Foreign Legion

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elite military formation expeditionary force military unit

The Foreign Legion is an elite military unit of the French Armed Forces composed of volunteer soldiers from around the world, renowned for its rigorous training, strict discipline, and deployment in demanding overseas operations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Foreign Legion Command 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elite military formation ⓘ
expeditionary force ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance France ⓘ
associatedWith French colonial history ⓘ
French overseas operations ⓘ
branch land forces ⓘ
ceremonialMusic Boudin ⓘ
surface form: Le Boudin
commandLanguage French ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateFounded 1831 ⓘ
eligibility French citizens under certain conditions ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ
foundedBy Louis-Philippe I of the French ⓘ
surface form: Louis-Philippe I
foundingLocation France ⓘ
garrison Aubagne ⓘ
Calvi ⓘ
Castelnaudary ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
La Cavalerie ⓘ
Mayotte ⓘ
Nîmes ⓘ
Orange ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
hasOfficialName French Foreign Legion ⓘ
surface form: Légion étrangère
hasSubUnit 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade ⓘ
1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment ⓘ
1st Foreign Regiment ⓘ
2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment ⓘ
2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment ⓘ
3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment ⓘ
Foreign Legion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Foreign Legion Command

Foreign Legion Groupment of Recruits ⓘ
headquartersCountry France ⓘ
headquartersLocation Aubagne ⓘ
historicalConflict Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War

Crimean War ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
surface form: Mali War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
legalStatus integral part of the French Army ⓘ
marchingPace 88 steps per minute ⓘ
motto Legio Patria Nostra ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoMeaning The Legion is our Fatherland ⓘ
notableFeature accepts foreign nationals into French military service ⓘ
rigorous basic training ⓘ
strict discipline ⓘ
strong esprit de corps ⓘ
use of assumed identities historically ⓘ
offers path to French citizenship ⓘ
partOf French Armed Forces ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
primaryLanguage French ⓘ
recruitmentScope international ⓘ
recruitmentType volunteer force ⓘ
shortName French Foreign Legion ⓘ
specialization counter-insurgency ⓘ
expeditionary warfare ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
overseas operations ⓘ
rapid deployment ⓘ
symbol grenade with seven flames ⓘ
trainingCharacteristic emphasis on cohesion and obedience ⓘ
physically demanding ⓘ
trainingLocation Castelnaudary ⓘ
typeOfService professional military service ⓘ
uniformDistinctiveFeature green and red epaulettes ⓘ
white kepi ⓘ

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

Médaille militaire → awardedToBranch → Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Armed Forces → hasBranch → Foreign Legion ⓘ
Foreign Legion → hasSubUnit → Foreign Legion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Legion Command