French Legion of Volunteers Against Bolshevism
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The French Legion of Volunteers Against Bolshevism was a collaborationist World War II unit of French volunteers that fought alongside Nazi Germany’s forces on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collaborationist military unit
ⓘ
foreign volunteer unit of the Wehrmacht ⓘ military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Vichy France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
LVF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchevisme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | French collaboration during World War II ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| disbanded | during World War II ⓘ |
| formed | 1941 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-Bolshevism
ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| notableEngagement | operations against the Red Army ⓘ |
| opponent | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedIdeology |
Bolshevism
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| partOf | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| politicalCharacter | collaborationist ⓘ |
| purpose | to fight Bolshevism on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| recruitmentBase |
Vichy France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
occupied France ⓘ |
| side | Axis powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | infantry ⓘ |
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