Faster access than browser!
136 relations: Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes, Académie française, Algiers, Angélique Brûlon, Antoine Claire Thibaudeau, Army general (France), Asterisk, Auschwitz concentration camp, Battle of Raab, Belgrade, Benoît Puga, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Campaign streamer, Champion, Chancellor, Charles Koechlin, Charles Lindbergh, Chasseur, Chiang Kai-shek, Chivalry, Civic heraldry, Code of law, Cohort (military unit), Collar (order), Commander (order), Coup d'état, Dress uniform, Emmanuel Macron, Emperor of the French, Executive (government), Flag of France, Fleur-de-lis, Formal wear, Fourragère, Franc, France, Franco-Prussian War, French Civil Service, French Consulate, French Fourth Republic, French Parliament, French Red Cross, French Republican Calendar, French Revolution, French Third Republic, Fusiliers Marins, Gilding, Grand Cross, Grand Master (order), Grandes écoles, ..., Henry IV of France, House of Bourbon, House of Orléans, Jean-Baptiste Debret, Jules Grévy, Kingdom of Prussia, Knight, L'Obs, Laurel wreath, Legionary, Les Invalides, Liège, List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War, List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur, List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name, Louis Philippe I, Louis XVIII of France, Luxembourg City, Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur, Maltese cross, Marianne, Maurice Ravel, Médaille militaire, Medal, Mentioned in dispatches, Military, Minister of Health (France), Moroccan Goumier, Motto, Musée d'Orsay, Musée de la Légion d'honneur, Napoleon, Napoleon III, National Order of Merit (France), Nobility of the First French Empire, Normandie-Niemen, North African Campaign, Nun, Oak, Officer (armed forces), Order of chivalry, Order of Liberation, Order of merit, Order of Saint Louis, Order of the Holy Spirit, Palais de la Légion d'Honneur, Paris, Paris Commune, Paris Fire Brigade, Paris Police Prefecture, Pluviôse, President of France, President of the European Parliament, Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine, Referendum, Ribbon, Ribbons of the French military and civil awards, Roman legion, Rosette (decoration), Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Sash, Seat (legal entity), Secretary (title), Seine, Service ribbon, Simone Veil, SNCF, Sweden, Thomas W. Evans, Tirailleur, United States Military Academy, Volgograd, Weapons of Honour, World War I, World War II, Zouave, 11th Marine Artillery Regiment, 1st Foreign Regiment, 1st Marine Artillery Regiment, 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment, 1st Marine Infantry Regiment, 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment, 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment, 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment. Expand index (86 more) »
Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes
The Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes (Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes) is a former Trappist monastery located in Le Plantay in the Dombes region, in the Ain department of eastern France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes · See more »
Académie française
The Académie française is the pre-eminent French council for matters pertaining to the French language.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Académie française · See more »
Algiers
Algiers (الجزائر al-Jazā’er, ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻ, Alger) is the capital and largest city of Algeria.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Algiers · See more »
Angélique Brûlon
Marie-Angélique Josèphe Brûlon, née Duchemin (January 20, 1772 – July 13, 1859), was a French soldier.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Angélique Brûlon · See more »
Antoine Claire Thibaudeau
Antoine Claire, Comte Thibaudeau (23 March 17658 March 1854) was a French politician.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Antoine Claire Thibaudeau · See more »
Army general (France)
A général d'armée (army general) is the highest active military rank of the French Army.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Army general (France) · See more »
Asterisk
An asterisk (*); from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος, asteriskos, "little star") is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as star (as, for example, in the A* search algorithm or C*-algebra). In English, an asterisk is usually five-pointed in sans-serif typefaces, six-pointed in serif typefaces, and six- or eight-pointed when handwritten. It is often used to censor offensive words, and on the Internet, to indicate a correction to a previous message. The asterisk is derived from the need of the printers of family trees in feudal times for a symbol to indicate date of birth. The original shape was seven-armed, each arm like a teardrop shooting from the center. In computer science, the asterisk is commonly used as a wildcard character, or to denote pointers, repetition, or multiplication.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Asterisk · See more »
Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Auschwitz concentration camp · See more »
Battle of Raab
The Battle of Raab (Hungarian: Győri csata) was fought on June 14, 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, between Franco-Italian forces and Habsburg forces.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Battle of Raab · See more »
Belgrade
Belgrade (Beograd / Београд, meaning "White city",; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Belgrade · See more »
Benoît Puga
Benoît Puga (born 30 January 1953 in Saint-Mandé) is a French Général d'armée of the French Army and Grand Chancellor G.C. of the Légion d'honneur L.H (Grand Chancelier de la Légion d'honneur).
New!!: Legion of Honour and Benoît Puga · See more »
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer, often called Boulogne (Latin: Gesoriacum or Bononia, Boulonne-su-Mér, Bonen), is a coastal city in Northern France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Boulogne-sur-Mer · See more »
Campaign streamer
Campaign streamers are decorations attached to military flags to recognize particular achievements or events of a military unit or service.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Campaign streamer · See more »
Champion
A champion (from the late Latin campio) is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Champion · See more »
Chancellor
Chancellor (cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Chancellor · See more »
Charles Koechlin
Charles Koechlin, baptized Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin (27 November 186731 December 1950), was a French composer, teacher and writer on music.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Charles Koechlin · See more »
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), nicknamed Lucky Lindy, The Lone Eagle, and Slim was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Charles Lindbergh · See more »
Chasseur
Chasseur, a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval) to denote troops trained for rapid action.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Chasseur · See more »
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also romanized as Chiang Chieh-shih or Jiang Jieshi and known as Chiang Chungcheng, was a political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in exile in Taiwan.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Chiang Kai-shek · See more »
Chivalry
Chivalry, or the chivalric code, is an informal, varying code of conduct developed between 1170 and 1220, never decided on or summarized in a single document, associated with the medieval institution of knighthood; knights' and gentlewomen's behaviours were governed by chivalrous social codes.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Chivalry · See more »
Civic heraldry
Civic heraldry is heraldry used by municipalities.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Civic heraldry · See more »
Code of law
A code of law, also called a law code or legal code, is a type of legislation that purports to exhaustively cover a complete system of laws or a particular area of law as it existed at the time the code was enacted, by a process of codification.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Code of law · See more »
Cohort (military unit)
A cohort (from the Latin cohors, plural cohortes, see wikt:cohors for full inflection table) was a standard tactical military unit of a Roman legion, though the standard changed with time and situation, and was composed of between 360-800 soldiers.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Cohort (military unit) · See more »
Collar (order)
A collar is an ornate chain, often made of gold and enamel, and set with precious stones, which is worn about the neck as a symbol of membership in various chivalric orders.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Collar (order) · See more »
Commander (order)
Commander (Commendatore, Commandeur, Komtur, Comandante, Comendador), or Knight Commander, is a title of honor prevalent in chivalric order and fraternal orders.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Commander (order) · See more »
Coup d'état
A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Coup d'état · See more »
Dress uniform
Dress uniform (often referred to as full dress uniform, to distinguish it from mess dress, and from semi-formal uniforms, such as the British Army's Service Dress), is the most formal military uniform, typically worn at ceremonies, official receptions, and other special occasions; with order insignias and full size medals.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Dress uniform · See more »
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician serving as President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra since 14 May 2017.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Emmanuel Macron · See more »
Emperor of the French
Emperor of the French (French: Empereur des Français) was the title used by the House of Bonaparte starting when Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title of Emperor on 18 May 1804 by the French Senate and was crowned emperor of the French on 2 December 1804 at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, in Paris, with the Crown of Napoleon.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Emperor of the French · See more »
Executive (government)
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Executive (government) · See more »
Flag of France
The flag of France (Drapeau français) is a tricolour flag featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Flag of France · See more »
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis/fleur-de-lys (plural: fleurs-de-lis/fleurs-de-lys) or flower-de-luce is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means "flower", and lis means "lily") that is used as a decorative design or motif, and many of the Catholic saints of France, particularly St. Joseph, are depicted with a lily.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Fleur-de-lis · See more »
Formal wear
Formal wear, formal attire or full dress is the traditional Western dress code category for the most formal clothing, such as for weddings, christenings, funerals, Easter and Christmas traditions, formal balls and banquets with dancing, as well as certain horse racing events.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Formal wear · See more »
Fourragère
The fourragère is a military award, distinguishing military units as a whole, in the form of a braided cord.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Fourragère · See more »
Franc
The franc (₣) is the name of several currency units.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Franc · See more »
France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
New!!: Legion of Honour and France · See more »
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg, Guerre franco-allemande), often referred to in France as the War of 1870 (19 July 1871) or in Germany as 70/71, was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Franco-Prussian War · See more »
French Civil Service
The French Civil Service (fonction publique française) is the set of civil servants (fonctionnaires) working for the French government.
New!!: Legion of Honour and French Civil Service · See more »
French Consulate
The Consulate (French: Le Consulat) was the government of France from the fall of the Directory in the coup of Brumaire in November 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire in May 1804.
New!!: Legion of Honour and French Consulate · See more »
French Fourth Republic
The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France between 1946 and 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution.
New!!: Legion of Honour and French Fourth Republic · See more »
French Parliament
The French Parliament (Parlement français) is the bicameral legislature of the French Republic, consisting of the Senate (Sénat) and the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale).
New!!: Legion of Honour and French Parliament · See more »
French Red Cross
The French Red Cross (Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national Red Cross Society in France founded in 1864 and originally known as the Société française de secours aux blessés militaires (SSBM).
New!!: Legion of Honour and French Red Cross · See more »
French Republican Calendar
The French Republican Calendar (calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary Calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and for 18 days by the Paris Commune in 1871.
New!!: Legion of Honour and French Republican Calendar · See more »
French Revolution
The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.
New!!: Legion of Honour and French Revolution · See more »
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 1870 when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War until 1940 when France's defeat by Nazi Germany in World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government in France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and French Third Republic · See more »
Fusiliers Marins
The Fusiliers Marins ("Naval Fusiliers") are specialized French naval infantry trained for combat in land and coastal regions.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Fusiliers Marins · See more »
Gilding
Gilding is any decorative technique for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Gilding · See more »
Grand Cross
Grand Cross is the highest class in many orders, and manifested in its insignia.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Grand Cross · See more »
Grand Master (order)
Grand Master (Magister generalis; Großmeister) is a title of the supreme head of various orders, including chivalric orders such as military orders and dynastic orders of knighthood.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Grand Master (order) · See more »
Grandes écoles
The Grandes Écoles (literally in French "Great Schools") of France are higher education establishments that are outside the main framework of the French public university system.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Grandes écoles · See more »
Henry IV of France
Henry IV (Henri IV, read as Henri-Quatre; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithet Good King Henry, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Henry IV of France · See more »
House of Bourbon
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty.
New!!: Legion of Honour and House of Bourbon · See more »
House of Orléans
The 4th House of Orléans, sometimes called House of Bourbon-Orléans (Maison de Bourbon-Orléans) to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet.
New!!: Legion of Honour and House of Orléans · See more »
Jean-Baptiste Debret
Jean-Baptiste Debret (18 April 1768 – 28 June 1848) was a French painter, who produced many valuable lithographs depicting the people of Brazil.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Jean-Baptiste Debret · See more »
Jules Grévy
François Paul Jules Grévy (15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891) was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republican faction.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Jules Grévy · See more »
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Kingdom of Prussia · See more »
Knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political leader for service to the monarch or a Christian Church, especially in a military capacity.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Knight · See more »
L'Obs
L’Obs, previously known as Le Nouvel Observateur (1964–2014), is a weekly French news magazine.
New!!: Legion of Honour and L'Obs · See more »
Laurel wreath
A laurel wreath is a symbol of victory and honor.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Laurel wreath · See more »
Legionary
The Roman legionary (Latin: legionarius, pl. legionarii) was a professional heavy infantryman of the Roman army after the Marian reforms.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Legionary · See more »
Les Invalides
Les Invalides, commonly known as Hôtel national des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids), or also as Hôtel des Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Les Invalides · See more »
Liège
Liège (Lidje; Luik,; Lüttich) is a major Walloon city and municipality and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about north-east). At Liège, the Meuse meets the River Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The Liège municipality (i.e. the city proper) includes the former communes of Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. Population of all municipalities in Belgium on 1 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-10-19. Definitions of metropolitan areas in Belgium. The metropolitan area of Liège is divided into three levels. First, the central agglomeration (agglomeratie) with 480,513 inhabitants (2008-01-01). Adding the closest surroundings (banlieue) gives a total of 641,591. And, including the outer commuter zone (forensenwoonzone) the population is 810,983. Retrieved on 2008-10-19. This includes a total of 52 municipalities, among others, Herstal and Seraing. Liège ranks as the third most populous urban area in Belgium, after Brussels and Antwerp, and the fourth municipality after Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Liège · See more »
List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War
The Légion d'Honneur was awarded to 746 members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War (also known as the Russian War) which lasted from 1854 to 1856.
New!!: Legion of Honour and List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War · See more »
List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur
The Order of Légion d'Honneur is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five degrees: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross).
New!!: Legion of Honour and List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur · See more »
List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name
I am now validating the content of each list; so, thank you for your patience.
New!!: Legion of Honour and List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name · See more »
Louis Philippe I
Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 as the leader of the Orléanist party.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Louis Philippe I · See more »
Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as "the Desired" (le Désiré), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a period in 1815 known as the Hundred Days.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Louis XVIII of France · See more »
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg, Luxembourg, Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Stad Lëtzebuerg or d'Stad, Ville de Luxembourg, Stadt Luxemburg, Luxemburg-Stadt), is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (also named "Luxembourg"), and the country's most populous commune.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Luxembourg City · See more »
Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur
The maisons d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur were the French secondary schools set up by Napoleon and originally meant for the education of girls whose father, grandfather or great-grandfather had been awarded the Légion d'honneur.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur · See more »
Maltese cross
The Maltese cross is the cross symbol associated with the Order of St. John since 1567, with the Knights Hospitaller and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and by extension with the island of Malta.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Maltese cross · See more »
Marianne
Marianne is a national symbol of the French Republic, a personification of liberty and reason, and a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Marianne · See more »
Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Maurice Ravel · See more »
Médaille militaire
The Médaille militaire (Military Medal) is a military decoration of the French Republic for other ranks for meritorious service and acts of bravery in action against an enemy force.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Médaille militaire · See more »
Medal
A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Medal · See more »
Mentioned in dispatches
A member of the armed forces mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which his or her gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Mentioned in dispatches · See more »
Military
A military or armed force is a professional organization formally authorized by a sovereign state to use lethal or deadly force and weapons to support the interests of the state.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Military · See more »
Minister of Health (France)
Minister of Health and Solidarity is a cabinet position in the Government of France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Minister of Health (France) · See more »
Moroccan Goumier
The Moroccan Goumiers (Les Goumiers Marocains) were indigenous soldiers who served in auxiliary units attached to the French Army of Africa, between 1908 and 1956.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Moroccan Goumier · See more »
Motto
A motto (derived from the Latin muttum, 'mutter', by way of Italian motto, 'word', 'sentence') is a maxim; a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group or organization.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Motto · See more »
Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Musée d'Orsay · See more »
Musée de la Légion d'honneur
The Musée national de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie (French for "National museum of the Legion of Honour and of orders of chivalry") is a French national museum of orders of merit and orders of chivalry.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Musée de la Légion d'honneur · See more »
Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Napoleon · See more »
Napoleon III
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the President of France from 1848 to 1852 and as Napoleon III the Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Napoleon III · See more »
National Order of Merit (France)
The National Order of Merit (Ordre national du Mérite) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle.
New!!: Legion of Honour and National Order of Merit (France) · See more »
Nobility of the First French Empire
As Emperor of the French, Napoleon I created titles of nobility to institute a stable elite in the First French Empire, after the instability resulting from the French Revolution.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Nobility of the First French Empire · See more »
Normandie-Niemen
The Normandie-Niemen Fighter Regiment (Régiment de Chasse Normandie-Niémen - (Нормандия-Неман) is a Fighter unit of the French Air Force, which has adopted different formations and designations since 1942. Originally formed as Groupe de Chasse Normandie 3 in 1942, then redesignated as a Regiment (without and with "Niemen" designation the same year) in 1944, then given four different squadron numbers (1953, 1962, 1993, & 1995), and later two Regiments designations respectively (2008, 2011). The unit served on the Eastern Front of the European Theatre of World War II with the 1st Air Army. The regiment is notable for being one of only three units from Western Allied countries to see combat on the Eastern Front during World War II,and Normandie-Niemen was the only Western Allied unit to fight with the Soviet forces until the end of the war in Europe. Initially the Groupe de Chasse 3 (GC 3) (3rd Fighter Group) in the Free French Air Force comprised a group of French fighter pilots sent to aid Soviet forces on the Eastern Front at the suggestion of Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces, who felt it important that French servicemen serve on all fronts in the war. The groupe, first commanded by Jean Tulasne, fought in three campaigns on behalf of the Soviet Union between 22 March 1943, and 9 May 1945, during which time it destroyed 273 enemy aircraft and received numerous orders, citations and decorations from both the Free French and Soviet governments, including the French Légion d’Honneur and the Soviet Order of the Red Banner. Joseph Stalin awarded the unit the name Niemen for its participation in the Battle of the Niemen River. the unit, known as Escadron de chasse 1/30 Normandie-Niemen, flew Dassault Mirage F1CT aircraft. The squadron was briefly disbanded in June 2010 and re-activated in 2011 as a Dassault Rafale unit, with formal reactivation on 25 June 2012 as Escadron de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Normandie-Niemen · See more »
North African Campaign
The North African Campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943.
New!!: Legion of Honour and North African Campaign · See more »
Nun
A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Nun · See more »
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Oak · See more »
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Officer (armed forces) · See more »
Order of chivalry
A chivalric order, order of chivalry, order of knighthood or equestrian order is an order, confraternity or society of knights typically founded during or in inspiration of the original Catholic military orders of the Crusades (circa 1099-1291), paired with medieval concepts of ideals of chivalry.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Order of chivalry · See more »
Order of Liberation
The Order of Liberation ("Ordre de la Libération") is a French Order which was awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Order of Liberation · See more »
Order of merit
An order of merit is an honorific order that is conferred by a state, government, royal family, or other sovereign entity to an individual in recognition of military or civil merit.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Order of merit · See more »
Order of Saint Louis
The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis) is a dynastic order of chivalry founded 5 April 1693 by King Louis XIV, named after Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France).
New!!: Legion of Honour and Order of Saint Louis · See more »
Order of the Holy Spirit
The Order of the Holy Spirit, also known as the Order of the Knights of the Holy Spirit (Ordre du Saint-Esprit or Ordre des chevaliers du Saint-Esprit; sometimes translated into English as the Order of the Holy Ghost), is a French order of chivalry founded by Henry III of France in 1578.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Order of the Holy Spirit · See more »
Palais de la Légion d'Honneur
The Palais de la Légion d'Honneur (French for "Palace of the Legion of Honour") is a building on the Left Bank of the River Seine in Paris.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Palais de la Légion d'Honneur · See more »
Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Paris · See more »
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune (La Commune de Paris) was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Paris Commune · See more »
Paris Fire Brigade
The Paris Fire Brigade (French: Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris, BSPP), is a French Army unit which serves as the primary fire and rescue service for Paris and certain sites of national strategic importance.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Paris Fire Brigade · See more »
Paris Police Prefecture
The Paris Police Prefecture (Préfecture de police de Paris) is the unit of the French Ministry of the Interior which provides police, emergency services and various administrative services to the population of the city of Paris and the surrounding three suburban départements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Paris Police Prefecture · See more »
Pluviôse
Pluviôse (also Pluviose) was the fifth month in the French Republican Calendar.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Pluviôse · See more »
President of France
The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française) is the executive head of state of France in the French Fifth Republic.
New!!: Legion of Honour and President of France · See more »
President of the European Parliament
The President of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament.
New!!: Legion of Honour and President of the European Parliament · See more »
Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine
The Régiment d'infanterie chars de marine RICM in French, (R.I.C.M, or Marine Infantry Tank Regiment) is a light cavalry regiment of the French Army heir to the Régiment d'infanterie coloniale du Maroc RICM (R.I.C.M, or Colonial Infantry Regiment of Morocco).
New!!: Legion of Honour and Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine · See more »
Referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Referendum · See more »
Ribbon
A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Ribbon · See more »
Ribbons of the French military and civil awards
This is a list of the ribbons of the French military and civil awards.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Ribbons of the French military and civil awards · See more »
Roman legion
A Roman legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription", from legere "to choose") was a large unit of the Roman army.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Roman legion · See more »
Rosette (decoration)
A rosette is a small, circular device that is typically presented with a medal.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Rosette (decoration) · See more »
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis · See more »
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Saint-Germain-en-Laye · See more »
Sash
A sash is a large and usually colorful ribbon or band of material worn around the body, draping from one shoulder to the opposing hip, or else running around the waist.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Sash · See more »
Seat (legal entity)
In legal English, the seat of a corporation or organisation, as a legal entity, is the location of its headquarters.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Seat (legal entity) · See more »
Secretary (title)
Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Secretary (title) · See more »
Seine
The Seine (La Seine) is a river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Seine · See more »
Service ribbon
A service ribbon, medal ribbon, or ribbon bar is a small ribbon, mounted on a small metal bar equipped with an attaching device, which is generally issued for wear in place of a medal when it is not appropriate to wear the actual medal.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Service ribbon · See more »
Simone Veil
Simone Annie Liline Veil, DBE (Jacob; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Simone Veil · See more »
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF, "French National Railway Company") is France's national state-owned railway company.
New!!: Legion of Honour and SNCF · See more »
Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Sweden · See more »
Thomas W. Evans
Thomas Wiltberger Evans (December 23, 1823 – November 14, 1897) was a dentist.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Thomas W. Evans · See more »
Tirailleur
A tirailleur, in the Napoleonic era, was a type of light infantry trained to skirmish ahead of the main columns.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Tirailleur · See more »
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, Army West Point, The Academy or simply The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York, in Orange County.
New!!: Legion of Honour and United States Military Academy · See more »
Volgograd
Volgograd (p), formerly Tsaritsyn, 1589–1925, and Stalingrad, 1925–1961, is an important industrial city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, on the western bank of the Volga River.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Volgograd · See more »
Weapons of Honour
Weapons of Honour (French: Armes d'honneur) are ceremonial weapons awarded for service or assistance to France.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Weapons of Honour · See more »
World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
New!!: Legion of Honour and World War I · See more »
World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
New!!: Legion of Honour and World War II · See more »
Zouave
The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa, as well as some units of other countries modelled upon them.
New!!: Legion of Honour and Zouave · See more »
11th Marine Artillery Regiment
The 11th Marine Artillery Regiment (France) (11e Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine, 11e RAMa) is an artillery regiment of the French Army.
New!!: Legion of Honour and 11th Marine Artillery Regiment · See more »
1st Foreign Regiment
The 1st Foreign Regiment (1er Régiment étranger, 1er RE) and the 2nd Foreign are the original and most senior founding regiments of the French Foreign Legion.
New!!: Legion of Honour and 1st Foreign Regiment · See more »
1st Marine Artillery Regiment
The 1st Marine Artillery Regiment (1er Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine, 1er RAMa) is one of the oldest marine artillery units in the military of France, as part of the troupes de marine within the French Army.
New!!: Legion of Honour and 1st Marine Artillery Regiment · See more »
1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
The 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 1er R.P.I.Ma) is one of three regiments (1er R.P.I.Ma, 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (13e R.D.P), 4e R.H.F.S) in the French Army Special Forces Command (COM FST).
New!!: Legion of Honour and 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment · See more »
1st Marine Infantry Regiment
The 1st Marine Infantry Regiment (1er Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 1er RIMa) is a French regiment heir of the colonial infantry.
New!!: Legion of Honour and 1st Marine Infantry Regiment · See more »
1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment
The 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1er R.C.P) is the oldest and among the most decorated airborne regiments of the French Army.
New!!: Legion of Honour and 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment · See more »
2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the French Foreign Legion.
New!!: Legion of Honour and 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment · See more »
2nd Marine Infantry Regiment
The 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment (2e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 2e RIMa) is a unit of the French Army, the only regiment to bear 16 battle honours inscriptions of the regimental colors.
New!!: Legion of Honour and 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment · See more »
3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment
The 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3e Régiment étranger d'infanterie, 3e REI) is an infantry regiment of the French Foreign Legion.
New!!: Legion of Honour and 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment · See more »
Redirects here:
Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur, Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur, Chevalier de France, Chevalier de La Légion d'Honneur, Chevalier de Legion d'Honneur, Chevalier de Legion d'honneur, Chevalier de Légion d'honneur, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the National Order of the Légion d’honneur, Chevalier of the Order of the Légion d'honneur, Commandant of the Legion, Commander of the Legion of Honor, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur, Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, Croix d'Officier of the Legion of Honour, Cross of the Legion of Honor, Cross of the Légion d'honneur, French Legion Of Honour, French Legion of Honor, French Legion of Honour, French Légion d'honneur, French Légion d’Honneur, French legion of honor, Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor, Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour, Grand Croix de la Legion d'honneur, Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Order of the Legion of Honour, Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur, Grand-Croix de la Legion d'honneur, Grand-Croix de la Légion d'honneur, Knight of the Legion of Honor, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, Legie d'honeur, Legion d'Honneur, Legion d'Honour, Legion d'honeur, Legion d'honneur, Legion d'honneur Croix de Commandeur, Legion d’Honneur, Legion of Honor, Legion of Honor Chevalier, Legion of Honor of France, Legion of honor, Legion of honour, LoH, Légion d'Honneur, Légion d'honneur, Légion d'honneur Croix de Commandeur, Légion d'honneur de France, Légion d´honneur, Légion d’Honneur, Légion d’honneur, Légion of Honor, National Order of the Legion of Honor, National Order of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour (France), Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, Officier de la Legion d'honneur, Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, Officier de la Légion d'honneur, Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur, Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur, The Legion of Honor.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Honour
