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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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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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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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miragen125 OP t1_jd7ubwl wrote

Replying to miragen125 (#2,302,548)

>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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the_cat_with_hat t1_jd8494s wrote

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

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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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