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Des Suisses à l'aventure (avec de Gaulle)Swiss Soldiers with General de Gaulle
How many were there? A hundred, two hundred, three hundred? They were Swiss, but poor. With no prospects. Cow udders were all they had to look forward to. They fled abroad and bore arms for other nations. Something illegal as per Art. 94 of the Swiss military code. Who cares. Adventure. The Foreign Legion, first, which they deserted as they had deserted Switzerland. Then the Free French Forces, the good side, the democrats vs. fascism. Then the homecoming. They had to. Prison, fines, loss of civic rights. Who cares. Say what you will: they saw something other than cows udders. To this day, these adventurers still have not been rehabilitated by the Swiss government.
Switzerland - 2002 - 57 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour
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