French commandos in Dutch East Indies, circa 1945

French commandos in Dutch East Indies, 1945

Picture taken in Narvik, Norway, during the successful franco-british expedition on 1940. On the left are two french officers of the alpine troops. The man with the glasses is a french captain of the Legion. On the right is a british navy officer.

French officers in Norway, 1940

A group of soldiers belonging to a corps francs (special squad of volunteers doing recon, hit and run attacks... The corps francs are the ancestors of commandos) examining a german mg34 machinegun they have captured, probably in march 1940. They carry a lot of special equipment: canadienne coats, submachine gun, auto pistols, "vengeur" knifes...