Is the French Foreign Legion considered special forces?

The French Foreign Legion aren’t special forces, per se, but they maybe more closely align with U.S. Army Rangers. We are a first-reaction type force that will go in and take over an airport, for example. We aren’t doing any sort of black ops, clandestine-type missions or whatever.

What do the French think of the Foreign Legion?

The Foreign Legion is regarded with a high amount of respect by the French people, they are on a whole very proud of the Foreign Legion, maybe not with the same enthusiasm by everybody, but on a whole with pride and respect.

Were there any ex-Waffen SS in Vietnam?

As for WaffenSS, yes a great number went into the FFL, and many were fighting in Vietnam as early in the 50’s.. But i also heared that ex-waffen ss troops (mostly estonians) were fighting against the Russian Bolsheviks in estonia, lithuania and latvia right after WW2 has ended to the early 1960s Do a search for the forest brothers.

Did any Estonian ex-Waffen SS fight in the military?

Some Estonian ex-waffen SS men fought later in Korea and Vietnam in special units. In “Chickenhawk” by Bob Mason, Mason talks about one of his fellow US Army helicopter pilots having flown fixed wings in the Luftwaffe.

Were there Waffen SS in WW2?

There were of course waffen SS men mixed with whatever-else-men, civilians etc. in small groups. You can call them partisan or guerilla or something like that. Reds called them bandits. Some Estonian ex-waffen SS men fought later in Korea and Vietnam in special units.

Are there any ex-British soldiers in the FFL?

There are a lot of ex-British service men in the FFL, (approx 6\% in 2001). If there was a real problem with this issue, it would probably have been stamped out in training. The main reason for keeping the troops seperate is because ones own nations soldiers can encourage desertion.