Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Legion_of_French_Volunteers_Against_Bolshevism
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
collaborationist military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs LVF
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:disbanded 1944
gptkbp:formed 1941
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Soviet_Union
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism
gptkbp:ideology anti-communism
collaborationism
gptkbp:initially_attached_to 7th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:mergedInto Charlemagne Division
gptkbp:nativeName Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchevisme
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkb:Battle_of_Bryansk
gptkbp:notableCommander Colonel Edgar Puaud
Colonel Roger Labonne
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:recruitedFrom French collaborationist parties
gptkbp:size about 7,000 volunteers
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Vichy_France
gptkbp:symbol French tricolor with German eagle
gptkbp:uniform German Army uniform with French insignia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SS_Division_Charlemagne
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6