Since its inception in 1831, the French Foreign Legion, a specialised unit within the ranks of the French military, has played a prominent role in the wars of both colonisation and decolonisation. This article seeks to trace the origins, development and eventual decline of an Italian and international ‘Legionary issue’ regarding the recruitment and employment of Italian volunteers in a foreign military force deployed in the French decolonisation war in Indochina. Through the examination of archival sources as well as autobiographical narratives by Italian legionnaires, this study offers a novel perspective on the interplay between Italy’s political, economic and sociocultural trends, the enlistment of Italian volunteers into the French Foreign Legion, and the evolution of Italo-French relations in the postwar period.

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从移民到军团士兵：1945-54 年法国外籍军团中围绕意大利人的外交和政治紧张局势


自 1831 年成立以来，法国外籍军团是法国军队中的一支专业部队，在殖民化和非殖民化战争中发挥了重要作用。本文旨在追溯意大利和国际“军团问题”的起源、发展和最终衰落，该问题涉及在法国印度支那非殖民化战争中部署的外国军队中招募和雇用意大利志愿者。通过检查档案资料以及意大利军团士兵的自传式叙述，本研究为意大利的政治、经济和社会文化趋势、意大利志愿者加入法国外籍军团以及战后意大利-法国关系的演变之间的相互作用提供了一个新颖的视角。