Foreign legion
# Foreign legion

Foreign Legion most often refers to:

Foreign Legion may also refer to:

## Military

* Brigade of Gurkhas, light infantry unit of the British Army
* Foreign volunteers, a term for troops joining a foreign army
* International Brigades, 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 (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 (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).

## Entertainment

* 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, 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
