Français Par Le Sang Versé - documentary now on Youtube

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Not super high quality, but good enough.

In French, obviously. For those that don't have un bon niveau en Français, the title means “French by Spilt Blood”, referring to those legionnaires who earned their French nationalities after being wounded in an OPEX.

[Rapace]

Thanks for the link. This documentary was recently broadcasted on channel LCP (La Chaîne Parlementaire) available on the TNT (Télévision Numérique Terrestre or Digital terrestrial television), channel 13. It was followed by a debate with, among others, Gen de St-Chamas (COMLE) and Marcela Feraru (the author of the documentary, married to a legionnaire).
This is basically the story of the law passed in 1999, allowing any legionnaire WIA to receive French citizenship (if he requests it). Three legionnaires (or ex-legionnaires) are being interviewed :
• Mariusz Novakowski, from Poland, who lost a leg on Sarajevo airport in 1993 and was the first legionnaire to receive French citizenship for being wounded in action, before the law was passed.
• Joao Ribeiro de Almeida, from Portugal WIA in 2003 in Côte d'Ivoire.
• Jia wei Zhang, from China, WIA in 2010 in Afghanistan.

[Redfan45x]

Is there one with English subtitles?