Foreign Legion most often refers to: * French Foreign Legion, a unit of the French Army Foreign Legion may also refer to:

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Brigade of Gurkhas The Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers. The brigade draws its heritage from Gurkha units that originally served in the British Indian Army ...

, light infantry unit of the British Army *

Foreign volunteers The armed forces of many nations have, at one time or another, used foreign volunteers who are motivated by political, ideological or other considerations to join a foreign army. These may be formed into units of a given nationality or may be fo ...

, a term for troops joining a foreign army *

International Brigades The International Brigades ( es, Brigadas Internacionales) were military units set up by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The organization existed f ...

, of the Spanish Civil War * International Legion, created in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi * International Freedom Battalion, a leftist foreign fighters fighting for the Rojava forces during the Syrian Civil War * International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, a Ukrainian brigade created during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine *

King's German Legion The King's German Legion (KGL; german: Des Königs Deutsche Legion, semantically erroneous obsolete German variations are , , ) was a British Army unit of mostly expatriated German personnel during the period 1803–16. The legion achieved th ...

(KGL), a British Army unit of expatriate Germans during the Napoleonic Wars * Mahal (Israel), foreigners serving in the Israeli army * Polish Legions (Napoleonic period), Polish military units that served with the French Army, 1790s–1810s * Portuguese Legion (Napoleonic Wars), a Portuguese military force in Napoleon's Imperial Armies * Rhodesian Light Infantry, informally known as Rhodesian Foreign Legion (1961–1980) * Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL), informally known as Dutch Foreign Legion (1830–1950) *

Royal Sicilian Regiment The Sicilian Regiment (also known as The Royal Sicilian Regiment of Foot) was a light infantry regiment recruited from Sicily that served with the British Army during the Napoleonic wars, from 1806 to its disbandment in 1816. The Detachment of Ro ...

(1806-1816) * Russian–German Legion, a Russian Army unit of expatriate German personnel during the Napoleonic Wars * Spanish Legion, a quasi-independent unit of the Spanish Army * Värvat främlingsregemente, Recruited Foreigners Regiment, Swedish regiment of Polish deserters * YPG International, foreign legion branches of the People's Protection Units (YPG).

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*'' The Foreign Legion'', a 1928 silent film * Foreign Legion (band), a punk band from Wales * ''Foreign Legion'' (album), a 2002 album by Murfreesboro * ''Foreign Legion'' (Tin Hat album), a 2010 album by Tin Hat * Foreign Legion (wrestling) (La Legión Extranjera), a loosely affiliated group in Mexican wrestling *''Foreign Legions'', a 2001 anthology edited by

David Drake David A. Drake (born September 24, 1945) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now a writer in the military science fiction genre. Biography Drake graduated Phi ...

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