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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Chief of the Free France. The flag of France, darker red and blue variant. The flag of France, lighter red and blue variant. The French soldiers started...
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The Free French Air Forces (French: Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres, FAFL) were the air arm of the Free French Forces in the Second World War, created...
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The Free French Naval Forces (French: Forces Navales Françaises Libres, or FNFL) were the naval arm of the Free French Forces during the Second World War...
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unoccupied "free zone" (zone libre), where it remained responsible for the civil administration of France as well as its colonies. The occupation of France by...
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London and under its operational military command. Free French Air Force. Free French Naval Forces. French Resistance and the National Council of the Resistance...
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of the Allied Powers, Free French forces in London and Algiers, as well as the French Resistance. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. Their rapid...
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French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon under the control of Free France in World War II. It provided a political and territorial base for Free France and...
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The 1st Free French Division (French: 1re Division Française Libre, 1re DFL) was one of the principal units of the Free French Forces (FFL) during World...
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d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres or FFL) during World War II. The military force of Free France, it participated in the...
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legionnaires, expatriate fighters, and Communist snipers under the Free French Forces in the Allied chain of command. In 1944, after the Allies had...
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French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy régime in France during...
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of the French Republic (PGFR; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF)) was the provisional government of Free France between...
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Charles de Gaulle (redirect from Charles de Gaulle of France)
(22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French military officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II...
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in France. Its head office is in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and it is the second-largest ISP in France. Free provides ISP services in France and...
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the south known as zone libre ("free zone") was also occupied and renamed zone sud ("south zone"). Its role in France was partly governed by the conditions...
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attacks that had been intended to either compel the battleship to join the Free French Naval Forces or sink her; these included during Operation Catapult in...
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Free French Flight refers to three specific fledgling units in the Free French Air Force (FAFL) which were created in the Middle East on 8 July 1940. Free...
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Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (redirect from Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (France))
upheld by Free France. Since the triumph of the Free French side in World War II, this version is the only one officially recognized by the French government...
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Allied invasion of France. It operated as a government-in-exile until April 1945, when the Sigmaringen enclave was taken by Free French forces. Pétain was...
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Vichy France (while supporting Free France) from 1942 to 1944 during World War II. Tensions, however, rose during the American Civil War, as France intervened...
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the name France comes from the Latin Francia, or "realm of the Franks". The name of the Franks is related to the English word frank ("free"): the latter...
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Gaulle and the Free French took control of the overseas colonies one-by-one and used them as bases from which they prepared to liberate France. Historian...
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World War II by country (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
French Guiana, part of Vichy France, was a major concern, and was defended by the Schutterij. On 16 March 1943, French Guiana sided with Free France....
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most of her career) a floatplane. Surcouf served in the French Navy and, later, the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War. Surcouf disappeared...
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The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as...
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the name, 'French free climbing' is not considered 'free climbing' per se, and a climber that uses the technique could not claim a 'first free ascent' of...
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strengthened in the late 1940s.[citation needed] In 1940, French Cameroon rallied to Free France. Troops under General Philippe Leclerc landed at Douala...
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Allied leaders of World War II (section Free French Forces (and later Fighting France and Provisional government of the French Republic))
instrumental in building support for Free France in French Equatorial Africa; he served as acting Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa until 1944. Jean...
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much of France, and was replaced by the rival governments of Charles de Gaulle's Free France (La France libre) and Philippe Pétain's French State (L'État...
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