6th Foreign Infantry Regiment

6th Foreign Infantry Regiment
6e régiment étranger d'infanterie
Regimental Insignia of 6e REI Type II
Active1939–1940
1949–1955
Disbanded1940
1955
Country France
Branch French Army
TypeInfantry
Size3,300
Motto(s)AD UNUM (All to one End)
ColorsGreen & Red
EngagementsCamerone 1863

Battle of Messifre
World War II

First Indochina War

Algerian War
Each year, the Legion commemorates and celebrates Camarón in its headquarters in Aubagne and Bastille Day military parade in Paris; featuring the Pionniers leading and opening the way.

The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: 6e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie, 6e REI) was an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1955.[1]

  1. ^ Windrow, Martin (1999). French Foreign Legion 1914–1945. p. 21.