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Its stated objectives were to "''defend the spiritual heritage [of Portugal]''" and to "''fight the [[communist]] threat and [[anarchism]]''". During [[World War II]], the Portuguese Legion was the only Portuguese state organization that openly adopted and defended [[Hitler]]'s aims for [[Europe]], some of them joined the German Army during the war, after the war the Portuguese Legion and Portugal itself were seen as fascists, so the Portuguese Legion lost some power.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}.
The Portuguese Legion was under the control of the [[Ministry of the Interior]] and [[Ministry of War|War]], and was responsible for coordinating [[civil defense]] in Portuguese territory, including in the [[Portuguese Empire]]. It was deeply involved in multiple collaborations with [[PIDE]], the political police that was the authoritarian regime's main tool of repression. They used the [[
==Membership==
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==Organisation==
===Naval Brigade===
The ''Brigada Naval da LP'' was established on 5
With the Naval Brigade as a reserve force for the Navy, its militia officers formed the ''Reserva Legionária (Reserva L)'' of the Navy.
The Naval Brigade was based at the Marinheiros Barracks in [[Alcântara, Lisbon]] - where it had a battalion and a band - and had detachments in [[Porto]], [[Ponta Delgada]] and [[Angra do Heroísmo]].
==Oath==
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In addition to the legionnaires, there were subscribers who were not members of the LP, but contributed to its financing.
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[[Category:Organisations based in Portugal]]
[[Category:Estado Novo (Portugal)]]
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