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...

This is a list of the ships of the Free French Naval Forces. Béarn Lorraine (obsolete) Paris (obsolete) Courbet (obsolete) - scuttled during the Battle...

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...

Axis forces with the Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres), supported the resistance in Nazi-occupied France, known as the French Forces of the...

her career) a floatplane. Surcouf served in the French Navy and, later, the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War. Surcouf disappeared...

had been intended to either compel the battleship to join the Free French Naval Forces or sink her; these included during Operation Catapult in July 1940...

Kingdom, declared his allegiance to Free France and joined the Free French Naval Forces. During the Second World War he fought in the Channel campaign...

until 1940, when she became part of the naval forces of Vichy France. In 1942 she joined the Free French Naval Forces. She was stricken in 1946. Amazone was...

corvettes built for the Royal Navy were commissioned into the Free French Naval Forces on completion: Aconit; ex-HMS Aconite, commissioned 23 July 1941...

Submarine Forces of France (French: Forces Sous-Marines, FSM) are one of the four main components of the French Navy. The force oversees all French submarines...

became part of the naval forces of Vichy France. She returned to the Allied side late in 1942 when she joined the Free French Naval Forces. Antiope was authorized...

FAFL) Free French Naval Forces (Forces Navales Françaises Libres, FNFL) Free French Naval Air Service (Aéronavale française libre, AFL) Naval Commandos...

class, Lorraine, was seized by the British and turned over to the Free French Naval Forces. Refloated and returned to Toulon, Dunkerque and Provence were...

Charles de Gaulle founded the Free French Forces, including a naval arm, the Free Naval French Forces (Forces navales françaises libres, FNFL). To distinguish...

the nine Flower-class corvettes lent by the Royal Navy to the Free French Naval Forces. During World War II, she escorted 116 convoys, spending 728 days...

the forces of Vichy France until November 1942, when she became part of the Free French Naval Forces. She was stricken in 1946. French sources sometimes...

branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in the world recognised as being a blue-water navy. The French Navy is capable...

Alexandria, where she was disarmed by the Royal Navy. After joining the Free French Naval Forces in December 1942, Lorraine was refitted for active service. She...

1940, he joined the Second Office of the Free French Naval Forces and requested to be sent to occupied France. After having convinced General de Gaulle...

(French pronunciation: [emil ɑ̃ʁi myzəlje]; Marseilles, 17 April 1882 – Toulon, 2 September 1965) was a French admiral who led the Free French Naval Forces...

The French Armed Forces (French: Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France. They consist of four military branches – the Army, the Navy...

part of the French Independent Naval Force. Gloire initially stayed loyal to the Vichy French government. Free French Forces’ successes in Chad and Cameroon...

February 1961) was an officer in the French Navy. As an admiral, he was commander of the Free French naval forces in the Pacific and the Mediterranean...

Free French Forces and became a low-ranking naval officer on the French destroyer Léopard, serving as radio officer. He then joined the Free French army...

dreadnought era decades before—were considered one of the decisive forces in naval warfare. There were two engagements between battleships in the Pacific...

the French Navy during the Cold War, in commission from 1973 until 1997. She was named after the corvette Aconit which fought in the Free French Naval Forces...

was a destroyer of the Free French Naval Forces (FNFL). A British-built Hunt-class destroyer, she was offered to the Free French in 1942. Laid down as...

efforts of the Allied Powers, Free French forces in London and Africa, as well as the French Resistance. Nazi Germany invaded France in May 1940. Their rapid...

the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war...

innovation was improved communications and encryption; allowing for mass-attack naval tactics. By the end of the war, almost 3,000 Allied ships (175 warships...