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miragen125 OP t1_jd7jq6v wrote

Some of his stories were crazy! The guy was basically real life Rambo:

Captured and Interrogated

Albert volunteered regularly for reconnaissance missions, but on one occasion, he was captured with his wounded lieutenant. Isolated in a bunker during an interrogation, he managed to overwhelm and kill his interrogator, stealing his pistol. He returned to the French lines with 42 new prisoners while wearing his wounded lieutenant on his back.

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miragen125 OP t1_jd7ubwl wrote

>One day, Roche’s unit was hit by a massive artillery strike. In the mountains they could not dig deep trenches, so the artillery shells devastated their ranks. In fact, everyone but Roche was killed by the bombardment. Albert took the rifles of his fallen comrades and prepared to sell his life dearly. As the Germans arrived, he gave them hell. Firing every rifle in the row, and throwing grenades down the slopes, he forced the Germans to abort the attack and retreated

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Feisty-Swing-5840 t1_jd7lz7x wrote

Move over John Rambo, we've got Albert Severin Roche - the OG soldier on a solo mission!

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Psycko_90 t1_jd7m8w1 wrote

Is it the guy that was almost executed for desertion until the higher up realized the mistake just moments before being shot? And then died hit by a car just before WWII

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RandomBilly91 t1_jd9alks wrote

Yeah, he brought back to his line a captain, and was mistook for a deserter/spy when coming back (to another unit). The captain woke up and explained everything

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AHorseNamedPhil t1_jd7t0u7 wrote

Given his feats & how many men he single-handedly captured during his career, a strong case could be made for him having been history's greatest soldier.

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Whyworkforfree t1_jd8ygth wrote

Conan is histories greatest soldier. Thief, warrior, mercenary, buccaneer, all the way to king.

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TinySqueakFPV t1_jd9f9e3 wrote

Even managed to work in a long career as a talk show host with everything else!

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meu03149 t1_jdc2u21 wrote

I’m sure Sharpe would have something to say about that /s

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hommedefeu t1_jd8j2wv wrote

Moral of the story, you can go over and beyond for your country as a soldier in the end your country will shit on you and forget about you.

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Element-710 t1_jd8zm1v wrote

And almost kill you without a second thought, or any recognution of the error.

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hommedefeu t1_jd961mw wrote

Yeah I was including that in the "shitting on you" part I guess

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Digital-Chupacabra t1_jd7jqap wrote

Before the war, he wanted more

And ran away from home

The War to End All Wars had called his name

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the_cat_with_hat t1_jd8494s wrote

Someone saw the Episode of Sabaton History :D They are awesome!

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