MAIN
CAMPAIGNS OF THE
FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION from
1831 to 1994
| 1831 | First battalions in Algeria |
| 1832 | First fights against Abd El Kader |
| 1835 | In Spain; battle of Barbastro [1837] |
| 1836 | the new legion arrives in Algeria |
| 1843 | Creation of Camp |
| 1844 | Victory: M'Chounech (Aures) 2nd Etranger lead by the duc d'Aumale. |
| 1854- 1856 | Campaign of Crimea - Sebastopol - Death of colonel Viénot |
| 1859 | Campaign of Italy;
Victories of • Magenta • Solferino First march of the Legion in Paris |
| 1863- 1867 | Campaign of Mexico • April 30th : Camerone • Feb. 28 1866: Santa-lsabel • march 1867: back in Algeria |
| 1870-1871 | France vs. Germany war Victory of Coulmiers; first fights of the Legion in France |
| 1883-1885 | Campaign of Tonkin [
Indochina] • Jan 1883: Sontay • Feb. 1885: Langson |
| 1885 | campaign of Formosa |
| 1892 | campaign of Dahomey |
| 1893-1894 | campaign of Sudan |
| 1895-1904 | campaign of Madagascar |
| 1900-1918 | campaign of Maroc |
| 1914-1918 | WW I : creation of 4
regiments Col. Duriez killed in action |
| 1922-1923 | Taza in Maroc |
| 1925 | campaign of Rif against
Abd El Krim East Army in Syria |
| 1933 | end of war in Maroc |
| 1939-1940 | WW II Fights in France |
| 1940-1945 | 13th DBLE Narvik [Norvegia] May 1940: rallying to the French Forces in GB |
| 1941 | campaign of Erythrea campaign of Syria |
| 1942 | Feb-June: Bir-Hakeim [ Lybia] El Himeimat Death of LtCol. Amilakvari |
| 1943 | campaign of Tunisia |
| 1944 | campaign of of Italy |
| 1944-1945 | landing in the south of
France [ Provence] campaign of France and Germany |
| 1946-1954 | Indochina War |
| 1948 | Phu Tong Ha |
| 1949-1954 | •
Fights of the RC 4 (RC = Route Coloniale =
Colonial Road) • Sept 1950: Dong Khe • Oct 1950: Cao Bang • 6-8 Oct: tragic fights of Coc-Xa |
| 1952 | •
Hoah Binh • Fights of the RC 6 and Black River |
| 1953 | •
Na-San • in November, installation of the Dien Bien Phu Camp |
| 1954 | •May 7th: after 5 months of furious and desperate fights, fall of Dien Bien Phu |
| 1954 | November 1st: beginning of the Algeria's War |
| 1956 | Suez' Expedition |
| 1957 | Battle of Algiers |
| 1958 | Battles
at the borders of Algeria Death of Colonel Jean-Pierre ( 1st R.E.P) |
| 1961 | Putsch
of the Generals Dissolution of the 1st R.E.P |
| 1962 | Sept 29th: the Legion moves from Sidi-Bel-Abbes to Aubagne |
| 1969-1970 | Tchad |
| 1978 | the 2nd R.E.P bales out [Kolwezi - ex Zaire] |
| 1978-1980 | Tchad |
| 1982 | Beyrouth |
| 1983 | Beyrouth, south of
lebanon Tchad |
| 1986-1994 | Missions in Tchad |
| 1990-1991 | Missions in Zaire, Rwanda |
| 1991 | Gulf War |
| 1992 | UN Mission in Cambodgia |
| 1992-1993 | Humanitarian mission in Somalia |
| 1993 | UN Mission in Bosnia |
| 1994 | Humanitarian mission in Rwanda |