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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.
Albert Severin Roche (1895–1939) was a distinguished French soldier, known for his numerous successful missions and capturing of enemy soldiers throughout the First World War. Ferdinand Foch, the Supreme Allied Commander during the war, said that Roche was "the first soldier of France".
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.
Pages in category "French military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 587 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Poilu (/ ˈ p w ɑː l uː /; French:) [1] is an informal term for a late 18th century–early 20th century French infantryman, meaning, literally, the hairy one. It is still widely used as a term of endearment for the French infantry of World War I.
In March 1915, units of the French Army holding a section of the Western Front through Champagne had seen no tangible results despite two months of fighting. After two recent unsuccessful attacks, the 21st Company of the 336th Infantry Regiment (part of the 60th Infantry Division) was ordered by Général de division Géraud Réveilhac to retake positions captured by the Germans north of the ...
Pages in category "French military personnel killed in World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Jules-André Peugeot (French:; 11 June 1893 – 2 August 1914) was the first French soldier to die in World War I.He died one day before the German Empire formally declared war on France, in the same skirmish in which Albert Mayer became the first soldier and first German soldier to die.