As a former French parachute regiment sergeant I am thankful you bring these story to English speaking people. That’s a well executed tribute and it’s lovely you bring it to the attention of the world to see. Thank you.

@dcoing1907

4 жыл бұрын

Asymmetric Tactics greetings from 🇺🇸

@tetatoto23

4 жыл бұрын

Ouf ...vive les traducteurs en ligne. J'avais cru que c'était la mission qui avait été bien exécutée ...

@francescxavierbulto9848

4 жыл бұрын

The British SF say that the French are equal to them, that’s the greatest tribute anyone can get.

@johnwelch3896

4 жыл бұрын

Every man an Emperor, Airborne forever.

@mikedougherty9773

4 жыл бұрын

From 82nd well said

Small moving note: the Hubert commando is made up of combat divers; during their dive, each member of a pair is connected to their teammate by a cord. 7:15 the coffins are connected by this cord (it still moves me so much)

@rudddude5294

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering what that was, thanks for the imput!

@bjornodin

10 ай бұрын

An extraordinary detail, that looks innocuous to the uninitiated! Thank you for pointing it out ❤

RIP Master Cedric and Alain. We owe you for your service.

@jeangabrielkahane2961

4 жыл бұрын

BTW, thank you for reminding their ranks ("Master" and not "Sergeants") because Cédric & Alain as Commandos Marine were sailors, hence "petty officers" and not "NCO's". In the French Navy, Army personnel are called " biffins" ( =rag peddlers) as opposed to the "chic" the Navy is supposed to retain.

@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454

4 жыл бұрын

Jean Gabriel KAHANE oh oracle

@jeangabrielkahane2961

4 жыл бұрын

@@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454 Whatever does that mean ???

@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454

4 жыл бұрын

Jean Gabriel KAHANE ça veut dire ce que tu comprends très bien 😊 alors arrête de jouer à l’anglais

@jeangabrielkahane2961

4 жыл бұрын

@@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454 toujours pas compris, je dois être teube, ou vous êtes un puissant intellectuel 🤓...

First time in a long time that I shed a tear in front of a youtube video, thanks for making it in their memory. Vive la France 🇨🇵

We, Korean, never forget about this two men and their crow. We appreciate that.

@anmol3457

4 жыл бұрын

Their crow ?

@TheVahme

4 жыл бұрын

@@anmol3457 crew

@remoraexocet

4 жыл бұрын

During the covid19 crisis, we saw what meant the words "never forget" for Koreans as they sent masks to the soldiers who fought during the Korean war.

@willyk2202

3 жыл бұрын

Jonny Karr vacation? Humanitarian aid? Job prospects?

@camembertdalembert6323

3 жыл бұрын

@Jonny Karr what were the french and the american doing on African soil?

I served four years with the French armed forces in Guyana, Djibouti, Gabon, Sénégal, DRC (Ituri, Goma), Qatar, Côte d'Ivoire, Guadeloupe, Martinique and CAR. Some of my best years and my heart goes out to the fallen commandos. I wanted to join this elite team but I failed the exam twice 😓😓😓

@drumtravelfun

Жыл бұрын

Hey, you gave it a shot. That in itself is an elite achievement. Hold your head up high.

@louismufasa

11 ай бұрын

Most of the people fail but only few have the motivation to retry and that deserve respect.

As a former US Army Infantry Officer (1978-88 - all during peacetime), I give praise and sympathy to Master Pierrepont and Master Bertoncello. May your families and friends realize that these heroes have been recognized, with honor, far and wide. RLTW!

The ceremony at the end was very moving. I’m glad you included it 🤙

@tichoudrien

4 жыл бұрын

its even better with the ceremony music you can Watch it on youtube

@RobbyBoy167

4 жыл бұрын

There can never be a more fitting march as well.

@nicolasartheau822

3 жыл бұрын

tichoudrien yes and with a special bonus : at a moment, in a corner Nicolas Sarkozy sneekering in second line

@victorrubahimbya1124

2 жыл бұрын

I loved the match very unique these French matches 🙏 RIP

So thankful to see English speaking channel giving French military some of the credit they deserve, and giving them respect. Thank you, 🇫🇷🇫🇷

Just for you to remind : they conducted the assault of the tents "without opening fire" to not risk ostages life's, but still managed to kill 3 of the militants during this time

@JS-ob2xt

4 жыл бұрын

So it was hand combat?

@Manhattan264

4 жыл бұрын

@@JS-ob2xt yes

@709mash

4 жыл бұрын

Damn.

@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454

4 жыл бұрын

JS pas du tout et deux très dangereux terroristes ont pu s’échapper, mais quelle honte !

@tanguygodeau7106

4 жыл бұрын

@@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454 "Super efficaces" non absolument pas. Pour chaque soldat français perdu, les gars en face en perdent 100 voire plus, et ils ne gagnent pas de territoire au Mali.

Thank you France for rescuing our american hostage. I said a prayer for your lost soldiers on today's Memorial Day in which we honor our lost soldiers in America.

@jean-marcmeynieux9952

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your post we belong to the same world and the same values in the future we will need solidarity

It's awesome being British, American or French.. If you get kidnapped being from one of those countries at least you know the best soldiers in the world are looking for you

@olengagallardo8551

4 жыл бұрын

It was more awsome being a Soviet citizen,cos nobody would dare touch you!

@iracingrookie3301

4 жыл бұрын

More like knowing there was high chance your submarine would sink, your tank would fall apart or your ships would just stop working.. Because that's pretty much sums up everything the soviets built

@gangsta74110

4 жыл бұрын

Most European countries have very capable SF units, units like Polish GROM, German KSK, swedish marine commandos, and I'm forgetting a lot of em.

@ironhand9096

4 жыл бұрын

Olenga Gallardo many Soviets were kidnapped in the Middle East in the 70’s & 80’s. I think the USSR took the terrorists families hostage and no one ever got taken again.

@iracingrookie3301

4 жыл бұрын

First of NATO countries don't build AK47's, the Russians do, and what's guns do the taliban and Isis use? AK's and PK's, all Russian made.

Respect from the US to our French allies. 🇫🇷✊

@luistaurus7036

3 жыл бұрын

And from Portugal 🇵🇹🙏

@davidmoore9162

3 жыл бұрын

You think they are our allies?

@chandlerM1999

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmoore9162 they are not just our allies, they are our brothers. After 9/11, almost all of our NATO allies volunteered to help us fight terrorism. All of our allies are our brothers.

@lachaizechristophe2072

3 жыл бұрын

thank you. the united states has paid a heavy price during the last conflicts. Thanks again.

@MS-xu5vx

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmoore9162 The US and French have been close allies all the way back since 1775 helping US Revolution War against Britain, and then fought together in WW1& WW2, and now with current conflict wars.

Thank you for your tribute. A French man who love his country and his army

@kinokam382

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454 ptdr pas dutout, eh t'es matrixé toi au contraire cette guerre on la gagne, leur seul avantage c'est de connaître mieux que nous le terrain mais sinon plus on avance moins ils ont d'homme et d'équipement faut pas rêver

@jeanculelepeuple7253

3 жыл бұрын

O

I'm Australian and it doesn't matter what country it is but when these brave men do such amazing acts to see the response and respect ALLways makes me cry for the men that died. It's clear that this was good vs evil and how can anyone not be touched by emotion and so proud of the French forces. Much love and respect to families and soldiers from Australia. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

@herminenoire9558

3 жыл бұрын

merci ,mes freres Australiens !!

I’m proud to be British and proud to be so closely linked to the our french brothers

@olivierthibon6693

4 жыл бұрын

Jon Bateman likewise, but I’m from the other side of the English Channel :)

@gregvictoire1309

4 жыл бұрын

✨🇬🇧✨💪✨🇫🇷✨

@Noneofyourbusiness-rq9jq

4 жыл бұрын

Fe Ch zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz😴😴😴

@Phil-nz9ux

4 жыл бұрын

c'est réciproque !

@johnmcdowall7451

4 жыл бұрын

@Fe Ch nice of you to speak in your native tongue

RIP Master Pierrepont and Master Bertoncello, brave warriors.

C’est dingue de voir aussi peu de commentaires français ! Le commando Hubert est la cerise sur le gâteau de l’armée française !Reposez en paix Cédric et Alain. !

@hervelesage3550

4 жыл бұрын

Pourquoi c est une obligations de commenter?(il y aurais tellement a dire qu il vaut mieux rien dire)

@kisame17gen5fs6

4 жыл бұрын

@@hervelesage3550 non effectivement, ce n'est pas une obligation , mais au lieu de commenté ce que j'ai écrit , vous auriez pu le faire pour la vidéo !

@erwann.6010

3 жыл бұрын

C'est une vidéo en anglais, par une chaîne anglophone donc déjà ça restreint énormément le nombre de français qui peuvent potentiellement tomber dessus et la comprendre La plupart des gens qui suivent cette chaîne ne sont pas français

@therealoswald1176

3 жыл бұрын

ce qui est dingue, c'est de voir autant de commentaires étrangers soutenir nos troupes. par exemple au U.S, une partie de la population pense que l'armée française sont des couards alors que leurs propres soldats qui ont œuvrés avec nos troupes sur différents théâtres d'Operations ne tarissent pas d'éloges concernant les forces de notre nation, leurs courages, et leurs professionnalismes. je vois donc cela d'un très bon œil, il suffit de voir la la plupart des commentaires de nombreux civils pour comprendre que finalement, le respect est bien plus l'apanage des forces armées.

@Klliansimabras

3 жыл бұрын

@@therealoswald1176 Car notre nation prête de l'importance à l'armée ? C'est déjà une surprise de voir la LPM augmenter après toute ses années.

Vive la france. Je suis anglais mais j'aime la france. A worthy enemy and now a good friend.

@gregvictoire1309

4 жыл бұрын

Louis Romero With much love and respect to the daughters and sons of the great Churchill ! Long live Great Britain ! Vive le Royaume-Unis! ✨🇬🇧✨💪✨

@gregvictoire1309

4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward for the rugby crunch next Sunday ! ✨🇫🇷✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✨ 😝

@jeandavoux7393

4 жыл бұрын

indeed my friend. nos 2 pays devraient travailler la main dans la main, nous sommes 2 nations soeurs et avons dans le passé, bien qu'ennemis, conquis le monde. depuis 1914 nous avons combattu cote à cote, comme Churchill et De Gaulle, qui se respectaient mutuellement entre grands hommes. Js connais bien le UK et votre peuple pour lequel j'ai affection et respect. la force de l'Europe serait dans notre alliance, et pas cette trahison avec le boche.

@luckychucky2556

4 жыл бұрын

Tu peux aimer la France autant que tu veux,, reste qu'elle est l'armée du G7 la plus ridicule.

@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454

4 жыл бұрын

jean davoux Churchil méprisait de Gaule et c’est pour ça que de Gaule n’a pas été invité à signer la capitulation de la deuxième guerre mondiale mais peut-être il préparait pour le même jour le deuxième génocide français = 45 000 tués en Algérie ce jour là

"These Things We Do, That Others May Live" its the US pararescue moto, but it might as well be for all military personnel. My utmost respect to those two fallen heroes.

@jean-naymar602

4 жыл бұрын

GIGN's moto (france's equivalent of SWAT) was "Sauver des vies au mépris de la sienne", which roughly translates to "To save lives without regard to one's own". But it changed in 2014 to "To enlist for life". I suspect the initial one was deemed too "hardcore" EDIT : I say hardcore, because in french it sounds hardcore. The translation does not really give a full sense of that. "mépris" actually means "disdain" so a better translation IMO would be "To save lives disdaining your own"

Brave French heroes.

@essidmedamine8130

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454

4 жыл бұрын

ghost division lamentable

@Yo-Man

4 жыл бұрын

@@essidmedamine8130 you 💩...

@essidmedamine8130

4 жыл бұрын

@@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454 La nation des perdants , this is what you are historically

@essidmedamine8130

4 жыл бұрын

@@Yo-Man cry me a river

Way to go France!!! God bless the French commandos in our mutual fight against jihadism. We honor those brave French commandos who died while liberating the oppressed.

@pallemaniac

4 жыл бұрын

Vive la liberté! Fuck the jihadi pigs!

@yusufnasiru1709

3 жыл бұрын

Which jihad did you hear anything about jihad in the video

@baysidessi

2 жыл бұрын

@@yusufnasiru1709 Burkino Faso look it what they are

@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204

2 жыл бұрын

And we flood our countries with people who follow the same ideology.. what are leaders thinking .

For the little story, the French Chief of Staff, Générl François Lecointre, is know to be the officer (Captain at the time) that lead the last baïonnette charge of the French military history in 1995 in Bosnia, at the Vrbanja bridge.

@remivlr4093

3 жыл бұрын

it's true

@MrAussieJules

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, the bridge stormed by the serbs. If theu had got thru, they wld have massacred many in Sarajevo. The french werr pissed of at various serb takeovers where a small number of French had to surrender. So they charged without higher orders.

@cockpiss9260

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Had never heard that story before. Looked it up and found this interview: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gnWE0dpqcZasZrg.html

@hidakazuya2796

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrAussieJules they've charged with the agrement of the French president (jacques Chirarc ) i dont see any superior authority than the general in Chief :)

@didierleonard9936

3 жыл бұрын

@@hidakazuya2796 yes but as capped with Blue Helmets, their higher autorities were not JC, but someone in UN at this moment.

The French really know how to say goodbye to their fallen warriors..

@LtRiot

3 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear! Absolute class that made me choke up. Vive la France from Wyoming, USA

Thank you from France for this report Thank you for your feedback Thank you to all the soldiers who risk and sometimes give their lives for the freedom of all. Commando Hubert is one of the seven naval commandos of the French National Navy, considered to be the most elitist unit in the entire French Army. Masters Alain Bertoncello and Cédric de Pierrepont lost their lives but the mission was completed. No doubt their families, friends and brothers are proud of their sacrifice, even if the loss of these men will always weigh heavily. Thank you for this tribute ! Hope they will protect Kobe 😔

Merci, de l'hommage que vous leurs portez.

The videos you are producing are amazing, you show why special operations soldiers are needed. Im french, so forgive my english. The reason two of the bravest died is because they went to kill the hostage takers with knives. the number of tents and the fact that they had to kill a sentinel prior to engage the people in the tents force them to go in in a very unconventionnal way. I undersand that you dont have all the fact from the mission you are talking about, but I thought it would be important to correct what you said. Once again, thank you for bringing awarness and respecting the SOF all around the world, my final thoughts are for the wives and kids of these two brave warriors, its breaking my heart... once again, Im french, so sorry for my brocken english.

one of the big reasons i love this channel is that i would never have known about this mission had it not been for this channel! great work!

A daring and determined rescue. Great respect for the French military. Very sad, about the loss of two French special forces troopers. A cautionary tale, for travelers who venture into insecure areas of the world. Think carefully, before you go. Lives may be lost, getting you out of trouble.

@pauloserggio740

Жыл бұрын

yes

Another excellent video, so happy the hostages were rescued safely. RIP to the 2 commandos who lost their lives.,will be for ever grateful for their sacrifice in rescuing the hostages. 🇬🇧🤗

@jeandavoux7393

4 жыл бұрын

we lost 2 wonderfull men to save life of 2 persons who are al the opposite of the values that represent those soldiers. it's a huge loss for us, nothing to be happy about.

@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454

4 жыл бұрын

jean davoux un échec de plus

@farid5399

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeandavoux7393 ils sont francais, on les récupère. On ne choisi pas

@jeandavoux7393

4 жыл бұрын

@@farid5399 je sais bien, n’empêche qu'on a sacrifié beaucoup pour sauver pas grand-chose.

@farid5399

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeandavoux7393 pas grand chose ? Deux citoyens, l'honneur de la France, prouver qu'on ne négocie pas etc etc Oui on perd beaucoup mais vraiment, faut se demander et si on avait rien fait ? Voir sur internet deux français qui se font exécuter abandonner par leur pays. Un grand respect à eux, notre devoir est de ne pas les oublier

The marching of the french soldiers at the end is breath taking. A sorrowful march 😔

Who said the French can't fight. Rip to those men. 🇺🇸

@13rdp

4 жыл бұрын

Only american politicians said so, and all couch potatoes repeating like parrots, but none a real American soldier that once crossed the path of french army said that.

@camembertdalembert6323

4 жыл бұрын

morons who can't fight either, parrots and american politicians say that. No one else.

@arnaudgs3

4 жыл бұрын

Only retards said that, France is a warrior country, history proves it. Nowadays it still is, we lost many of our brave soldiers in Afghanistan, Mali and every theatres of war.. But nobody seems to gives France credits, strangely, although we have the best army in Europe

@residentelect

4 жыл бұрын

@@arnaudgs3 I'm british, ex RAF, and have first hand experience of working alongside the Armée de l'Air, and the Santę des Armées. The French do not deserve the reputation conjured up in the minds of keyboard warriors who watch too much television. I saw today that the CRS had arranged a fight with the Brigade des sapeurs-pompier de Paris?!! You have to admire a country's fighting spirit when even it's own Emergency Services brawl with one another in the street!!!

@luckychucky2556

4 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆

I would rather live free than on my knees. There is no greater purpose than to give your life that others might live.

@ratagris21

4 жыл бұрын

Emiliano Zapata's quote.

@oquendo0021

4 жыл бұрын

@@ratagris21 no shit

@seanlocke5862

4 жыл бұрын

Lamu his point I think is to reference the man who made the quote when you cite it...which is the correct and proper thing to do

@jannowak3369

4 жыл бұрын

PJ motto: That Others May Live

@Arbiter710

4 жыл бұрын

I would rather die on my feet then live on my knees...you said the quote completely wrong

R.I.P. May God be with you and your family.

Thank you for your sacrifice to rescue hostages. We all Korean deeply sorry and condolence to their families. Thank you again for 2 Masters of French commando marine. R. I. P.

@harounlee208

4 жыл бұрын

they belong to commando Hubert ! The grade " commando marine " allows you attempt to go in several commandos. But Hubert is the hardest to pass. It is comparable to navy seals

@alexandrelarsac9115

4 жыл бұрын

@@harounlee208 Hubert is not comparable to the Navy Seals. You have to be from another commando for a few years and being an NCO to take the Hubert selections.Hubert is a special mission, top of the general commando marine units. So men from the 6 Commandos are comparable to the Seals and Hubert, the 7th Commando, is the DEVGRU equivalent, or ST6. For the Brits, the general Commando Marine are the RN commandos equivalent and Hubert is the SBS equivalent.

@declissonolivier9376

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandrelarsac9115 You're perfectly right. I should not say that, but my son, Marine Commando in Lanester is working hard to become a Hubert. For now, he has to make his proof in Lanester. @Ian Lee: i went to the ceremony with my corean girlfrined (Kyung ae, not the celebrity!) She was crying like a baby. I know that your people are recognasing...

From the UK, I know we love to squabble on the details with our French friends, but, when it comes to the big stuff, we are brothers in arms, allies together..

@gagounet83

3 жыл бұрын

True. So true. Rivals but friends. True friends. On vous aime les angliches. Nos vieux copains.

@pewdiepieisgay7345

3 жыл бұрын

If only the Irish were friends with Britain and France.

As someone who served with British joint special forces hostage extraction team, I salute those French soldiers who did a great job. Well done gentlemen.

@herminenoire9558

3 жыл бұрын

attaquer des terroristes a l armes blanche , oui c est courageux , merci c est un honneur d obtenir votre respect ,

wow that korean and american would have never been rescued if it wasn’t for the french guys.

@remoraexocet

4 жыл бұрын

That was very strange. Why would they kept them prisoners without asking for a ransom to their countries?

@BruneSixtine

3 жыл бұрын

@@remoraexocet Because in these regions they're captured by smugglers, bandits, then sold to djihadists, then they're moved a lot to different places on very long distances, and from these isolated areas it's very difficult to communicate to ask ransoms, and they're very cautious. So it takes months, and a lot of different intermediaries, before we learn there are hostages.

@sebastianbeaussier6197

3 жыл бұрын

@@remoraexocet The US hostage was most likely a CIA officer. Hence why no public revelation of her kidnaping and why extremely little information can be found about her in the media.

@fortusvictus8297

3 жыл бұрын

@@remoraexocet Because this wasn't a Ransom kidnapping. Read between the lines...they killed the local guide on the spot and took the 2 men traveling to a border region after burning all their equipment on the spot...they knew damn well what kind of hostages they just took...were probably awaiting further instructions or a meetup with another Government contact or international crime/terror group to hand them off, trade them, or interrogate them on the spot and execute them

@hmoobmeeka

3 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianbeaussier6197 yes, I think the US hostage is CIA, because I dont remember hearing about a kidnapped American on US news

Beautifully done. You've done them boys proud. Cracking video as always.

So that others may live. These commandos are true heroes. Laid their lives down so that someone else could go home to see their families.

Merci à KZread d'avoir diffusé ce document en hommage à Cédric de Pierrepont et Alain Valencello des commandos Hubert qu'ils reposent en paix. Je les ai côtoyé, très souvent au PEM St Mandrier et j'ai été très choqué de leur mort.

@mamamammamamama1190

4 жыл бұрын

Bertoncello*

@joelbrunet4104

4 жыл бұрын

Bertoncello effectivement erreur de ma part désolé

Men who risk their lives to keep us safe in our home. Great great respect. The french army figths almost alone in the sahel, Mali, Burkina ... These women and men are doing a great job against the jihadists. Sorry for my english.

I want to thank your work for such an excellent video. I'm trully thankfull that you made it. I hope you will do more about France's involvment in the war on terror. Merci à toi.🇨🇵🇨🇵

I hate to hear about the 2 loses the French SF sustained but what a bunch of absolute legends doing what amazing men do! Thank you from the USA 🙏🏼

@herminenoire9558

2 жыл бұрын

merci a vous ! mon frère

Good film. People need to be aware of how these men put there lives on the line all the time for the freedoms we enjoy every day. Rest in piece lads.

French SOF are legit. They are fully capable to carry out a wide array of SOF missions. They are cutting their teeth in Africa now.

@gangsta74110

4 жыл бұрын

And did so for a looong time before that.

@willlasdf123

4 жыл бұрын

Idk man, French SF has been in almost constant deployment in West Africa since the 1950s

I am a korean and I remember reading an artice about this. The Korean woman arrived in a different country in africa and toured around different countries despite being some countries being banned for travel. There was a lot of backlash against the woman because two french soldiers had lost their lives reportedly because they had to resort to cqc to not risk hostages getting caught in the firefight.

@herminenoire9558

Жыл бұрын

OUI c est vrai , mais c est juste leur métier , ils l ont choisi !!!

Respect to everyone involved . Vive la France

Nothing but respect for our french brothers from across the Chanel.

@TheLoxapac

4 жыл бұрын

And back. Did you know that this unit still wear their green beret with insigna on the right like British commando (The rest of the french army wear it on the left). It's because they were formed in the 2nd WW by british commandos, and they landed in normandy on DDay with them. They kept this tradition. Like the 1er RPIMA is keeping the name " SAS " , and the motto "Qui ose gagne" ("Who dares win"), for the same reason, they were operating alongside british SAS during WW2). French special forces are closely linked to British ones since the begining.

@lukeysharp94

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLoxapac very interesting, thanks for the info!

With honour and dignity I salute this act of bravery by those that risk their lives for the sake of innocence. RIP to cedric pierrepont & Alain bertoncello and a striking moment of reconciliation to those that survived. My deepest sympathy to the families of these hero’s. their story will never be forgotten 🙏🏻

@francinesicard464

2 жыл бұрын

Innocence? Rubbish! No simply 4 selfish idiots who had nothing to do in a war zone. 2 courageous and brave commandos lost their lives for them. Awful!

@pamwalker7823

2 жыл бұрын

@@francinesicard464 rubbish ? Soldiers are there to protect the innocent and engage those that wish to force their will upon the innocent so ask yourself why you got steam rolled in ww2 and who came to your rescue. The Americans were there for you along with many other nations because you were innocent in the sights of a tyrannical tyrant. RIP all hero’s upholding that ethos 🙏🏻🌹🐝 as you were Francine

Thanks for bringing this incredible mission to public awareness. A lot of people in the English speaking world don't know anything beyond the mystique of British SAS and US Seals/SF. They don't even know that there was a French SAS in WWII and that they were SO good, they had a British SAS officer in awe (Major Roy Farran). Making a hostage rescue on tents in the open is MORE dangerous than any building. No cover from fire; if any, ineffective sniper cover; can't use grenades; flashbangs use is risky; you can't breach quickly with frame charges or rams, and; you have to be feet away to OPEN/slice the tent flap before having a chance of seeing the baddies to slot them. So ridiculously close it's almost a toss-up between using a rifle/pistol or an Opinel No7... All the gunmen have to do is "spray and pray" in a 360 degree arc and killing the hostages would have been child's play. These French soldiers - what's their next trick, walking on water?! :-) The only surprise is that only two men paid with their lives to make this rescue happen. These are REAL men. I am glad that France recognises them. It's a pity that the other men of this incredibly courageous mission have to remain UNrecognised. VIVE LA FRANCE!!!

No one would ever know this info if it wasnt for these quality vids. I salute you.

@Feyser1970

3 жыл бұрын

nobody outside France and the countries concerned maybe.

Brave men, respect from Norway.

En tant que français, je suis très touché par cet hommage rendu par des étrangers à nos Forces Spéciales. De tout coeur, Merci.

God bless Cedric and Alain.

Bless you heroes for laying down your lives to rescue civilians - you are all heroes

Proud to be french 👊🏻

@AnthonyParayrebleublancrouge

3 жыл бұрын

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@rugueuxbysurson3118

3 жыл бұрын

Pourquoi l'écrire en anglais alors ?

RIP. Good job from the UK

I'm early, and I'm glad! Thanks for your consistently high quality content.

So sad to hear about the 2 soldiers who died. My utmost respect to the French Special Forces and their families. R.I.P.

Those damn onion cutting ninjas! Fantastic work as always. Thank you for dedicating yourself to honoring the men and women who protect us and keeping their memory alive.

Thank you for the hard work. As a frenchman, this is truly moving to know these dramatic (and heroic) events are known beyond our national borders. Their sacrifice was not in vain.

Great job by the French paras. Condolences for the loss of the two brave commandos. People who choose to travel in areas of the world run by criminal terrorists need to recognize that they are placing the lives of others at risk by their foolish choice.

@gangsta74110

4 жыл бұрын

Just so you know, technically speaking they aren't paratroopers, but divers, coming from the Commando Marines units from the Marine, the French Navy. They are all fully capable of paradrop action, even HALO jump. But technically, they are divers. See them as SEALs.

@romain6215

4 жыл бұрын

@@gangsta74110 je suppose que tu es français? Les commandos marines ne maitrisent pas tous les vecteurs air,terre, mer. Seul le commando HUBERT maitrise les 3 vecteurs et sont d'ailleurs les seuls dans l'armée a maîtriser les 3 vecteurs, c'est l'unité la plus élitiste de toute l'armée.

@gangsta74110

4 жыл бұрын

@@romain6215 je suis française en effet. Et navrée, mais d'une, le commando Hubert c'est la Marine donc, pas l'Armée ( oui c'est un détail je sais je suis chiante ). Deuxièmement cependant, et pour répondre plus directement à ton affirmation, tu te trompes. Au sein de la ForFusCo, toute les unités sont aptes à évoluer dans les trois dimensions. Simplement, chacun des Commando on une mission différentes, mais dans chaque Commando tu trouveras des nageurs, et tout les opérateurs sont qualifiés chuteurs opérationnel. En parlant de l'Armée cette fois, le 1er RPIMa opère sur les trois dimensions, et dispose autant de nageurs de combat, de sauteurs SOTGH et HALO, que des unités purement terrestre, style CTLO et PatSAS. Le 13eme RDP, bien que n'étant pas une unité de combat, évolue également dans tout les environnements. Certaines unités plus conventionnelles, tel le 17eme RGP, évolue également dans les trois dimensions. Pour conclure donc, non, Hubert n'est *certainement* pas la seule unité ayant cette capacité, heureusement d'ailleurs.

@gangsta74110

4 жыл бұрын

@@romain6215 et pour répondre à ton dernier point, l'unité la plus élitiste du COS, c'est le 1er RPIMa. Et si l'on cherche celle de toute les forces militaires française, les unités de combats de la DRM et de la DGSE le sont probablement encore plus.

@romain6215

4 жыл бұрын

@@gangsta74110 ce que je veux dire, c'est que tous les opérateurs du HUBERT maîtrise les 3 vecteurs et sont les meilleurs au niveau marin de toute la marine et de l'armée de terre. Et pour ce qui est de l'unité la plus élitiste c'est bien le commando HUBERT. Et pour le 1er Rpima, un ancien des fs m'a expliqué que le 1er Rpima n'est pas meilleur que les cm et vice-versa. Les stages sont tout aussi dur des deux côtés. Et pour revenir sur le commando HUBERT, je sais que ce n'est pas la seul unité a avoir les 3 vecteurs, mais parmis les fs, ils ne sont pas obligés a tous maitriser chaque vecteur, mais le commando HUBERT demande a chaque opérateur de maîtrisé tous les vecteurs

An impressive story and video. Its well told and the sounds and music make it complete. The French memorial under a clear blue sky is sad and stunning at the same time.

Thank you!respect et honneur au commandos vive la France 🇫🇷

French military has gotten an undeserved reputation from WW-2 through Vietnam. Their Special Forces are the equal to or superior to any NATO S.F.’s units.

@azam8695

3 жыл бұрын

french army wasn't in Vietnam but i understand what you mean

@markwillies4330

3 жыл бұрын

@@azam8695 that wud be news to both the French and Vietnamese.

@Buster_Piles

3 жыл бұрын

@@azam8695 🤪 ever heard of Dien Ben Phu?

@azam8695

3 жыл бұрын

@@Buster_Piles ye I did a mistake, I talked about Indochina war which isn't the same as Viet war

@MegaJohny56

3 жыл бұрын

undeserved by those completely ignorant of military history. Only dummies who dont read military history books or pay attention to the news would assume with French military capability

RIP commandos. Awesome video, very moving. You are the best channel on KZread! Everyone should SHare this Video!

À Cédric et Alain. Ils ont donné leur vie pour secourir des personnes qui n'auraient jamais dû se trouver dans cette zone ! Il aurait fallu le dire... Ne les oublions jamais. LN

@Beavereaver

2 жыл бұрын

People put themselves in dangerous places and dangerous situations and because of this two good men are dead.

@bptdns22

2 жыл бұрын

Selon le livre de Louis Saillans un ancien commando marine, la zone où se trouvaient les otages n'était pas encore classée dangereuse au moment où ils s'y sont rendus. Elle ne l'a été que plus tard au cours de leur séjour. "L'armée ne décrète pas une opération à l'aune des personnalités à secourir. Quel que soit l'individu pris en otage, une unité risquera sa vie pour lui. Sa valeur ne se mesure pas en fonction d'une échelle de mérite. Peu importe qu'il soit un saint ou un repris de justice, une célébrité ou un inconnu, un PDG ou un chômeur, un vieillard ou un enfant. Nous ne secourons pas un être humain en fonction de ce qu'il est susceptible d'apporter à la société. Le principe fondamental des unités spéciales de l'armée est de secourir ceux qui sont en détresse, quels qu'ils soient. C'est notre raison d'être et notre responsabilité" - (Chef de guerre)

Thank You ,Honneur et respects a nos deux commandos Marines

God bless these men and their families...respect from the USA.

Always quality videos, thanks bro!

Great vid. Thank you for shining a light on it!

Respect et humilité reconnaissance éternelle .

Quality content as always. The new visuals look very nice too.

Great video. Outstanding work as always.

Hats off to you Thanks for including all of our fallen brothers and sisters.

Thank you for honoring with talent their memory. Be sure that the french really appreciate this kind of tribute.

This channel is amazing , great work narrator.

🍇🍷🍻 My condolences to The French Special Force's loosing 2 operators in the rescue.. May God Bless the French Special Force's .. Congratulations on a successful rescue of 2 French Citizens, 1 South Korean & 1 American Hostages...

Rip to the fallen operators, and thank you

excellent video.We will be for ever redevable for their dedication and sacrifice. Merci Cedric et Alain sans oublier vos familles.

Another great video. Please keep up the great work. Your content is awesome.

Videos are great, nice audio selection and a good format! Keep it up

Good video. There's been plenty going on with French and Legion forces in the Sahel region of Africa that doesn't get any coverage

@michaelbellinger1363

4 жыл бұрын

The Juice, I agree. They are fully capable and get ignored there. The only ones with a real mission set there too.

@gangsta74110

4 жыл бұрын

Truth be told tho, la Légion Étrangère isn't a special forces unit, nor a special unit at all actually. They're hardcore, granted, but no where near units in the French army such as the GCM, GCP, not even speaking about the actual SF units such as the 1er RPIMa, or the 13ème RDP.

@michaelbellinger1363

4 жыл бұрын

Fe Ch thank you for your insight.

@gangsta74110

4 жыл бұрын

@@W1rKo How does it make anything I said wrong ? GCP and GCM aren't Special Forces units. They are special unit, but doesn't hold a place as Tier 1 operators, unlike 1er RPIMa, 13ème RDP, the whole entire ForFusCo, the CPA 10, and, interestingly, the GIGN, since the Gendarmerie is basically the military police. Those five units are the only Tier 1 groups. GCP, GCM, CPA 20, CPA 30, all those units are Tier 2, and aren't classified as Special Forces, but as special units. They most of the time answer to the regular chain of command and not to the COS, their identify isn't classified. They are definitely badass guys, they do kick butts. But they aren't Special Forces. And the regular Legion Étrangère is certainly not a special unit. They're basic infantry/engineer, but I do agree on the fact that the training is more harsh than for other regular units. ( Mainly because they are criminals, and they want to wash away anyone who thought they could hide in the Légion and have a peaceful time, and because other regular French units are trained like shit )

@gangsta74110

4 жыл бұрын

@@W1rKo I guess you deleted your answer because you understood you made a mistake. I know what I said, thanks. The 2ème REP having a GCP unit doesn't mean the whole 2ème REP is on the same level as the GCP. So, once again, no, I don't believe I've made any mistake in anything I just said so far.

As always, brilliant. Thank you.

Nice job on the videos, you go into great detail with them and it helps you learn a lot about the special forces :) is what we're aiming to achieve with our videos one day.

God Bless our french brothers. Rest in Peace to those two heros. God bless the french people. Love our band of Brotherhood 🇫🇷🇩🇪

For some strange reason the French Armed Forces wrongfully get a lot of bad press. This info is usually from people who have never served with them. There Special Forces in Afghanistan did a very professional job, and had some horrific deaths, which were well under the radar !

@cargaisontuba3361

4 жыл бұрын

"horrific death" such as ?

@MrYolrs

4 жыл бұрын

@@cargaisontuba3361 uzbin ambush

@eloxx5594

4 жыл бұрын

The refusal of France to join the first Gulf War is the only reason why american public opinion now think French are a bunch of cowards.

@MrYolrs

4 жыл бұрын

@@eloxx5594 no we went to the first gulf war its the 2003 invasion of iraq that we did not took part in

@ironhand9096

4 жыл бұрын

Anyone who’s been lucky enough to receive close air support from France or a French qrf hot tailing it will never disrespect them.

Viva le France from a very grateful American!!!!

Thank you so much I was was waiting for some accurate info in vain until i saw your video I can say many peoples in France will tahnk you for it...

thank you very much for this video man !

Nicely made Sir & quite moving , i salute anybody who has served his/her country & particularly those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

This was absolutely epic and really touching!! God bless you man. Please do more on French SF

Those guys were brave men. It’s good to see their stories posted here for all to see.

I find these videos immensely powerful in reminding all just what lengths the servicemen and women are willing to go inorder to protect others. These videos always talk about the great success of these missions, but it is always immensely important at the end when it reminds us that these great victories have a great cost.

These stories are always unbelievable exciting, Perfect Narration & Visuals

God bless the men and women who commit acts of violence in the defense of others. Rest in peace Commandos. Respect from🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸

As a reserve Greek Army officer ...all my respect to those brave men.

Excellant video. Thanks for covering this event.