The Duke Blue Devils are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina. Duke's athletics department features 27 varsity teams that all compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry battalion.
The 1906–07 Trinity Blue and White men's basketball team
A Blue Devils baseball pitcher in 2014
Tip off of a Duke women's basketball game in Cameron Indoor Stadium
Wallace Wade Stadium, home to Duke football and site of the 1942 Rose Bowl.
The chasseurs alpins are the elite mountain infantry force of the French Army. They are trained to operate in mountainous terrain and in urban warfare.
Chasseurs alpins during the Occupation of the Ruhr in Buer (now Gelsenkirchen), 1923.
Vichy-era recruitment poster for the 13th Battalion
Training of chasseurs alpins on the Mont Blanc massif.
13th Battalion in Chambéry (Savoie)