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What do you see when you hear the words French Foreign Legion? Sun-scorched men marching through the Sahara in blue coats and white kepis? Criminals and fugitives seeking redemption through blood and bullets? Or maybe broken heroes dying in the jungles of Indochina as the last helicopter rises over the ruins of Dien Bien Phu?

It’s a legend soaked in sweat, mystery, and myth. But the truth? It’s stranger, darker, and far more fascinating.

Why does the Legion still pull in thousands of recruits every year — from every corner of the world? Were they all running from something? Were they all men? And does the Legion still live up to its brutal, glorious reputation?

Join historian Keith Hockton as he digs into the truth behind the most mythologised military force on Earth — and uncovers the secrets the desert never gave up.

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