By the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, France had 1,250,000 troops, 10 divisions of which were fighting in Germany. An expeditionary corps was created to liberate French Indochina, …

After the landings of summer 1944, the Allied maintained their efforts to liberate France and pursue the German forces that had retreated eastwards or entrenched themselves in …

May 29, 2017 · Over the next five days, the French expanded their bridgehead and pushed south to capture Karlsruhe. More than 130,000 French troops in four divisions had joined Seventh …

Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command, national Archives Microcopy No. T-78, Roll 483, American Historical Association Commit- tee for the Study of War Documents, …

Find out everything you need to know about the French army in WW2 between 1939 - 1945.

In this companion volume to MAA 315: The French Army 1939-45 (I) , Ian Sumner and François Vauvillier examine the history, uniforms and insignia of the Free French, Fighting French and …

As the French had vast experience in the years between 1945 and 1962, with a large degree of ultimate military success, their ground force organizational development is of great enduring …

The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération [aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛːz də la libeʁɑsjɔ̃]; AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merger of the Giraudist …

Free French, in World War II (1939–45), members of a movement for the continuation of warfare against Germany after the military collapse of Metropolitan France in the summer of 1940.

In June of 1940 France's military had collapsed under German forces. Philippe Pétain signed an armistice and relocated his new government to Vichy in the southern half of a France that was …