unrelated to the Freikorps) were the "Corps Franc". Starting in October 1939, the French Army raised a number of Corps Franc units with the mission of carrying...

The Corps Franc de la Montagne Noire (Free Corps of the Black Mountain) or C.F.M.N, was a fighting unit of the French resistance, during World War II....

The Swiss franc, or simply the franc, is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is also legal tender in the Italian exclave...

Maquis de Saffré in Loire Atlantique Maquis de Saint-Marcel in Brittany Corps Franc du Sidobre (Tarn) Maquis La Tourette in the Hérault created by Jean Bène...

French Revolution, a franc-tireur was a member of a corps of light infantry organised separately from the regular army. Francs-tireurs were an outgrowth...

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...

U.S. 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...

the units. Units such as the 49th Infantry Regiment (formerly the FFI Corps Franc Pommiés) and the 3rd Demi-Brigade of Chasseurs (formerly the FFI Alsace-Lorraine...

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...

during the Nazi Invasion. Taking inspiration for their name from the Corps Francs which had played an important role in the Phoney War, they were a very...

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...

would raise a unit of volunteers of its own, dubbed the Wallonia Free Corps (Corps Franc Wallonie) or Walloon Legion (Légion Wallonie). Unlike comparable Flemish...

2023-05-16. Bellec, Olivier (June 2000). "L'équipement et l'armement des corps francs". Militaria Magazine (in French). No. 179. Histoire & Collections. pp...

French units. In September 1938, the French Army also introduced the corps franc, special formations of infiltration and deep reconnaissance soldiers...

310 p. [pas d'ISBN] Baltikum: dans le Reich de la défaite, le combat des corps-francs, 1918-1923, Robert Laffont, coll. " L'Histoire que nous vivons ", Paris...

the Mouvements unis de la Résistance, the Maquis de Vabre became the Corps franc de la libération no. 10, before joining the French forces of the interior...

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...

(2003). "Un nouveau Drang nach Osten ? La France face à la menace des corps francs allemands dans les pays baltes, 1919". Revue internationale d'histoire...

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....

later become Captain Hoche in command of the 4th company F.F.I. (4th corps franc of Auvergne region) of the region Maquis du Mont Mouchet headed by Colonel...

Puy-de-Dôme. In April 1943, he went into hiding and created the Auvergne 1st Corps Franc, whose command post was situated in the hamlet of Lespinasse, in the...

equip the 11e Groupement de Cavalerie; then five even more informal Corps-francs Motorisés were formed, each to be equipped with seven tanks, but only...

Lautignac-Savères. Towards the end of June, the fuse was lit as Reboul joined the corps franc Pommiès with 200 men. 7 June 1944 : Sabotage of the railway at Capens...

born 24.01.1921". National Archives (UK). Retrieved 11 November 2020. Corps Franc, Pommiès. "Musée de la résistance en ligne". museedelaresistanceenligne...

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...

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...

Hitler. Renouvin was mobilised in 1939, and he was a volunteer for the corps francs. He fought a brilliant campaign, being wounded and taken prisoner. He...

mention of La Rochefoucauld. However, an entry on page 75 refers to: "Corps Franc Georges – Attack on St. Medard powder works (out of action 15 days)"...

however, aware that he owed his exile to the army's defection to him. The Corps Francs that Napoleon had created on April 22, 1815 to defend France were disbanded...

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...