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Free France (French: France libre) was a resistance government claiming to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the Third Republic during World War II. Led by General Charles de Gaulle , Free France was established as a government-in-exile in London in June 1940 after the Fall of France to Nazi Germany .
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 by Charles de Gaulle in 1940. The designation ceased to exist in 1943 when the Free French Forces merged with General Giraud 's forces.
World War II in Colour is a 13-episode British television docuseries recounting the major events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. It was first broadcast during 2008 and 2009. The series is in full colour, combining both original and colourized footage. The show covers the Western Front, Eastern Front, North African Campaign and the ...
1940: Free French Expeditionary Corps. 1941: Free French Orient Brigade. May 1941: 1st Light Free French Division. 20 August 1941: dissolution following the campaign of Syria. 24 September 1941: regrouping of the Free French units of the Middle East into the 1st and 2nd Light Free French Divisions (divisions with two brigades each).
This includes ship Classes used by the French Third Republic, Vichy France and Free France.The sections of the last are in chronological order with the first ships into service being first and the last ships into service being last. Due to there being three French factions in World War II I will note beside each class its French users.
Gheorghe Gaston Grossmann (1918–2010) (changed his name from Grossman to Marin after he returned to Romania after World War II) Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), better known as Abbé Pierre, Catholic priest and Maquis; William Grover-Williams (1903–1945), Anglo-French racing driver; Germaine Guérin, brothel owner in Lyons
The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération, [aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛz də la libeʁasjɔ̃], AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres, FFL) during World War II. The military force of Free France, it participated in ...
Paul Auphan and Jacques Mordal, The French Navy in World War II (1976) Cornic, Jacques (1987). "Sous La Croix de Lorraine (Under the Cross of Lorraine): The FNFL (Forces Navales Francaises Libres) 1940–1943 (Free French Naval Forces)". Warship International. XXIV (1): 35– 43. ISSN 0043-0374. Robinson, Richard (1988). "Re: Sous La Croix de ...