The French Foreign Legion is a corps of the French Army that allows for virtually anyone to join its ranks. Quite literally, the French Foreign Legion is the unit of second chances. This is because ...

What did soldiers eat on the frontlines? What happened to the French Foreign Legion? And how is the legacy of Alfred Dreyfus handled in the anti-semitic Vichy France? Find out in this exciting episode ...

The reputation of the French Foreign Legion is both legendary and notorious. Every day, men from all over the world come to the legion's barracks in Aubagne. Often, they're looking for a second chance ...

Swiss Army Minister Paul Chaudet, feeling not at all neutral on the subject, last week addressed a circular letter to Swiss youth, c/o high schools, police stations and army recruiting depots. “The ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's suggestion that NATO and European countries will have to consider committing troops to Ukraine under certain circumstances has added a new dimension to the French ...

For ten long, hot years the Foreign Legion and native troops have shuffled over the sand waves and stony wastes of the Moroccan Desert in “the war that never ends.” The French War Ministry has ...