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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