The French Foreign Legion

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_French_Foreign_Legion

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:allows	men only
gptkbp:annualEvent	gptkb:Camerone_Day
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Légion_d'honneur gptkb:Médaille_militaire gptkb:Croix_de_guerre
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:France
gptkbp:famousFor	strict discipline esprit de corps accepting recruits with troubled pasts
gptkbp:founded	1831
gptkbp:founder	King Louis Philippe
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Aubagne
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Aubagne,_France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The French Foreign Legion
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:General_Alain_Lardet
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:French
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Legio_Patria_Nostra
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:La_Légion
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:Battle_of_Camarón gptkb:Algerian_War gptkb:Indochina_War
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Blaise_Cendrars gptkb:Norman_Kerry gptkb:Tomás_de_Zumalacárregui gptkb:Roland_Garros gptkb:James_Waddell_Alexander_II gptkb:Alan_Seeger gptkb:Jean_Danjou gptkb:Peter_J._Ortiz gptkb:Simon_Murray gptkb:Hans_Hartung Arthur Bluethenthal Prince Aage of Denmark
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:French
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:recruitedFrom	foreign nationals
gptkbp:regimentalMarch	gptkb:Le_Boudin
gptkbp:size	about 9,000 personnel
gptkbp:symbol	flaming grenade
gptkbp:trainer	gptkb:Castelnaudary
gptkbp:uniform	white kepi
gptkbp:website	https://www.legion-etrangere.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mark_W._McLaughlin
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7