From Freedom Fighters to Imperialistic Agents: Slovenian Members of the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War and in Post-War Yugoslavia
From Freedom Fighters to Imperialistic Agents: Slovenian Members of the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War and in Post-War Yugoslavia

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with Slovenians who fought in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion during the Second World War. While some of them joined the Legion in years immediately before the outbreak of the Second World War (or at least the German invasion of France), most of them became legionnaires after the 1940 invasion. In fact, the largest group of Slovenians were previously mobilized in Italian or German armed forces and then deserted to the Legion during the war or joined it from prisoner-of-war camps. With the end of the war, some stayed in the Legion, while most of them returned to their homeland, where some faced persecution from the communist regime.

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