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title: French Foreign Legionnaires Eating British Rations
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19261/french-foreign-legionnaires-eating-british-rations/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-07-22
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# French Foreign Legionnaires Eating British Rations

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## Image File

[![French Foreign Legionnaires Eating British Rations](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19261.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19261.png)

## Image Caption

Two members of the French Foreign Legion who fought at the [battle of Bir Hakeim](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2504/battle-of-bir-hakeim/) in June 1942 during the Second World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1939-45). They are eating tinned corned beef, part of their British Army rations. (Imperial War Museums)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, I. W. (2024, July 22). French Foreign Legionnaires Eating British Rations. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19261/french-foreign-legionnaires-eating-british-rations/>
### Chicago
Museums, Imperial War. "French Foreign Legionnaires Eating British Rations." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 22, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19261/french-foreign-legionnaires-eating-british-rations/>.
### MLA
Museums, Imperial War. "French Foreign Legionnaires Eating British Rations." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 Jul 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19261/french-foreign-legionnaires-eating-british-rations/>.

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