Two French heroes who died rescuing hostages today

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Two French heroes who died rescuing hostages today

by zaphod3 hr

 

Cedric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello were killed while on a mission to rescue what was thought to be two hostages at the time from an Islamist terror group in Burkina Faso. The hostages were being taken to Mali to be handed over to the Katiba Macina terror group there. Frenchmen Laurent Lassimouillas (L) and Patrick Picque, shown below, were the hostages being initially rescued. However the rescue team were surprised to find a further two hostages, an American and South Korean woman being held by the terrorists. All were rescued alive, four terrorists were killed and two escaped.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48228353
https://www.france24.com/en/20190510-four-hostages-liberated-american-korean-burkina-french-tourists-kidnapped-benin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq3Rqujsm08

[2banana]

France does have warriors...

Rest in peace.

[EMI_Guy]

Sad state of affairs when you can automatically and ACCURATELY assume mohametans were involved.

[lee martell]

Merci Beaucoup, Mes Amies!

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[Telepathic Intruder]

France lost almost 100,000 troops before it surrendered to Germany. So the myth that it just “rolled over” is just that.

[Leaning Right]

> France lost almost 100,000 troops before it surrendered to Germany. So the myth that it just “rolled over” is just that. <

The British evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 was very successful. But that never would have happened except for the stubborn bravery of the French army at Lille.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Lille_(1940)

[jonascord]

Were they Légion Etrangère?

[DoodleBob]

" Nous voila, Lafayette (Lafayette, we are here!“)

They numbered fewer than 200 men, but they were significant. Led by General John Pershing, they were the first American military force to ever reach the continent of Europe, pulling into port at Boulogne, France to calls of, “Vive l’Amerique!” to support the Allied Powers in World War I.

The total number of troops in the American Expeditionary Force (AEF; pictured left in Paris parade) would eventually swell to over one million. More than 50,000 Americans would die in battle and an additional 60,000-plus Americans died from non-battle causes, mainly influenza and other illness. The United States entered World War I for many reasons, but this rationale was often framed within the context of supporting friends, such as France, who had come to America’s aid at a time of great need.

This sentiment is reflected in the words of an American lieutenant colonel Charles Stanton. Remembering the enormous contribution of French Marie Joseph Yves Roches Gilbert du Motier, who was better (and far more succinctly) known as the Marquis de Lafayette. Following a parade through Paris amidst the enthusiastic and welcoming embrace of the French, Pershing, Stanton, and the American troops arrived at the grave of the Marquis. Though the words are often incorrectly attributed to the better-known Pershing, it was Stanton who then said the ultimate return-the-favor quote:

“Nous voila, Lafayette (Lafayette, we are here!“)

[Pollster1]

We need to team up with France, Russia, and other countries that still have courage. Track down and kill every terrorist involved in taking hostages or killing innocents worldwide. No exceptions.

[wjcsux]

Another good strategy is keeping them out of our civilized countries in the first place.

[elteemike]

I cringe every time I hear the French soldier wrongly and flippantly dismissed as “cheese eating surrender monkeys” or the like...

Even a short reading of history will reveal how wrong that is...The French fighting man fought bravely in WW! and WW2, and suffered terribly...French soldiers held off 10 Nazi divisions around Dunkirk long enough to allow the Brits to escape, and paid the price in blood...

Their history at arms is long and storied...The heroes of The Somme and Verdun deserve better...RIP...

[virgil]

They lost the battle, but Dien Bien Phu was hard fought.

[Churchillspirit]

RIP brave soldiers.

[Yaelle]

On vous remercie. Reposez en paix.

[Mollypitcher1]

In addition to your post, please add that Lafayette is buried in dirt from Bunker Hill. It was by his request.

[DUMBGRUNT]

They lost the battle, but Dien Bien Phu was hard fought.

Beyond hard, to the end.
https://imgur.com/gallery/9hMt4

On 7 May, Giap ordered an all-out attack against the remaining French units with over 25,000 Viet Minh against fewer than 3,000 garrison troops. At 17:00, de Castries radioed French headquarters in Hanoi and talked with Cogny.

De Castries: “The Viets are everywhere. The situation is very grave. The combat is confused and goes on all about. I feel the end is approaching, but we will fight to the finish.”
Cogny: “Of course you will fight to the end. It is out of the question to run up the white flag after your heroic resistance.”[38]

By nightfall, all French central positions had been captured. The last radio transmission from the French headquarters reported that enemy troops were directly outside the headquarters bunker and that all the positions had been overrun. The radio operator in his last words stated: “The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!” That night the garrison made a breakout attempt, in the Camarón tradition. While some of the main body managed to break out, none succeeded in escaping the valley. However at “Isabelle”, a similar attempt later the same night saw about 70 troops, out of 1,700 men in the garrison, escape to Laos

[Persevero]

Your post has paid off. I’ll not refer to them as such any more.

[thesearethetimes...]

May God rest their souls.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Yes, France does have brave warriors.