er étranger under, 389
rebuilding of Legion after World War I, 382–92, 409
retirement of, 409
3e étranger under, 383, 390
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 474, 481, 482, 484, 491, 495
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 513
Rosen, Erwin, 201, 290, 299, 309, 310, 333
desertion by, 328
on recruitment and training, 171–77, 179, 181, 182, 184, 188, 189, 191–93, 197
on violence in the Legion, 198–99
Rosenthal, Philip, 489, 490–92
Rouger, Major, 492
Rousset, Camille, 98
Routiers, Les (Béric), 291–92
Rovigo, due de (Rene Savary), 13–18
Ruillière, General Joseph, 56–57, 96, 113
Zaatcha and, 100, 101–2, 104–5, 111
Russell, William, 124
Russia (Soviet Union), 23, 25, 425, 579
Civil War in, 385
in Crimean War, 124, 125–27
Russo-Japanese War, 244
in World War II, 465–66, 491, 503
Russian Revolution, 2, 375
Sahara, 91–94
Saïda, Algeria, 175, 180, 181, 193, 195–96, 247, 383, 456, 533, 594
Saigon, Annam (later Vietnam), 203, 204, 205, 227, 505–6, 514, 515
described, 506
Saint-Arnaud, Marshal Achille Leroy de, 49, 53, 60–63, 66, 68, 70, 105, 123, 124
background of, 53–54
at Constantine, 53–58
as war minister, 120
Saint-Cyr, 84, 85, 119, 152, 165, 233, 252, 316, 370, 389, 390, 449, 472, 581, 602
Sainte-Thérèse, Fort, 174
Saint-Germain, Charles Gaillard de, 94–95, 96
at Seriana, 102–3
at Zaatcha, 101
Saint-Hiller, Bernard, 473
Saint-Jean, Fort, 173–74, 395
Saint Marc, Helie de, 565, 604, 605, 607, 609, 611, 612, 613
Sakalave tribesmen, 271, 279
Sakiet, Tunisia, 592
Salan, General, 610–16
Salomon de Musis, Major, 8, 11, 16, 18
Saltillo, Mexico, 147–48
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 162
Santa Isabel, hacienda of, 151–54, 159
Sartoris, Algernon, 349, 365
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 588
Saumur, 449
Saussier, Gustave, 147–48, 151, 161
Savary, René, 13–18
Savelli, Bernard, 281
Savoy, 128
Schramm, Jean-Paul, 59, 62, 67, 69, 86
Schumann, Maurice, 483
Schwartzbard, Sholem, 336, 360
Scotto, Vincent, 434
SDECE (French secret service), 565
Sebastopol, Russia, 125, 126, 127, 135, 418
Second Opium War, 203
Sections Administratives Spécialisées (SAS), 575
Sedan, Battle of, 164
Seeger, Alan, 337, 338, 341, 342, 353–55, 362, 364–65, 368
on trench warfare, 351, 352–53
Senegalese, 249–50, 252, 253, 256, 263, 264, 278, 360, 406, 449
in Algeria, 569
in Indochina, 513–14, 531, 536, 547, 548, 561
in Rif War, 398, 399
Sergent, Pierre, 156, 533, 574, 600–605, 607, 609, 612, 613
Sergent X, 434
Seriana, Algeria, 102–3
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bsp; Seroka, Joseph, 95
Service de Travail Obligatoire (STO), 487
Service d'immatriculation de la Légion
étrangère, 435, 438
Servière, Major, 234
Sétif, Algeria, 569, 572
Sheean, Vincent, 396
Sheridan, Phil, 148
Siam, 246
Sidi-bel-Abbès, Algeria, 121, 123, 126, 127, 160, 180, 181, 189–90, 201, 246, 247, 412, 435
Allied invasion of North Africa and troops in, 492
barracks at, 348
described, 118–19, 175, 410–11
Generals' Putsch and, 610, 611, 614
as “holy city” of Legion, 420, 567, 608
as home of 1st Regiment, 175, 383, 384, 413
shift of bulk of Legion from, 383
training at, 186, 195, 196, 389, 395, 410, 572
after World War I, 383, 387
after World War II, 528
Siècle, Le, 43
Siegfried Line, 465
Sikkak River, Battle of the, 73, 77
Silbermann, Private, 182, 222, 224, 225, 238, 275, 286, 295–96, 300
Silvagni, Giulio Cesare, 440
Silvestre, General Manuel, 397, 398
Si-Mokran, 95, 96
Simon, Colonel, 518, 519
Simon, Pierre-Henri, 588–89
Simonetti, legionnaire, 38
Singapore, 225–26, 545
Si Salah, Colonel, 601
Smith, Leonard V., 360, 367
Société des centres d'entr'aide aux réformés et libérés is de la Légion étrangère, 435
Society of Jewish Merchants, 345
Soissons, France, 378, 379, 458, 459
Solferino, Battle of, 131
Somalis, 271
Somme, Battle of the, 368, 380, 462
Son Tay, Annam, 205, 220, 234
Sorny, France, 379
Sou, Marshal, 243
Souain, France, 367
Souchez, France, 357, 365
Soult, Marshal Nicholas, 5, 25
Bugeaud and, 61, 75, 76
Sousse, Tunisia, 383
Soustelle, Jacques, 571, 575, 585
Soviet Union. See Russia
Spain, 2, 22–49, 382
Carlist War, 21, 23–49, 50, 58, 62
Legion in, 25–49, 50, 138
Rif War in Morocco and, 397–98, 399, 405–6
Spanish Civil War, 436, 442, 443
Spanish Republicans in the Legion, 423, 446, 447–50, 457, 462, 463, 467, 473, 494
in Vichy France, 488
Spinner, H., 144–45
Sri Lanka, 545
Stalin, Joseph, 442, 466
Stammer, William, 121, 132, 133
Stoffel, Baron Christophe Antoine Jacques, 7–11
Strasbourg, France, 499, 501
Strelizka Bay, 125
Strong, K. W. D., 497
Stuart, Brian, 386, 387, 388, 395, 433
Stuart, J. E. B., 148
Sudan, 247
Sudanese, 260
Sud Oranais, 315, 316, 320, 325, 327, 329, 392, 407. See also Morocco
Suez Canal, 223–25, 329, 545
Suez crisis, 578–79
Suicide, 280–82, 310, 624, 625
Sully, Algeria, 573–74
Survivor, The (Ehle), 531
Sweeny, Charles, 401, 446
Swiss Guards, 3–4, 5
Sylvère, Antoine. See Flutch
Syria, 384, 401, 446, 454
Druse revolt, 397, 406–7
during World War II, 474–81, 490, 491, 493, 607
Szajkowski, Zosa, 337, 341, 360, 448–49, 452–57
“Tâche d'huil” techniques, 242
Tafna, Treaty of, 51
Tafofo, Mount, 278
Tananarive. See Antananarivo
Tan-shui, Formosa, 207
Teitgen, Paul, 588, 589
Telegrama del Rif, El, 397
Témoignage chretien, 585
Terny, France, 379
Tetouan, Morocco, 397, 398
That Khe, Vietnam, 517, 520, 521–25
Thierry, Brigadier General, 60, 85
Thiers, Adolphe, 25, 41, 49, 167
Thoumas, General, 161
Tientsin, Treaty of, 234, 235
Timbuktu, 256
Timmerhans, L., 162
Todorov, Kosta, 342–43
Tofa, kingdom of, 252, 255
Tofa, King of, 252
Togo, 255, 256
“Tommy Atkins,” 251
Tonkin, 203, 204, 205, 207–44, 246, 248, 250, 267, 281, 285, 294, 489, 511, 618
discipline in, 297
French-Chinese battle to control, 207–11, 213–18, 229–35
Indochina War in, see Indochina War
life in, 507–8
pacification of Upper Tonkin, 235–44
voyage to, 223–29
during World War I, 371
after World War II, 514, 515, 536
Tonkin, Gulf of, 204
Tonkin delta, 537, 538, 546, 547, 550
Topaz, 255
Touflet, Jacques, 28
Training, 69, 88, 133–34, 149, 190–98, 201–2, 404, 410, 432, 624, 626
for Algerian War, 572, 573–74, 576–77
criticisms of, 193–97, 619
during Indochina War, 533–34, 563
language problem and, 186, 187, 349
after World War I, 384, 387, 395
for World War I, 349, 359, 362
in World War II period, 446, 456–57, 470
Travers, Susan, 483
Treaties. See names of individual treaties
Trench warfare of World War I, 346–54, 356–57, 362–63, 369
Trentham Park, 470–74
Trevino, Mexican chief, 151–53
Trézel, General Camille, 19–21
Tritschler, Lieutenant Colonel, 494
Trochu, Colonel Louis, 124
Trois Glorieuses, 1–7
Truman, Harry S, 512
Trumelet-Faber, General, 184–85, 292, 294, 301, 318
on discipline, 296, 297, 298, 327
mounted companies and, 324, 325
Tsmainondry, Madagascar, 278–79
Tunisia, 391, 392, 421, 477, 485, 493, 495–96
Algerian War and, 570, 576, 590
independence of, 566, 568, 608
Turenne, Algeria, 410
Turin, 23
Turkey, 124
Tuyen Quang, Vietnam, 213, 281, 516
siege of, 215–18, 229
Typhoid, 287, 291, 405
Ulrich, General, 122, 135, 154
Un de la Légion, 434
Under Two Flags (film), 430
Under Two Flags (Ouida), 430
United Nations, 603
United States, 409, 425, 579
Civil War, 143, 148, 156, 157, 159, 162
desertions to, 160, 162
Korean War, 518
-Mexican War, 138, 162
support for Indochina War, 534
Vietnam War, 540, 551
during World War I, 345, 374, 376, 379
during World War II, 491, 492, 496, 513
U.S. Army, 494–99, 501–2, 503
French Army Instruction and Training Corps, 496
Vadot, Lieutenant, 472
Vaillant, Colonel, 616
Vaillant, Marshal Jean-Baptiste, 127
Valbonne, France, 348, 349
Valée, General Sylvain-Charles, 51–55, 63
Vallider, Colonel, 535
Vancia, France, training compound, 418–19, 456–57
Van der Smissen, Alfred Louis Adolphe Graves, 162
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