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French infantry pushing through enemy barbed wire, 1915. During World War I, France was one of the Triple Entente powers allied against the Central Powers.Although fighting occurred worldwide, the bulk of the French Army's operations occurred in Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Alsace-Lorraine along what came to be known as the Western Front, which consisted mainly of trench warfare.
French cavalry during World War I played a relatively minor role in events. As mounted combatants proved highly vulnerable to the firepower of infantry and artillery , the various units of this arm essentially carried out auxiliary missions during the " Great War " (from 1914 to 1919), even if the beginning of the conflict corresponded to its ...
The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the Aisne , the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917.
Les Armées françaises dans la Grande guerre [French Armies in the Great War] (in French). Vol. X-2 : Ordres de bataille des grandes unités : divisions d'infanterie, divisions de cavalerie. Paris: Impr. nationale. 1924.
Pages in category "French military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 577 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Even during World War I the majority (89,000 out of 170,000) [5] of Muslim soldiers who served were volunteers. As in France itself, military service was an obligation of citizenship and all physically fit male settlers of French origin were required to undertake two years of compulsory service (three years from 1913). [6]
French World War I divisions (1 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations of France in World War I" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
Canadian victory bond poster in French at Military history of Canada during World War I, author unknown (edited by Durova) Ottoman machine gun corps during the Second Battle of Gaza , by American Colony Jerusalem (edited by Durova / Fir0002 )