Cheerful soldiers of that much-travelled unit, 13th Demi-Briaged, Legion Etrangere (Free French) in familiar territory (North Africa, ? 1941).  Best regards, JR.

Follow that camel ...

General Georges Catroux was Governor of Indo-China until superseded on his refusal to carry out the instructions of the Vichy government.  Making his way to London, he joined the Free French army under De Gaulle, who was nominally his junior in rank, and became a member of the Council of Defence.

Notable Adherent to the Free French

French Foreign Legionaries cross the North African desert in Bren Gun Carrier, 1942.  Best regards, JR.