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The flag of Free France is the standard flag of France superimposed with the Lorraine cross. The Cross of Lorraine is an emblem of Lorraine in eastern France. Between 1871 and 1918 (and again between 1940 and 1944), the north-eastern quarter of Lorraine (the Moselle department) was annexed to Germany, along with Alsace. During that period the ...
The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France.
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In 1939 and 1940, France faced a united, determined, and technologically-sophisticated enemy. Although it was desperately important for France to match its enemy's traits with determination and unity of its own, French national leaders instead frittered away their final months before the catastrophe in a round of internal hostility, intrigue and backbiting, which led to the restoration of ...
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Flag used by the Free French Forces during the Second World War. (NOTE: The title of the file is a misnomer, this flag was the only official flag that Free France used before becoming the Provisional Government of the French Republic in 1944.) Date: 1940-1944: Source: Own work. Based on this image: Author: See File history below for details ...