Commando Hubert & the Burkina Faso Mission | May 2019
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- On the 9 May 2019, French Special Forces conducted an operation to free two French hostages who had been kidnapped in Burkina Faso. This is the story of that mission.
Le 9 mai 2019, les forces spéciales françaises ont mené une opération de libération de deux otages français enlevés au Burkina Faso. Voici l'histoire de cette mission.
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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.
Asymmetric Tactics greetings from 🇺🇸
Ouf ...vive les traducteurs en ligne. J'avais cru que c'était la mission qui avait été bien exécutée ...
The British SF say that the French are equal to them, that’s the greatest tribute anyone can get.
Every man an Emperor, Airborne forever.
From 82nd well said
RIP Master Cedric and Alain. We owe you for your service.
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.
Jean Gabriel KAHANE oh oracle
@@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454 Whatever does that mean ???
Jean Gabriel KAHANE ça veut dire ce que tu comprends très bien 😊 alors arrête de jouer à l’anglais
@@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454 toujours pas compris, je dois être teube, ou vous êtes un puissant intellectuel 🤓...
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)
I was wondering what that was, thanks for the imput!
An extraordinary detail, that looks innocuous to the uninitiated! Thank you for pointing it out ❤
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 🇨🇵
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 😓😓😓
Hey, you gave it a shot. That in itself is an elite achievement. Hold your head up high.
Most of the people fail but only few have the motivation to retry and that deserve respect.
The ceremony at the end was very moving. I’m glad you included it 🤙
its even better with the ceremony music you can Watch it on youtube
There can never be a more fitting march as well.
tichoudrien yes and with a special bonus : at a moment, in a corner Nicolas Sarkozy sneekering in second line
I loved the match very unique these French matches 🙏 RIP
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!
We, Korean, never forget about this two men and their crow. We appreciate that.
Their crow ?
@@anmol3457 crew
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.
Jonny Karr vacation? Humanitarian aid? Job prospects?
@Jonny Karr what were the french and the american doing on African soil?
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.
Thank you for your post we belong to the same world and the same values in the future we will need solidarity
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
So it was hand combat?
@@JS-ob2xt yes
Damn.
JS pas du tout et deux très dangereux terroristes ont pu s’échapper, mais quelle honte !
@@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.
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. !
Pourquoi c est une obligations de commenter?(il y aurais tellement a dire qu il vaut mieux rien dire)
@@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 !
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
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.
@@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.
Louis Romero
With much love and respect to the daughters and sons of the great Churchill !
Long live Great Britain ! Vive le Royaume-Unis! ✨🇬🇧✨💪✨
Looking forward for the rugby crunch next Sunday ! ✨🇫🇷✨🏴✨ 😝
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.
Tu peux aimer la France autant que tu veux,, reste qu'elle est l'armée du G7 la plus ridicule.
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
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
It was more awsome being a Soviet citizen,cos nobody would dare touch you!
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
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for your tribute.
A French man who love his country and his army
@@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
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So thankful to see English speaking channel giving French military some of the credit they deserve, and giving them respect. Thank you, 🇫🇷🇫🇷
I’m proud to be British and proud to be so closely linked to the our french brothers
Jon Bateman likewise, but I’m from the other side of the English Channel :)
✨🇬🇧✨💪✨🇫🇷✨
Fe Ch zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz😴😴😴
c'est réciproque !
@Fe Ch nice of you to speak in your native tongue
Respect from the US to our French allies. 🇫🇷✊
And from Portugal 🇵🇹🙏
You think they are our allies?
@@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.
thank you. the united states has paid a heavy price during the last conflicts. Thanks again.
@@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.
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. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
merci ,mes freres Australiens !!
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.
Vive la liberté! Fuck the jihadi pigs!
Which jihad did you hear anything about jihad in the video
@@yusufnasiru1709 Burkino Faso look it what they are
And we flood our countries with people who follow the same ideology.. what are leaders thinking .
RIP Master Pierrepont and Master Bertoncello, brave warriors.
"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.
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"
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.
it's true
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.
Thanks for sharing. Had never heard that story before. Looked it up and found this interview: ruclips.net/video/PAPox1A3F6U/видео.html
@@MrAussieJules they've charged with the agrement of the French president (jacques Chirarc ) i dont see any superior authority than the general in Chief :)
@@hidakazuya2796 yes but as capped with Blue Helmets, their higher autorities were not JC, but someone in UN at this moment.
Merci, de l'hommage que vous leurs portez.
The French really know how to say goodbye to their fallen warriors..
Hear, hear! Absolute class that made me choke up. Vive la France from Wyoming, USA
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.
yes
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.
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
@@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.
@@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...
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 😔
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..
True. So true.
Rivals but friends. True friends.
On vous aime les angliches. Nos vieux copains.
If only the Irish were friends with Britain and France.
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. 🇬🇧🤗
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.
jean davoux un échec de plus
@@jeandavoux7393 ils sont francais, on les récupère. On ne choisi pas
@@farid5399 je sais bien, n’empêche qu'on a sacrifié beaucoup pour sauver pas grand-chose.
@@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
wow that korean and american would have never been rescued if it wasn’t for the french guys.
That was very strange. Why would they kept them prisoners without asking for a ransom to their countries?
@@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.
@@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.
@@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
@@sebastianbeaussier6197 yes, I think the US hostage is CIA, because I dont remember hearing about a kidnapped American on US news
Brave French heroes.
lol
ghost division lamentable
@@essidmedamine8130 you 💩...
@@mmadanyparfaitvosconnaissa8454 La nation des perdants , this is what you are historically
@@Yo-Man cry me a river
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.
attaquer des terroristes a l armes blanche , oui c est courageux , merci c est un honneur d obtenir votre respect ,
I would rather live free than on my knees. There is no greater purpose than to give your life that others might live.
Emiliano Zapata's quote.
@@ratagris21 no shit
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
PJ motto: That Others May Live
I would rather die on my feet then live on my knees...you said the quote completely wrong
The marching of the french soldiers at the end is breath taking. A sorrowful march 😔
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.
french army wasn't in Vietnam but i understand what you mean
@@azam8695 that wud be news to both the French and Vietnamese.
@@azam8695 🤪 ever heard of Dien Ben Phu?
@@Buster_Piles ye I did a mistake, I talked about Indochina war which isn't the same as Viet war
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
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!
R.I.P. May God be with you and your family.
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.
OUI c est vrai , mais c est juste leur métier , ils l ont choisi !!!
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 🙏🏼
merci a vous ! mon frère
Who said the French can't fight. Rip to those men. 🇺🇸
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.
morons who can't fight either, parrots and american politicians say that. No one else.
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
@@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!!!
😆😆😆
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.
And did so for a looong time before that.
Idk man, French SF has been in almost constant deployment in West Africa since the 1950s
Merci à RUclips 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.
Bertoncello*
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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
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.
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.
Beautifully done. You've done them boys proud. Cracking video as always.
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.
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 🙏🏻
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!
@@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
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 !
"horrific death" such as ?
@@cargaisontuba3361 uzbin ambush
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.
@@eloxx5594 no we went to the first gulf war its the 2003 invasion of iraq that we did not took part in
Anyone who’s been lucky enough to receive close air support from France or a French qrf hot tailing it will never disrespect them.
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.🇨🇵🇨🇵
So sad to hear about the 2 soldiers who died. My utmost respect to the French Special Forces and their families. R.I.P.
No one would ever know this info if it wasnt for these quality vids. I salute you.
nobody outside France and the countries concerned maybe.
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!!!
Nothing but respect for our french brothers from across the Chanel.
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.
@@TheLoxapac very interesting, thanks for the info!
Bless you heroes for laying down your lives to rescue civilians - you are all heroes
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
People put themselves in dangerous places and dangerous situations and because of this two good men are dead.
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)
Respect to everyone involved .
Vive la France
Why oh why do so many ignorant, naive and ill-informed 'tourists' insist on visiting areas which are known to be dangerous?
Considering my grand father was from Benin, and knowing I have some relatives actually living there, I would be immensely grateful to visit them, even knowing the situation.
@Fe Ch wow, gouvernements being double faced and playing on multiple grounds and doing unethical stuffs, how unexpected
@Fe Ch depends where you at.
Most of Mali is pretty glad that the army is therew instead of actual terrorists.
Could probably found people having great stories to tell about their encounter with some French SF, pretty much anywhere in Africa at this point. Granted, not every body can love you, but most recognize that the French army being around is way better than genocidal terrorists and power-hungered rebels who want a share of the cake, no matter the cost.
@Fe Ch I'd like to see how those countries would survive without NATO troops.
@Fe Ch Sierra Leone for one has asked for increased British assistance, which is being resisted as Britian doesn't want to be dragged into the swappy politics there and lets face it, it would become cash sink in the same way the National Health Service is.........
God Bless our french brothers. Rest in Peace to those two heros.
God bless the french people.
Love our band of Brotherhood 🇫🇷🇩🇪
En tant que français, je suis très touché par cet hommage rendu par des étrangers à nos Forces Spéciales. De tout coeur, Merci.
RIP. Good job from the UK
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
The Juice, I agree. They are fully capable and get ignored there. The only ones with a real mission set there too.
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.
Fe Ch thank you for your insight.
@@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 )
@@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.
🍇🍷🍻 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...
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.
Brave men, respect from Norway.
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 ,Honneur et respects a nos deux commandos Marines
Thank you!respect et honneur au commandos vive la France 🇫🇷
Proud to be french 👊🏻
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Pourquoi l'écrire en anglais alors ?
God bless Cedric and Alain.
I’m a Former U.S. Army Soldier, and I have the upmost respect for the French Military. May the 2 French Soldiers killed Rest In Peace. 🇫🇷
3:39 General Lecointre, that guy led a bayonette charge on the Vrbanja bridge against Serbian troops in ex-Yugoslavia when he was a lieutenant.
One ballsy guy.
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.
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.
Thank you for honoring with talent their memory. Be sure that the french really appreciate this kind of tribute.
Thank you for giving visibility for this tragedy.
In memoriam Alain Bertoncello
In memoriam Cédric de Pierrepont
Vive la France 🇫🇷
God bless the men and women who commit acts of violence in the defense of others. Rest in peace Commandos. Respect from🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
excellent video.We will be for ever redevable for their dedication and sacrifice. Merci Cedric et Alain sans oublier vos familles.
Hats off to you
Thanks for including all of our fallen brothers and sisters.
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.
respec france 👍 from southkorea 🇰🇷💝🇺🇲🇨🇦🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇳🇿🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺🇩🇪🇳🇱🇦🇹🇦🇺🇫🇷🇫🇮🇹🇷🇬🇷🇧🇪(w.germany)🇱🇺🇮🇸🇮🇱👍👏a country that helped during the korean war
thank you🙏🙏
그때 구출된 아줌마는 정부의 여행자제 권고도 무시하고 갔다가 납치됐죠. 자기질못으로 사람이 죽었는데 속죄하고 살길 ~
thank you for paying tribute to them. it always hurts me to see our young soldiers give their lives in the name of freedom. Face terror, never let yourself be intimidated. respect to all those who protect our values, whatever the country. 🗼🇨🇵
What a difficult operation! Trying to assault tents in the middle of nowhere doesn't leave much cover and it's difficult to achieve surprise. It's sad that two commandos were killed but it's amazing that they not only rescued the two they were after, alive and well, but two innocents they didn't know were missing!
Yes but 2 courageous special forces lots their lives for saving those 4 idiots's who had nothing to do in a war zone. The whole Sahel is a war zone!.
Rip to the fallen operators, and thank you
Respect et humilité reconnaissance éternelle .
God bless these men and their families...respect from the USA.
I'm early, and I'm glad! Thanks for your consistently high quality content.
I’m so sorry for the lose of the two soldiers!! May God Bless them and there families Brave Good men !!
As a reserve Greek Army officer ...all my respect to those brave men.
RIP commandos.
Awesome video, very moving. You are the best channel on RUclips!
Everyone should SHare this Video!
This was absolutely epic and really touching!! God bless you man. Please do more on French SF
Nicely made Sir & quite moving , i salute anybody who has served his/her country & particularly those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Imagine kidnapping 2 random guys in the desert and then you start seeing both american and french drones flying over you lmao then you know youre probably dead already
The killed the local guide and kidnapped 2 men traveling together to a border region and then burned the equipment they had on hand...they probably knew damn well what kind of hostages they just took.
@@fortusvictus8297 they were Litteraly a gay couple having a honeymoon in a highly risky area, french governement were warning french travelers to not go in the exact area thoses two guys got kidnapped,
they should just have been left to their fate.
They wouldn’t see or hear the drones in normal circumstances, they would fly too high.
@@ViquelOoste well in reality the french army was looking for an excuse to bring actions on special forces who suffer of boredom in modern society ( until some asian tourist is kidnapedd)
@@blackmetalcumbia well if 4 lifes are en excuse then...
Like Patton said, let's be grateful that brave and extremely well trained men like that exist. Men, who are
willing to give their lives to keep us all safe.
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...
R.I.P. Commandos. Sleep peacefully, you earned it. Thank you for your service, to all involved. All the best from an Australian ally.
MERCI ,
France has so many war stories, but unfortunately so much people are stayed block on the 2nd gulf war when the France refused to join USA in this war... It's shame, today we have the reputation of loosers, while we never surrenderd, I mean France surrender againts 3rd Reich but not the Free France who continue to fight in Africa and latter in France. We also haved a fighting squadron in URSS the 2/30 Normandie Niemen which hased a huge amount of kills confirmed and we were the only allied ones to send forces in USSR under the command of the Free France.
I would also add that I am very impressed by these guys and that I have immense respect for those who lost their lives...
Romain, to the members of the military community, the French armed forces are known to be highly-professional and competent. Elite units/formations of the present, such as GIGN, the Foreign Legion, the 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, are highly-respected. And during the Second World War, Free French forces fought all over the world alongside their Allied counterparts. France lost a million casualties in the Great War; I for one would never presume to question the courage of any nation willing to sustain that kind of sacrifice. Not to mention that much of the war on the western front was fought largely on French and Belgian soil.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 I just wanted to say that the French soldier is so far from this cliché with the white flag.
During a highly risky mission in Guinea, a GIGN operator carried 5 kg of explosive in his backpack just in case he was close to being captured alive to detonate it himself.
And that is a true storie!
@@romainv.2683 And the white flag have been invented by Austrian to surrender TO FRENCH , because the symbole of the french monarchy was a with flag with golden flowers on
@@romainv.2683 Loin de moi l'idée de paraître islamiste mais si un djihadiste faisait ça (et, spoiler alert, ils le font), on ne considérait pas ça comme un signe de bravoure, mais comme la marque d'un illuminé suffisamment endoctriné par son idéologie pour aller se faire sauter sur ses ennemies.
Voilà, c'est tout, je trouve ça juste marrant. Comment on rationalise les comportements violents. En acclamant ceux des notre et en condamnant ceux des autres.