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Foreign legion or Foreign Legion is a title which has been used by a small number of military units composed of foreign volunteers. It usually refers to the French Foreign Legion, part of the French Army, established in 1831. It can also refer to: ==In military== *Polish Legions, several Polish military units that served with the French Army from the 1790s to the 1810s. *Portuguese Legion, a Portuguese military force integrated in the Napoleon's Imperial Armies, mobilized after the occupation of Portugal, in 1807. *King's German Legion (KGL), a British Army unit of expatriate German personnel during the Napoleonic Wars *Russian–German Legion, a Russian Army unit of expatriate German personnel during the Napoleonic Wars *Foreign volunteers, a general term for troops joining a foreign army *Mahal (Israel), foreigners serving in the Israeli army, both during the 1948 war of independence as well as in the present IDF *Spanish Legion, a quasi-independent unit of the Spanish Army originally intended as an equivalent to the French Foreign Legion *Brigade of Gurkhas, light infantry unit of the British Army largely manned by ethnic Nepali. The title Foreign Legion has been applied commonly but ''unofficially'' to: *Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL), informally known as "Dutch Foreign Legion" (1830–1950) *Rhodesian Light Infantry, informally known as "Rhodesian Foreign Legion" (1961–1980) *International Legion, created in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi *International brigades, of the Spanish Civil War *Recruited Foreigners Regiment, Värvat främlingsregemente, Swedish Regiment made up of Polish deserters during the Great Northern War 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foreign legion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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