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The Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East (French: Compagnie disciplinaire en Extrême-Orient, CDRE/EO) created on June 1, 1946, was the disciplinary company for serious French Foreign Legion offenders in the Far East. It was located on Tagne Island in Cam Ranh Bay.
The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère, also known simply as la Légion, "the Legion") is an elite 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 ]
French Foreign Legion (Légion Étrangère) – The Legion is a corps of the French Army. Formed in 1831, it is designed to foreigners willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. Legionnaires come from around the world and applicants must be aged between 17.5 and 39.5. [14]
The Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa (French: Bataillons d'Infanterie Légère d'Afrique or BILA), better known under the acronym Bat' d'Af', were French infantry and construction units, serving in Northern Africa, made up of men with prison records who still had to do their military service, or soldiers with serious disciplinary records. [1]
Membership in the Legion is restricted to French nationals. [1] Foreign citizens who have served France or the ideals it upholds [2] may, however, receive a distinction of the Legion, which is broadly equivalent to membership, and can be awarded at any of the ranks. Foreign nationals who live in France are submitted to the same requirements as ...
[26] [27] The Legion appealed particularly to men on the margins of French society. Among volunteers recruited in Marseilles, half were unemployed and 40 percent had criminal records. [28] Recruitment remained below target and the LVF struggled to enlist more than 3,000 men in its initial phase. [29]
Katriuk claimed in Federal Court that in August 1944 he defected with the entire battalion and joined the French Resistance to fight the Nazis. Later that year he was transferred to the French Foreign Legion , [ 6 ] as a private, and was one of twenty to twenty-five volunteers who were dispatched by their French commanders to go to the front to ...
Pages in category "French Foreign Legion" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.