13e DBLE

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13e DBLE is an elite infantry regiment of the French Foreign Legion with a distinguished combat history in conflicts such as World War II and the Indochina and Algerian Wars.

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Label Occurrences
13e DBLE canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Foreign Legion regiment
infantry regiment
allegiance France NERFINISHED
associatedWith Free French Forces NERFINISHED
battleHonour Algérie 1954–1962
Bir Hakeim 1942 NERFINISHED
Fezzan 1942–1943 NERFINISHED
Indochine 1946–1954 NERFINISHED
Koufra 1941 NERFINISHED
Narvik 1940
conflict Algerian War NERFINISHED
Gulf War
Indochina War NERFINISHED
Operation Barkhane NERFINISHED
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan

World War II
country France
decoratedWith Croix de guerre 1939–1945 NERFINISHED
Croix de guerre des Théâtres d’opérations extérieures NERFINISHED
Croix de la Libération NERFINISHED
Médaille militaire NERFINISHED
garrison Abu Dhabi NERFINISHED
Camp du Larzac NERFINISHED
Djibouti NERFINISHED
hasSubunit company-sized combat units
inception 1940
languageOfCommand French
militaryBranch French Army NERFINISHED
motto More majorum
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation In the manner of our ancestors
nativeLabel 13e demi-brigade de Légion étrangère NERFINISHED
notableCommander Prince Aage of Denmark NERFINISHED
Raoul Magrin-Vernerey NERFINISHED
notableEngagement Algerian counter-insurgency operations
Battle of Bir Hakeim NERFINISHED
Battle of Narvik NERFINISHED
First Indochina War operations
Levant campaign NERFINISHED
North African campaign NERFINISHED
partOf Légion étrangère NERFINISHED
role expeditionary infantry
shortName 13e DBLE
specialization elite infantry
tradition Foreign volunteer service under French flag
type line infantry

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