In late November, Stalin’s Soviet Union (USSR) invaded Finland and the Winter War began. As a result, Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany. In early September 1939, Hitler’s Germany invaded Poland. Thereafter, a considerably reduced unit, the 13e DBLE moved first to the United Arab Emirates, then it was reorganized in France into a brand-new infantry regiment. From 1962 to 2011, it maintained French presence in the Horn of Africa, in Djibouti. After the war, the demi-brigade took part in campaigns in French Indochina and North Africa’s Algeria. The unit fought in Norway, Africa, the Middle East and France during WWII, when it was in service of both the French and British Empires. The text maps the period from its beginnings in Algeria in early 1940 to the early 2020s in France. Learn about the history of the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE), the last demi-brigade within the current French Army.
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