French Foreign Legion

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elite military formation legion military unit

The French Foreign Legion is an elite military unit of the French Army composed of foreign volunteers, renowned for its rigorous training, strict discipline, and deployment in some of France’s most demanding overseas and combat operations.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
French Foreign Legion canonical 34
Légion étrangère 2
Foreign Legion units in colonial service 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elite military formation ⓘ
legion ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
branch French Army ⓘ
surface form: Armée de Terre
commandStructure La Légion étrangère ⓘ
surface form: Commandement de la Légion étrangère
country France ⓘ
eligibility French Foreign Legion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French citizens may also enlist under certain conditions

primarily non-French citizens ⓘ
founder Louis-Philippe I of the French ⓘ
surface form: Louis-Philippe I of France
foundingDate 1831-03-10 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Aubagne, France ⓘ
historicalEngagement Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War

Crimean War ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
operations in Afghanistan ⓘ
operations in Mali ⓘ
historicalRole colonial warfare ⓘ
expeditionary operations ⓘ
motto Legio Patria Nostra ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation The Legion is our Fatherland ⓘ
nickname La Légion étrangère ⓘ
notableFeature high esprit de corps ⓘ
rapid deployability ⓘ
rigorous training ⓘ
service in overseas operations ⓘ
strict discipline ⓘ
notableReputation one of the most famous military units in the world ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf French Army ⓘ
primaryMission serve French strategic interests abroad ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy accepts foreign volunteers ⓘ
allows change of identity at enlistment under certain conditions ⓘ
reward possibility of French citizenship for wounded in action ⓘ
serviceObligation fixed-term contracts ⓘ
specialization airborne units ⓘ
armored units ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
foreign deployments ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
symbol flaming grenade emblem ⓘ
green and red colors ⓘ
trainingCenter Castelnaudary ⓘ
surface form: Castelnaudary, France
typeOfOrganization professional volunteer force ⓘ
uniformFeature white kepi ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Narvik → involvedUnit → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Army → component → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Army → notableUnit → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Army → notableUnit → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Troupes de marine
French Foreign Legion → eligibility → French Foreign Legion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French citizens may also enlist under certain conditions
Foreign Legion → hasOfficialName → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Légion étrangère
Foreign Legion → shortName → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Nicolas de Staël → servedIn → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Battle of Route Coloniale 4 → involvedUnit → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Foreign Legion units
Beau Geste → setting → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Forces in Indochina → subordinateUnit → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Percival C. Wren → mainSetting → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
subject surface form: Beau Geste
French expeditionary corps in the Crimea → notableUnit → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Legio Patria Nostra → usedBy → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Legio Patria Nostra → describes → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Legio Patria Nostra → mottoOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Ante Gotovina → servedIn → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Ante Gotovina → militaryBranch → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Morocco (1930 film) → portrays → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Rick O’Connell → allegiance → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Under Two Flags (1922 film) → setting → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Troupes coloniales → notableUnit → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Légion étrangère
Colonial Troops → component → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Legion units in colonial service
Aubagne → knownFor → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Aubagne → garrisonOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Aubagne → hasMilitaryFacility → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Foreign Legion headquarters
1st Foreign Regiment → partOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
1st Foreign Regiment → service → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Foreign Legion Groupment of Recruits → partOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Foreign Legion Groupment of Recruits → service → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment → partOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment → partOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade → partOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment → partOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment → formedFrom → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment → allegiance → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Blaise Cendrars → servedIn → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment → partOf → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment → allegiance → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment → service → French Foreign Legion ⓘ
Hans Hartung → servedIn → French Foreign Legion ⓘ