French Foreign Legion
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french-foreign-legion-180-8256269
title:
French Foreign Legion
text:
The French Foreign Legion is an elite corps of the French Army that consists of several specialties: infantry, cavalry, engineers, and airborne troops. It was created in 1831 to allow foreign nationals into the French Army. It formed part of the Armée d’Afrique, the French Army's units associated with France's colonial project in North Africa, until the end of the Algerian War in 1962. Legionnaires are highly trained soldiers and the French Foreign Legion is unique in that it is open to foreign
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Corps of the French Army, which is partly made up of foreign nationals
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion
date created:
2001-11-22T11:45:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T12:21:00Z
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