The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
The Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère) is a corps of the French Army with a specific command and comprising several specialities: infantry, cavalry, engineers, airborne troops. It was created in 1831 to allow the incorporation of foreign nationals into the French Army. It formed part of the Armée d’Afrique, the French Army's units associated with Africa, until the end of the Algerian war in 1962.