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On 11 February 1982, Pieri led a group of FLNC soldiers to a Foreign Legion outpost in the town of Sorbo-Ocognano, where they attack the building before shooting two members stationed at the outpost. One member, Renato Rossi, an Italian immigrant, was killed. This caused a large amount of outrage, eventually leading to Pieri’s arrest on 24 March.
The Legion also possessed a small, mostly symbolic armored force of four vehicles: two police armored cars and two Renault UE Chenillettes from the Malaxa factory. [8] The Malaxa factory had been license-producing these French armored vehicles since mid-1939, [ 9 ] and aside from the two such machines, the factory also supplied the Legion with ...
The Legon Observer, the journal of the Legon Society for National Affairs (LSNA), was established in July 1966 as a fortnightly publication. [1] With a base in the political science faculty of the University of Ghana at Legon, it established itself as an important critical voice during the military rule of the National Liberation Council. [2]
Latvian Legion in 1943. The idea of a Remembrance Day for the Latvian legionnaires was raised in exile by the Daugavas Vanagi [] veterans' organization in 1952. The date of 16 March was chosen because in 1944 both divisions of the Latvian Legion, the 15th (1st Latvian) and the 19th (2nd Latvian) fought alongside each other, for the first and only time, against the Red Army.
In March and April 2023, during the Battle of Bakhmut with Ukrainian forces rapidly losing ground in the direction of the city, the 3rd Battalion of the Legion alongside several teams of 1st Battalion including the Kenobi Death Korps as part of Bravo I Company from the 1st Battalion participated in the defense of Bakhmut. The International ...
Many citizens of Canada showed up to fight for Ukraine for the country's new foreign legion when it was established in late February 2022. [citation needed] In March, 2022 it was reported by the National Post that 550 would-be fighters that have arrived from Canada so far are part of a battalion based in Kyiv. It was said to be called simply ...
Cairo University: Faculty of Economics and Political Science [2] located in Giza; Mansoura University: [3] located in Mansoura; American University in Cairo: Political Science Department and the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy [4] located in Cairo
March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1199 ...