Czechoslovak Legion in France

Company, was disbanded, and volunteers continued to fight in various French army and Foreign Legion units.

On 20 May 1918 the 22nd Czechoslovak Rifle Regiment was created, initially fighting as part of the French 134th Infantry Division.

On 29 June the government of France officially acknowledged the right of Czechs and Slovaks to independence, and the next day both regiments took an oath of allegiance in presence of the French president, Raymond Poincaré, as well as Czechoslovak independence movement officials, including Edvard Beneš.

In 1918 a Czechoslovak brigade, under command of the French general Philippe, consisting of the 21st and 22nd Rifle regiments, was formed in France, and saw combat near Vouziers.

The Czechoslovak Legion was honored in the painting the "Panthéon de la Guerre" by the inclusion of its flag.