Freikorps (redirect from Corps Francs d'Afrique)
Allied Invasion of Vichy French North Africa the Corps Francs d'Afrique (CFA) (African Corps Franc) was raised in French Morocco within the Free French...
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control of 18th Army Group) Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley Corps Francs d'Afrique (three battalions) One Tabor Moroccan Goumiers U.S. 13th Field Artillery...
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September 1946. Monsabert commanded first the Corps Francs d'Afrique and then the reserve elements of the XIX Corps (France) during the campaign for Tunisia...
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II Corps (co-ordinated by First Army but under direct control of 18th Army Group) Commanded by: Major General Omar Bradley Corps Francs d'Afrique (three...
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Following the landing, Bonnier was one of the first to commit to the Corps Francs d'Afrique training under the initial direction of Henri d'Astier de la Vigerie...
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Romain (1999). De Giraud à de Gaulle: Les corps Francs d'Afrique [Giraud to de Gaulle: the French Corps of Africa] (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan....
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1942, the Free French authorities based in Algeria created the Corps Francs d'Afrique. This was a regular division intended for volunteer civilian combatants...
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which was only lightly held by poorly-equipped French troops of the Corps Francs d'Afrique. The German advance, led by Colonel Rudolf Witzig's Parachute Engineer...
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The area was lightly held by poorly-equipped French troops of the Corps Francs d'Afrique. Division von Manteuffel led the attack with elite troops of the...
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Expeditionary Corps (FEC) (French: Corps Expéditionnaire Français, CEF), also known as the French Expeditionary Corps in Italy (FECI) (French: Corps Expéditionaire...
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de La Chapelle, one of the 7 November activists enlisted in the Corps Francs d'Afrique in World War II, shot Darlan. He was executed, after a summary trial...
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was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres, FFL) during...
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ISBN 2-20722717-0. Retrieved 13 February 2017. 1985: La Vérité sur mon Corps franc d'Afrique, 1942-1943. Le Pavé dans la mare (in French). Éditions du Rocher...
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Army of Châlons (section 1st Army Corps)
Régiment de Chasseurs d’Afrique) (Colonel Clicquot) 3rd African Chasseurs Regiment (French: 3e Régiment de Chasseurs d’Afrique) (Colonel de Galliffet)...
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Armistice Army (section Other corps formations)
(Sousse and Gabes) 43rd Colonial Infantry Regiment (Bizerta) 4th Chasseurs d'Afrique (Tunis) [[4th Tunisian Spahis Regiment|4th Tunisian Spahis]] 62nd African...
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brigade was among several units formed from FFI personnel, such as the Corps Franc Pommiès, that made up what up General Lattre used as a reserve. AP (11...
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summoned into larger armies as needed. There was also provisions made for francs-archers, which was a militia of bowmen and foot soldiers raised from the...
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shipped from France to Morocco to be used by the 1e Régiment Chasseurs d'Afrique, which received them on 15 December 1937. They were at the time the most...
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August 1943, Free French Forces united with the Army of Africa (L'Armée d'Afrique) to form the French Liberation Army (Armée française de la Libération...
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of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, two platoons of the 3rd Chasseurs d'Afrique and the 6th Squadron of the 6th Dragoon Regiment, marched north to Virton...
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secrétaire général de "La France militaire", une dépense d'environ, 50 000 francs. — L'Illustration (2 June 1928) The future mosque, of that same red color...
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which received 39, part of 3e Cuirassiers, the 4th DLM (10), and some Corps-francs Motorisés (about 25). Also the destroyed 1st, 2nd and 3rd DLM were reconstituted...
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being the 7th Africa Light Infantry Regiment (7e régiment de chasseurs d'Afrique [fr], 7e RCA), created in 1943, which fought the Italians, French, and...
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the franc was devalued three times. Old age pensions were raised by 300 francs per month to 1,700 francs for a single person and to 3,700 francs for a...
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costing the French government and City of Paris 318m francs, the exhibition made a profit of 33m francs. Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal...
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which received 39, part of 3e Cuirassiers, the 4th DLM (10), and some Corps-francs Motorisés (about 25). Also the destroyed 1st, 2nd and 3rd DLM were reconstituted...
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between Algiers and Britain, Genoa and France. The French Compagnie royale d'Afrique [fr] controlled French wheat imports in 1741 from the Algerian Constantinois...
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do not include the 123 Frenchmen killed belonging to the FFI of the Franc Corps Pommiès/49th Infantry Regiment attached temporarily to the division between...
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Marocains (M3 Stuart reconnaissance battalion) 12e Régiment de Chasseurs d’Afrique (M4 Sherman tank battalion) 12e Régiment de Cuirassiers (M4 Sherman tank...
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