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The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère, also known simply as la Légion, "the Legion") is a corps of the French Army created to allow foreign nationals into French service. [8] The Legion was founded in 1831 and today consists of several specialties, namely infantry, cavalry, engineers, and airborne troops. [9]
Division Communication et Information de la Légion étrangère (Communication and Information Division of the French Foreign Legion). Division Histoire et Patrimoine de la Légion étrangère (History and Patrimony Division of the French Foreign Legion). Monsieur Légionnaire – Général (cr) Hallo Jean – Lavauzelle – 1994
The creation of the Second Mexican Empire was the impetus for an expansion of the French Foreign Legion. One of Maximilian I's conditions for the acceptance of the Mexican throne was the provision of a corps of 10,000 European soldiers. [37] The Foreign Legion was loaned by Napoleon III to the Crown of Mexico for this purpose. [37]
Foreign Legion Units Involved: September 20, 1854 Battle of Alma: Alma River, Russia: Victory 60 men [1] Eight companies from the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Foreign Legion October 17, 1854 – September 9, 1855 Siege of Sevastopol: Sevastopol, Russia: Brigadier Achille Bazaine: Victory 1st Regiment of the Foreign Legion 2nd Regiment of the ...
The Foreign Legion Command (French: Commandement de la Légion Étrangère, (COMLE)) (official) is the Command of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. [3] [4]The Legion is led by a French general, a Legion officer (French: Officier de Légion) [1] who is usually a general who spent his entire career in Legion units.
Art. 1 – A Legion will be formed and composed of foreigners. This Legion will be known as the Foreign Legion. Art. 2 – The battalions of the Foreign Legion will have the same formation as the line infantry battalions. Art. 3 – For pay, masses and administration, the Foreign Legion will be assimilated to French regiments.
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The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. [5] It is one of the four infantry regiments of the 11th Parachute Brigade and part of the spearhead of the French rapid reaction force. [6] [7]