You may remember that a couple of years ago a unit of Spanish soldiers went viral when images appeared of them on Instagram and Twitter. Well, it happened again after new videos appeared on TikTok.

ALMERIA, Spain - Even though 1st Lt. Brenton Westbrook had never worked with the Spanish Legion he knew there were challenges to face. "It's going to be a learning experience," Westbrook said. The ...

They are musclebound and tanned, with sage-green shirts open to the chest, bulges below their black leather belts, and chinstraps curiously slung along their chiselled jaws. They are the elite troops ...

ELITE Spanish soldiers are being ordered to go on diets after many of them were deemed too overweight to fight. Some troops from the fearsome Spanish Legion have been offered a weight-loss plan to ...

With our global leaders rushing to get ahead of the coronavirus pandemic, countries are experimenting with various solutions in order to flatten the curve and slow the spread of the virus. Across the ...

The fierce reputation of Spanish Legion soldiers is being put to the test: too fat, some of them have been offered a weight-loss plan to save the "prestige" of the force. All legionnaires of this ...

Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri, 2016. Pp. xxii, 292. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $50.00. ISBN: 0826220835 The Spanish Legion in the Opening Phase of ...

There is unease in Spain over plans for a Madrid statue honouring soldiers who spearheaded Franco's fascist movement. This week marks the centenary of what is often described as the most shocking ...