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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Rue de Montmorency in Paris along with a significant pension of 120,000 francs. According to Napoleon's valet, Constant, Napoleon was deeply moved by the...
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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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Army of Châlons (section 1st Army Corps)
Corps, which joined the camp of Châlons between August 14 and 17, the 5th Corps of général Failly, the 7th Corps of général Douay, and the 12th Corps...
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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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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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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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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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Casbah contained at least 250 million francs. During the French conquest of Algiers in 1830, more than 100 million francs were pillaged from the treasury according...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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d'une référence identitaire?". In Chrétien, Jean-Pierre (ed.). Histoire d'Afrique (in French). Paris: Editions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-86537-904-0. Gallieni...
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bonus offered to Swiss volunteers was twenty francs, which paled in comparison to the British 150 franc bonus. Ultimately France was able to recruit 1...
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