Why does the French Foreign Legion seem to have more deserters than other militaries?

The desertion numbers in the French Foreign Legion are indeed exorbitantly high. There is an old saying in the Legion that if you

Long's Digest   Top Stories For You   Why does the French Foreign Legion seem to have more deserters than other militaries? Roland Bartetzko, former German Army Paratrooper, Croatian Defense Council, Kosovo Liberation Army • Answered March 19, 2018 The desertion numbers in the French Foreign Legion are indeed exorbitantly high. There is an old saying in the Legion that if you haven't tried to desert at least once, you... Read More » 330.4K 4.1K 78   Which was considered the most humiliating event by Chinese during the century of humiliation for China? Tiancheng Zhao, Native Beijinger • Answered August 23 I can't say if it's the most,but it's surely humiliating. The Shen Chong case in 1946. On Christmas Eve, 1946, US Marine corporal William Gaither Pierson and private Warren ... Read More » 15.3K 665 56   Where did German submarines go after WW2? Dave Hopkin, former Troop Commander at Brtish Army (1977-1984) • Answered August 7 On the surrender Grand Admiral Donitz issed the following order "All U-boats. Attention all U-boats. Cease fire at once. Stop all hostile action against Allied shipping." He ... Read More » 376.1K 3.7K 76   Could someone who never studied calculus start studying Baby Rudin, Tao's analysis or Zorich's Mathematical analysis? If so, which would you suggest? I would like a high level of difficulty in order to "do what a mathematician should be able to do". Keith Ramsay, Ph.D. in mathematics • Answered January 1 When I was in college, there were four calculus tracks. Students familiar with the top one seemed to agree that the gap in difficulty between the second-highest and highest... Read More » 9.2K 55   Did Sun Yat-Sen ever express any "doubts" about Chiang Kai-shek succeeding him as head of the KMT? Would the KMT under Sun have been anywhere near as "brutal" if he lived much longer? CaiLei, lives in China (1975-present) • Updated September 13 Sun Yat Sen had no intention of letting Chiang Kai Shek take over as leader at all. Li Rong(李荣), Sun Yat Sen's bodyguard, recalled that on his deathbed, Sun Yat-sen mentione... Read More » 18.0K 150 16 Read More in Your Feed

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