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2. 1st Free French Division - Wikipedia

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   December 1941: the 1st Light Free French Division, reworked into the 1st Free French Brigade Group to adapt itself to the British military organization, deploys to the Western Desert. 1942: regrouping of the two independent Free French brigades of the Moyent-Orient (Middle East) into the French Forces of the Western Desert, following the ...

3. Free France - Wikipedia

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   In May 1943, citing the Joint Planning Staff, Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac alludes to 79,600 men who constitute ground forces, including 21,500 men from special Syro-Lebanese troops, 2,000 men of color supervised by Free French Forces in northern Palestine, and 650 soldiers assigned to the general headquarters in London.

4. SAS: Rogue Heroes - Wikipedia

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   Paddy Mayne trains the Free French and French Foreign Legion soldiers in desert combat. The French unit also includes Jews, Germans, and African colonial soldiers. His unorthodox training methods, including dividing the troops along ethnic lines during a tower-building exercise, causes friction with the French soldiers particularly Lieutenant ...

5. Georges Bergé - Wikipedia

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   Georges Roger Pierre Bergé (3 January 1909 – 15 September 1997) was a French Army general who served during World War II.He enlisted in the Free French Forces, where he took command of the 1re compagnie de chasseurs parachutistes (1st Parachute Chaser Company).

6. Days of Glory (2006 film) - Wikipedia

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   When asked by a French war correspondent about his thoughts on the losses, the French colonel replies, "today was a great victory for the Free French Forces". The troops of the 7th RTA next embark for Operation Dragoon, to liberate the south of France. [5] While aboard ship, a French cook refuses to give tomatoes to indigènes soldiers ...

7. La Nueve - Wikipedia

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   In August of that year, after the fusion of the Free French Forces and the Army of Africa, it was rechristened the 2nd Armored Division. In the first half of 1943, it consisted of 16,000 men, of which 2,000 were Spanish. [4] As Spanish soldiers were particularly numerous in the 9th Company, it became known as La Nueve or La Española. [10]

8. Military history of France during World War II - Wikipedia

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   By September 1944, the Free French forces had 560,000 soldiers. They grew to one million by the end of the year. They fought in Alsace, the Alps, and Brittany. When the war in Europe ended in May 1945, the Free French forces numbered 1.25 million, including seven infantry divisions and three armoured divisions fighting in Germany.

9. French Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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   The French Armed Forces have also played a leading role in the ongoing UN peacekeeping mission along the Lebanon-Israel border as part of the cease-fire agreement that brought the 2006 Lebanon War to an end. Currently, France has 2,000 army personnel deployed along the border, including infantry, armour, artillery and air defence.