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The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion Étrangère, L.E) is a military service wing of the French Army, created in the nineteenth century. She is most famous Foreign Legion still in operation worldwide.

Their function is to defend the interests of France to their colonies in Africa, Pacific Ocean, South America and Caribbean .

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