The 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers (french:
21e Régiment de marche de volontaires étranger, 21
e RMVE) was a regiment of the
French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion (french: Légion étrangère) is a corps of the French Army which comprises several specialties: infantry, Armoured Cavalry Arm, cavalry, Military engineering, engineers, Airborne forces, airborne troops. It was created ...
formed from expatriates living in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
at the outbreak of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. While established as a different unit, its veterans are recognized as part of the Foreign Legion.
Overview
On September 16, 1939, the government of
Édouard Daladier
Édouard Daladier (; 18 June 1884 – 10 October 1970) was a French Radical-Socialist (centre-left) politician, and the Prime Minister of France who signed the Munich Agreement before the outbreak of World War II.
Daladier was born in Carpe ...
established Foreign Workers Companies (french:
compagnie de travailleurs étrangers) which were not part of the French Foreign Legion.
[ Porch, Douglas (1992).''The French Foreign Legion: The Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force'', p. 455. HarperCollins, New York. .] These formations were called
Régiments de marche de volontaires étrangers. The 22nd Marching Regiment of the Foreign Volunteers left its training depot at Bacarès on May 6 when it was deployed around Alsace.
[Porch p. 458-461]
Organization
See also
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2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment
*
Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers
References
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Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers, 22nd
Military units and formations established in 1939
Military units and formations disestablished in 1940