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    The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. 'Army of Land'), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the...
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    The French 2nd Armored Division (French: 2e Division Blindée, 2e DB), commanded by General Philippe Leclerc, fought during the final phases of World War...
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  • La Grande Armée (French for 'The Great Army'; French pronunciation: [ɡʀɑ̃d aʀme]) was the main military component of the French Imperial Army commanded...
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    The French Air and Space Force (French: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, lit. 'Army of Air and Space') is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces...
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    Infantry Regiment (French: 2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie, 2e REI) is an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. The regiment is...
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    The Armée d'Orient (English: Army of the Orient) was the French military force gathered by the French Directory to send on the expedition to Ottoman Egypt...
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    foreign nationals into the French Army. It formed part of the Armée d’Afrique, the French Army's units associated with France's colonial project in North...
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    Parachute Regiment (French: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. It is one...
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    As such it was the most prestigious formation in Napoleon's Grande Armée. French soldiers often referred to Napoleon's Old Guard as "the Immortals"....
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  • 2nd Army Corps (French: 2e Corps d'Armée) was first formed before World War I. During World War II it fought in the Campaign for France in 1940 and during...
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  • The Armée d'Orient (AO) was a field army of the French Army during World War I who fought on the Macedonian front. The Armée d'Orient was formed in September...
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    Müllheim (Germany) "1re division - Armée française". www.defense.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-28. "1re division - Armée française". www.defense.gouv.fr. Retrieved...
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    Regiment preserved within the framework of the Armée d'Armistice, as a garrison force at Orange 1942 : Armée d'Armistice dissolved 1943 : Regiment reconstituted...
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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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  • Marche du Maroc »D.M du Maroc) was an infantry division of France's Army of Africa (French: Armée d'Afrique) which participated in World War I. During the...
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  • Corps was subordinated to General de Lattre's Armée B. Following the liberation of Corsica, the French proposed to invade the island of Elba, possession...
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    Chartres 2e Division Blindée, (2e DB), Versailles, France 2e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien (2e RCS), Satory 2e Régiment de Dragons (2e RD), Laon-Couvron...
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  • Aviation School, in Le Cannet-des-Maures Base École - 2e Régiment d'Hélicoptères de Combat (base école - 2e RHC), School Base - 2nd Combat Helicopter Regiment...
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    Armée de terre". www.defense.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022. "6e Brigade Légère Blindée". French government...
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    Infantry Division (French: 2e Division d'Infanterie Marocaine, 2e DIM) was an infantry division of the Army of Africa (French: Armée d'Afrique) which participated...
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    Engineer Regiment (French: 2e Régiment Etranger de Génie, 2e REG) is one of two combat engineer regiments of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. Stationed...
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    Napoleon himself, called them "The Immortals Of France." Raised in 1806 from veterans of the Grande Armée, the 2e Régiment de Grenadiers-à-Pied de la Garde...
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    Camp Raffalli (category Military parachuting in France)
    from a C-160 ""2e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes" - Armée française". www.defense.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-02-23. ""La garrison - 2e régiment étranger...
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    missiles), in Hyères 2e Brigade Blindée (2e BB) – 2nd Armored Brigade, in Strasbourg 2e Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions (2e CCT) - 2nd Command...
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    participated to combats of the Armée de la Loire. During the Paris Commune in 1871, the regiment participated with the Armée Versaillaise. The regiment joined...
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    vice-amiral Contre maître Aide pilote Second maître appelés Second maître de 1re classe Second maître de 2e classe Quartier-maitre-chef de carrière French Navy...
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    Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (category Marshals of France)
    regiments of 2e DB, the 12e Régiment de Cuirassiers (12e RC) and the 12e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique [fr] (12e RCA), were drawn from the Vichy Armée d'Afrique...
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    ships of France Along with the U.S., U.K., China, Russia, Italy, India, and Spain "Defence Key Figures: 2016 Edition". Ministère des Armėes. (download...
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    Armistice Army (French: Armée de l'Armistice) or Vichy French Army (French: Vichy Armée française) was the armed forces of Vichy France permitted under...
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    17, 1870: the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 2e RIMa was part of the Armée de Châlons (1870) (French: Armée de Châlons (1870)) of Marshal de MacMahon. With...
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