Following the end of the Algeria War in March 1962, the French Foreign Legion headquarters was forced to leave North Africa for France. Because of that, a new unit had to be formed with a special task: to prepare for the installation of the Foreign Legion in France and Corsica. As a result, a new task force saw its birth 60 years ago, on August 1, 1962.
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3rd Foreign Legion Task Force
La version française de l’article pour les lecteurs français :
3e Bataillon de Marche de la Légion Etrangère