Back الفيلق النمساوي Arabic Austrijska legija BS Österreichische Legion German Legión Austríaca Spanish Legion Austriacki (III Rzesza) Polish Австрийский легион Russian 奥地利军团 Chinese
The Austrian Legion (Österreichische Legion) was a Nazi paramilitary group founded in 1933 from expatriate Austrian Nazis. Its members, mostly Sturmabteilung (SA), were trained in military camps in Bavaria, then armed in preparation for a potential invasion of Austria. Operating from 1933 to 1938, the Legion proved mostly ineffective and in some cases detrimental to Germany's interests in Austria.