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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 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]
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 ...
Susan Mary Gillian Travers (23 September 1909 – 18 December 2003) was a British nurse and ambulance driver who served in the French Red Cross during the Second World War. [1] She later became the only woman to be enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, having also served in French Indochina, during the First Indochina War.
The Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers (French: Régiments de marche de volontaires étrangers, RMVE) were temporary formations of the Foreign Legion organized from Foreign volunteers during World War II. These regiments were formed on 16 September 1939:
Devil's Guard is a book by George Robert Elford and was published in 1971. The book depicts the story of a former German Waffen-SS officer's string of near-constant combat that begins on World War II's eastern front and continues into the book's focus — the First Indochina War-as an officer in the French Foreign Legion.
The Army of the Levant was made up of North African infantry (tirailleurs) and cavalry , French Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère), and Colonial infantry and artillery units (both French and Senegalese). Both Army of the Levant and Special Troops were responsible for keeping order in the French mandate during the interwar period.
The Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (RMLE) (French: Régiment de marche de la Légion étrangère) was a French military unit that fought in World War I and World War II. Initially composed of marching regiments from the 1st Foreign Regiment (1 er RE) of Sidi Bel Abbes and the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2 e RE) of Saida, Algeria ...