Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Portuguese Legion (Portuguese: Legião Portuguesa) was a Portuguese paramilitary state organization founded in 1936 during dictator António de Oliveira Salazar''s right-wing regime, the Estado Novo. It was dissolved in 1974. Its stated objectives were to "defend the spiritual heritage " 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.