The Army of the West (armée de l'Ouest) was one of the French Revolutionary Armies that was sent to fight in the War in the Vendée in western France. The...
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Modern equipment of the French Army is a list of equipment currently in service with the French Army. Figures are provided by the Ministry of Armed Forces...
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Army of the West may refer to: Army of the West (1793), a French Revolutionary unit during the French Revolutionary Wars Army of the West (1846), a United...
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lines. Starting 10 May 1940, Wehrmacht armies invaded Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and parts of France. In Fall Gelb ("Case Yellow"), German armoured...
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The First Army (French: 1re Armée) was a field army of France that fought during World War I and World War II. It was also active during the Cold War....
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The French Revolutionary Army (French: Armée révolutionnaire française) was the French land force that fought the French Revolutionary Wars from 1792 to...
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The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération, [aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛz də la libeʁasjɔ̃], AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from...
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The Army of the North or Armée du Nord is a name given to several historical units of the French Army. The first was one of the French Revolutionary Armies...
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a large contribution to the war effort, the Polish Armed Forces in the West was composed of army, air and naval forces. The Poles soon became shock troops...
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The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after...
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Free France (French: France libre) was a political entity claiming to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the Third Republic...
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formed in 1942, during the North African campaign and surrendered to the Allies at Tunis in 1943. The army was re-formed in France in 1944, fought in Western...
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The Fourth Army (French: IVe Armée), nicknamed the "Army of Fontainebleau", was a unit of the French Army, which fought during World War I and World War...
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Rudolph (French: Rodolphe), sometimes called Ralph (French: Raoul; c. 890 – 14/15 January 936), was the king of France from 923 until his death in 936...
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certain; some in the French army lobbied for the alternative mass production of super-heavy tanks. Much design effort was put in this line of development resulting...
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The Armistice Army (French: Armée de l'Armistice) or Vichy French Army (French: Vichy Armée française) was the armed forces of Vichy France permitted...
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France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several...
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French West Africa (French: Afrique-Occidentale française, AOF) was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal...
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The structure of the French Army is fixed by Chapter 2 of Title II of Book II of the Third Part of the Code of Defense, notably resulting in the codification...
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Front. The First Army Group guarded the north-east frontier of France, ready to move into Belgium and the Netherlands to oppose any German invasion of those...
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The French Imperial Army (French: Armée Impériale) was the land force branch of the French imperial military during the Napoleonic era. The beginnings...
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The Tenth Army (French: Xe Armée) was a Field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II. The Tenth Army, first called détachement d'armée...
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called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Carolus Simplex), was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia...
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Peninsular War (redirect from Army of Spain (France))
army in Andalusia defeated the French at the Battle of Bailén, considered the first open-field defeat of the Napoleonic army on a European battlefield...
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The Polish Army in France formed in France under the command of General Władysław Sikorski (and hence sometimes known as Sikorski's Army) in late 1939...
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Western Front (World War II) (redirect from France and Germany 1944-1945)
against the remaining French armies. With most of the French armies either destroyed or taken prisoner, the Germans quickly broke through the French lines...
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battle honours. The battle honour "North-West Europe campaign of 1940, was awarded to some army units that were involved in the Battle of France, and was restricted...
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The first Army Group A, previously known as "Army Group South", was active from October 1939 to June 1941 and notably served in the Battle of France as...
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monarchy, the first standing army since Roman times, and the use of artillery, France expelled the English from its territory and came out of the Middle...
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designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence...
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