Vichy France polish volunteers of French Foreign Legion

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Mannet
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Vichy France polish volunteers of French Foreign Legion

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Post by Mannet » 10 Mar 2020, 08:18

Hi,
is it known, that in Vichy FFL were Poles ?
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Re: Vichy France polish volunteers of French Foreign Legion

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Post by LineDoggie » 11 Mar 2020, 01:08

Would a Legionaire even have the Option of leaving before his enlistment ended due to the French government becoming Vichy?
"There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here".
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach
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