anotherbanana Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 With the death of one of the two remaining members of the Free French Commando unit which landed on D- day, it is worth having a look at their service record. They were brave men, those youngsters.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1er_Bataillon_de_Fusiliers_Marins_Commandos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 It was a very small unit, around 400 men, which doesn't in any way detract from their brave record as a Commando unit. They had already taken part in Commando raids before D-Day notably the famous Dieppe raid.The film 'The Longest day' adapted from Cornelius Ryan's book of the same title features the French raid on the gun emplacement at the casino during D-Day. It is fairly accurate too, for a film!!!These men, all of them, all nationalities; we owe a great debt to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now