French Foreign Legion

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:branch gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:colors green
red
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:Légion_d'honneur
gptkb:Médaille_militaire
gptkb:Croix_de_guerre
gptkbp:founded 1831
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Louis_Philippe_I
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Aubagne,_France
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Aubagne
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Général_Alain_Lardet
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:French
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Legio_Patria_Nostra
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:La_Légion
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Narvik
gptkb:Battle_of_Camarón
gptkb:Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu
gptkb:Battle_of_Kolwezi
gptkb:Siege_of_Tuyên_Quang
gptkb:Battle_of_Bir_Hakeim
gptkbp:notable_tradition gptkb:Camerone_Day
gptkb:Képi_blanc
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Crimean_War
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Franco-Prussian_War
gptkb:Algerian_War
gptkb:Indochina_War
gptkb:Operation_Serval
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Roland_Garros
gptkb:Alan_Seeger
gptkb:Jean_Danjou
gptkb:Peter_J._Ortiz
gptkb:Simon_Murray
gptkbp:official_abbreviation gptkb:Légion_étrangère
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:French_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:recruitment_policy accepts foreign nationals
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:Le_Boudin
gptkbp:size about 9,000 personnel
gptkbp:symbol flaming grenade
gptkbp:training_center gptkb:4th_Foreign_Regiment_(4e_RE)
gptkbp:type gptkb:military
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:uniform_feature blue sash
green epaulettes
white kepi
gptkbp:website https://www.legion-etrangere.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:French_intervention_in_Mexico
gptkb:French_Army_of_the_Levant
gptkb:French_Resistance
gptkb:King_Peter_I_of_Serbia
gptkb:Our_Friends_Beneath_the_Sands
gptkb:Aage,_Count_of_Rosenborg
gptkb:Allied_Forces_(WWI)
gptkb:Prince_Aly_Khan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5