Marche de la 2ème DB | Lyrics [English + Français]

Paroles en français- couplet 1er: Apres le Tchad, l’Angleterre et la France Le long chemin qui mene vers Paris Le coeur joyeux tout gonfle d’esperance Ils ont suivi la gloire qui les conduit. Sur une France, une croix de Lorraine, Ecusson d’or, qu’on porte fierement, C’est le joyaux que veulent nos marraines, C’est le flambeaux de tous nos regiments. refrain: Division de fer Toujours en avant Les gars de Leclerc Passent en chantant. Jamais ils ne s’attardent, La victoire n’attend pas Et chacun les regarde Saluant chapeau bas. Division de fer Toujours souriant Les gars de Leclerc Passent en chantant. D.B. Vive la deuxieme DB ! couplet 2e: Ils ont vecu des heures merveilleuses Depuis Koufra, Ghadames et Cherbourg. Pour eux Paris fut l’entree glorieuse Mais ils voulaient la Lorraine et Strasbourg, Et tout la-haut dans le beau ciel d’Alsace Faire flotter notre drapeaux vainqueur C’est le serment magnifique et tenace Qu’ils avaient fait dans les heures de douleur. English lyrics- verse 1: After Chad, England and France The long road which leads to Paris The joyful heart swells with hope They followed the glory that leads them. On a France, a cross of Lorraine, Badge of gold that we proudly wear, It’s the jewel that our godmothers want, It’s the torch of all our regiments. chorus: Iron division Always in the lead Leclerc’s lads Pass by singing. Never do they linger, Victory does not wait And everyone is watching them Saluting hats off. Iron division Always smiling Leclerc’s lads Pass by singing. D.B. Long live the 2nd DB! verse 2: They have lived wonderful hours Since Kufra, Gadamis and Cherbourg. For them Paris was the glorious entry But they wanted Lorraine and Strasbourg, And all throughout the fine Alsatian sky Fluttered our victorious flag This is the magnificient and determined oath That they made in their hours of pain. La Marche de la 2ème DB is the military march of the French 2nd Armoured Division, the most celebrated and famous military formation of the French in the Second World War. Composed in 1944 it recounts the epic journey of the division to liberate their homeland. The 2nd Division Blindée was an armoured division formed in 1943 and led by the famous Phillipe Leclerc, one of the first people to answer Charles de Gaulle’s call of resistance. The division, as part of the French French Forces initially fought Axis forces in Africa in order to help liberate their occupied country. After its first victory at Koufra in Libya, Leclerc made the famous “serment de Koufra“ in which he vowed to never cease fighting until the French tricolour once again flew over Strasbourg cathedral. The division later took part in the liberation of France with heavy fighting in the Normandy landings and lead the drive onto Paris. In November of 1944 the vow would be realised when the division liberated Strasbourg from the Germans occupiers and raised the French flag for the first time in nearly 4 years. By the end of the war they had advanced deep into German territory with some sources crediting elements of the division as being the first to reach the famous Eagle’s nest The song was performed to Leclerc in 1945 at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It is played on anniversaries of Strasbourg’s liberation.