"When I grow up, I'll be a firefighter!"
How many times have these children's words been said?
It is enough to see their eyes shine with the passage of a tawny truck or a rider on horseback to realize it: these functions arouse their interest.
The parade on July 14 confirms this every year.
Whether it is a mixed feeling of curiosity, admiration, or fear, soldiers rarely leave people indifferent.
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"Cavaliers"
,
"sappers"
,
"hussars"
... These names often have an unusual origin. Take the word
“regiment”
. It designates a military unit of the army, made up of several battalions, squadrons or groups. But did you know that the regiment was originally a
"book"
? The word appears in the 13th century in French to designate a
"book giving rules of life, of conduct"
. In the 14th century, it became a
"medical treatment, care"
, before being
"the direction, the government"
. Finally, in the 16th century, to be a
“military unit under the command of a colonel”
.
The stories behind these names of military posts are often startling.
Le Figaro invites
you to discover them by taking this test. In play!
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