Paul Rollet

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Paul Rollet

military official

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French Foreign Legion
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The legion’s first inspector general, Paul Rollet, who had commanded the RMLE in the last year of the war, sought to secure the legion’s place in the public imagination and in the French army by reviving pre-1914 “traditions,” beginning with the uniform. Legionnaires in the 19th century, particularly those in…
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The legion’s first inspector general, Paul Rollet, who had commanded the RMLE in the last year of the war, sought to secure the legion’s place in the public imagination and in the French army by reviving pre-1914 “traditions,” beginning with the uniform. Legionnaires in the 19th century, particularly those in…
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