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The back of the Museum, giving on the arms place (French: Place d'armes) of the 1st Foreign Regiment 1 er RE, opens on the Monument morts de la Legion, grand sculpture Pourquet (French: Pourquet), representing a world map guarded by four legionnaires and inaugurated in 1931 during the centennial commemoration of the Legion at Sidi bel-Abbès ...
The Society of Friends of the Foreign Legion Museum (French: Société des Amis du Musée de la Légion étrangère, SAMLE) is a French association of the association law type of 1901 (French: Association loi de 1901), created in 2003. Without being attached to the Foreign Legion, the society participates to the support of the Museum. The ...
These institutions vary in their scope and focus, with some museums dedicated to a specific national or regional context and chronicling the military history of a particular country or region, while other museums may concentrate on a particular conflict, era, service, technology (like an artillery museum), or unit (like a regimental museum).
The Saint Patrick's Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de San Patricio), later reorganized as the Foreign Legion of Patricios, was a Mexican Army unit which fought against the United States in the Mexican–American War.
The Foreign Legion was primarily used, as part of the Armée d'Afrique, to protect and expand the French colonial empire during the 19th century, but it also fought in almost all French wars including the Franco-Prussian War, World War I and World War II. The Foreign Legion has remained an important part of the French Army, and sea transport ...
The 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers (French: 22 e Régiment de marche de volontaires étranger, 22 e RMVE) was a regiment of the French Foreign Legion formed from expatriates living in France at the outbreak of World War II. While established as a different unit, its veterans are recognized as part of the Foreign Legion.
The Foreign Legion was heavily involved in World War II, playing a large role in the Middle East and the North African campaign. The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment was established by consolidating battalions stationed in Syria into a single battalion on October 15, 1939. [53]
The 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment (abbr. 5th REI, French: 5 e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie), nicknamed the "Regiment of Tonkin" (French: "Régiment du Tonkin"), was a regiment of the Foreign Legion of the French Army created under the Third Republic, and dissolved in 2000.