A mighty display of strength & power, mostly for the camera!
Bombing Normandy for 3 full days
claiming over 4000 soldier & civilian lives
Allies attack Normandy 1944
Operation Overlord
Eisenhower motivates English soldiers before their Normandy landing
Ike Eisenhower’s speech, leading soldiers to war.
The days before the Normandy landing
English, American, & Canadian military forces embark for Operation overlord
First day in the Foreign Legion
After weeks of grueling interrogation, successful candidates are enlisted, and shaved.
Pushed to the limit
Soldiers must clear the jungle & set up camp, before they collapse from fatigue.
Survival hunting in the Amazon jungle
Tonight’s specials feature; locally shot caiman & triple harpooned fish.
Joy of jumping without a parachute
Only these legionnaires think jumping out of a helicopter without a parachute is like a Disney ride, and wish it…
Superhuman soldiers
A superhuman victory for a soldier wounded in one hand
How to treat a lethally poisonous bite
Nowhere is safe from a bad encounter, in the jungle of French Guiana.
Joining the Foreign Legion
Only 1 in 8 recruits will pass the Foreign Legion selection policy
Lawbreakers last chance
Last chance Legionnaires, looking for meaning and a new life.
First day with firearms
New recruits receive their famas training.
Children of Auschwitz & The Angel of Death
The Nazi Dr Mengele conducted bizarre experiments on children, especially twins.
Testing teamwork in French Guiana jungle
Foreign Legion troupe construct a makeshift jungle stretcher, but only advance with teamwork.
