Foreign legion
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Foreign Legion is a title which has been used by a small number of units of foreign volunteers. It can refer to:
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In military
- Foreign volunteers, a general term for troops joining a foreign army
- French Foreign Legion, elite unit within the French Army established in 1831
- Spanish Foreign Legion, an elite unit of the Spanish Army originally intended as an equivalent to the French Foreign Legion; stopped recruiting foreigners in 1987
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; stopped recruiting foreigners after the Aceh War ended in 1904)
- Rhodesian Light Infantry, informally known as "Rhodesian Foreign Legion" (1961–1980; only accepted white recruits)
- International Legion, created in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi
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In culture
- Foreign Legion (band), a punk band from South Wales
- Foreign Legion (hip hop crew), a hip hop crew from Oakland, California
- Foreign Legion (wrestling), a loosely affiliated group in Mexican wrestling
- Tarzan and the Foreign Legion, 22nd book in the Tarzan series
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