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French Legion
The French Legion may refer to: * French Foreign Legion * Legion of Honour of France * Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism * Czechoslovak Legion in France * French Armenian Legion * ''Legion of France'', see Boer foreign volunteers See also * French Foreign Legion (other) * 2nd Foreign Legion (France) * List of military legions * List of Roman legions * American Legion (other) * British Legion (other) * German Legion (other) German Legion may refer to: * Legio I Germanica (48 BC - AD 70), a legion in the Roman army * King's German Legion (1803-1816), a unit of the British Army * Russian–German Legion (1812-1815), a unit of the Imperial Russian Army and, later, the Pr ... * Legion (other) {{SIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion (french: Légion étrangère) is a corps of the French Army which comprises several specialties: infantry, cavalry, engineers, airborne troops. It was created in 1831 to allow foreign nationals into the French Army. It formed part of the Armée d’Afrique, the French Army's units associated with France's colonial project in Africa, until the end of the Algerian war in 1962. Legionnaires are highly trained soldiers and the Legion is unique in that it is open to foreign recruits willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. The Legion is today known as a unit whose training focuses on traditional military skills and on its strong esprit de corps, as its men and women come from different countries with different cultures. Consequently, training is often described as not only physically challenging, but also very stressful psychologically. French citizenship may be applied for after three years' service. Any soldier who is wounded during a battle for Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. The order's motto is ' ("Honour and Fatherland"); its seat is the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur next to the Musée d'Orsay, on the left bank of the Seine in Paris. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: ' (Knight), ' (Officer), ' (Commander), ' (Grand Officer) and ' ( Grand Cross). History Consulate During the French Revolution, all of the French orders of chivalry were abolished and replaced with Weapons of Honour. It was the wish of Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul, to create a reward to commend civilians and soldiers. From this wish was instituted a , a body of men that was not an ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism
The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (french: Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme, LVF) was a unit of the German Army during World War II consisting of collaborationist volunteers from France. Officially designated the 638th Infantry Regiment (''Infanterieregiment 638''), it was one of several foreign volunteer units formed in German-occupied Western Europe to participate in the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Created in July 1941, the LVF originated as an initiative by a coalition of far-right factions including Marcel Déat's National Popular Rally, Jacques Doriot's French Popular Party, Eugène Deloncle's Social Revolutionary Movement and Pierre Costantini's French League. In contrast to the conservative and authoritarian Vichy regime, which considered itself neutral, the LVF's founders explicitly supported Nazi ideology and collaboration with Nazi Germany. The LVF was tolerated by Vichy and received limited personal end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovak Legion In France
Enrollment of Czechoslovak volunteers in the French Foreign Legion started in Paris on 21 August 1914. The 1st Company, Battalion C, of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion, was created in Bayonne on 31 August. Meeting in the city, the soldiers greeted each other with "Na zdar!" (a greeting used by members of the Sokol movement) and hence came to be called "Nazdar!" Company ("''rota Nazdar''" in Czech). The company was part of the French army's Moroccan division, and took part in heavy combat during assaults near Arras on 9 May and 16 June 1915, where it suffered heavy casualties. Because of these, Battalion C, including "Nazdar!" Company, was disbanded, and volunteers continued to fight in various French army and Foreign Legion units. Clemenceau and Masaryk suggested transportation of T. G. Masaryk legions from Russia to France of s. c. "North trip" (by North sea) as first (the first realization 15 October 1917 from Archangelsk). An autonomous Czechoslovak army was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Armenian Legion
The Armenian Legion (french: Légion arménienne) was a volunteer unit that was raised by the Allied Powers to serve in the Middle East Theatre during World War I. Trained and led by French army commanders, the Légion d'Orient (The Eastern Legion), as the unit was originally known, was created in 1916, its ranks chiefly drawn from Levantine and Armenian exiles and refugees from the Ottoman Empire. In 1919, it was renamed the "Légion Arménienne" (The Armenian Legion). Background The establishment of an Armenian fighting force was first proposed by Boghos Nubar, the head of the Armenian National Delegation in Paris, during the landing of Allied forces to Alexandretta in 1914, to British military planners. The British government rejected the plan, on the basis that such a plan would lead to the massacres of local Armenians. However, appeals by the Armenian National Defense Committee continued into 1915. French authorities also rejected the plan at the end of 1915. In 1916, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boer Foreign Volunteers
Boer foreign volunteers were participants who volunteered their military services to the Boers in the Second Boer War. Origin Although there was much international sympathy for the Boer cause, there was little official support as governments proved mostly unwilling to upset the United Kingdom. As a result, no other nation actively supported the Boer cause. There were, however, individuals from several countries who volunteered and formed Foreign Volunteer Units. These volunteers primarily came from Europe, particularly the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden-Norway. Other countries such as France, Italy, Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom), and restive areas of the Russian Empire, including Poland and Georgia, also formed smaller volunteer corps. Finns fought in the Scandinavian Corps. Recruitment The influx of foreigners into the country began simultaneously with the war, and it continued thereafter at the rate of about four hundred men a month. These volunteers would have c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Foreign Legion (other)
French Foreign Legion may refer to: Military * Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère), modern France * 1st Foreign Legion (France), Kingdom of France * 2nd Foreign Legion (France), Kingdom of France Other uses * ''French Foreign Legion'' (song), 1958 song See also * List of French Foreign Legion units * History of the French Foreign Legion * French Foreign Legion Veteran Societies Federation * French Foreign Legion in popular culture * French Legion, several organisations * Foreign legion (other) Foreign Legion most often refers to: * French Foreign Legion, a unit of the French Army Foreign Legion may also refer to: Military * Brigade of Gurkhas, light infantry unit of the British Army * Foreign volunteers, a term for troops joining a f ... {{dab Disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Foreign Legion (France)
The 2nd Foreign Legion (french: Deuxième legion) was created by the King. On June 29 1835, Louis Philippe I, the King of France ceded the Foreign Legion to Queen Isabella II of Spain. Subsequently, 4100 men which included foreigners in service of France and French officers passed accordingly into the ranks of the Spanish Army, which was in confrontation with the Carlists. Nevertheless, the campaign of Algeria required numerous troops, accordingly on December 16 1835, the King signed a Royal Ordinance which created a New Legion. Creation of the Second Legion The format was first limited to one battalion. The others were later successively constituted, and only if they were required. All the dispositions of the Royal Ordinance of March 10 1831 (date of creation of the 1831 Legion) were placed rigorously in application. The first battalion was immediately formed in Pau. On February 3 1836, chef de bataillon ( Commandant - Major) Marie Alphonse Bedeau was entr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Military Legions
This list of military legions is in chronological order where possible. In modern times, most units using the name "legion" were composed of soldiers from a specific ethnic, national, religious or ideological background, and that background is often specified in the legion's name. Since the Napoleonic Wars, many countries have used the term "legionnaire" to refer to recruits who are neither citizens nor imperial subjects of the government whose military they enter. These governments often, but do not always, group these foreign recruits into specific units that bear the name "legion." Ancient Rome * List of Roman legions ** Theban Legion, a Roman legion whose members, according to a long-lasting tradition, were massacred for their Christian beliefs 18th century * Western Legion and Eastern Legion, Greek rebel forces under Russian command in the Orlov Revolt (1770) * Lee's Legion (1776–83), an infantry and cavalry unit of the American Continental Army * Armand's Legion (1778� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Roman Legions
This is a list of Roman legions, including key facts about each legion, primarily focusing on the Principate (early Empire, 27 BC – 284 AD) legions, for which there exists substantial literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence. When Augustus became sole ruler in 31 BC, he disbanded about half of the over 50 legions then in existence. The remaining 28 legions became the core of the early Imperial army of the Principate (27 BC – AD 284), most lasting over three centuries. Augustus and his immediate successors transformed legions into permanent units, staffed by entirely career soldiers on standard 25-year terms. During the Dominate period (near the end of the Empire, 284–476), legions were also professional, but are little understood due to scarcity of evidence compared to the Principate. What is clear is that late legions were radically different in size, structure, and tactical role from their predecessors, despite several retaining early period name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Legion (other)
American Legion may refer to: Military * American Legion, a U.S. war veterans' organization * American Legion (Great Britain), a British provincial regiment that served in the American Revolutionary War under the command of Benedict Arnold * American Legion (CEF), the name given to units composed of Americans who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during World War I ** 97th Battalion (American Legion), CEF ** 212th Battalion (American Legion), CEF ** 237th Battalion (American Legion), CEF Other uses * SS ''American Legion'' (1919), a passenger ship * American Legion Memorial Bridge (Michigan) in Traverse City, Michigan, United States * American Legion Memorial Bridge (Potomac River), linking the western half of the Capital Beltway (I-495) between Maryland and Virginia, United States See also * American Legion Auxiliary * American Legion Baseball * Legion of the United States * Sons of the American Legion * List of military legions * ''American Lesion ''Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Legion (other)
British Legion could refer to: *The British Legion (or Royal British Legion), a British charity that provides support to armed forces' veterans * Royal British Legion Industries (or RBLI) a British charity not affiliated with the RBL, that helps Armed Forces veterans, disabled people and people who are unemployed *British Legion (1860), a voluntary corps composed of Englishmen and Scots who fought for the unification of Italy, 1860–1861 * British Legion (American Revolution), a British provincial regiment that served in the American Revolutionary War, 1777–1782 * British Legions ( es, link=no, Legión Británica), foreign volunteer units, established in 1819, who fought against Spain in South America's independence wars Other uses *British Auxiliary Legion, officially the Auxiliary Legion, a British expeditionary force sent to Spain in 1835 to serve in the First Carlist War * British German Legion, a group of German soldiers recruited to fight for Britain in the Crimean War, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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