French Foreign Legion

Noun

Meaning

a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France

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2002 Unity Government Armed Ivorians next to a French Foreign Legion armoured car, 2004 In January 2003, Gbagbo and rebel leaders signed accords creating a "government of national unity". Source: Internet

DINOPS, PCG and Commandos of the French Foreign Legion main * 2 ème REP Commando Parachute Group ( GCP ); Pathfinders qualified in Direct Actions, Special Recco and IMEX. Source: Internet

Douglas Porch, page 418, The French Foreign Legion. Source: Internet

In William A. Wellman 's adventure film Beau Geste (1939), he plays one of three daring English brothers who join the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara to fight local tribes. Source: Internet

He appeared in the serial The Three Musketeers (1933), an updated version of the Alexandre Dumas novel in which the protagonists were soldiers in the French Foreign Legion in then-contemporary North Africa. Source: Internet

Monday morning saw Col. Arnaud Guerry, Commander of the French Foreign Legion battalion serving together with the Estonians, deliver new ranks, awarded by the EDF commander Maj. Gen. Martin Herem – himself making a speech in Tallinn. Source: Internet

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