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In 1924, the French government in a reply to a questionnaire from the International Labour Office, an agency of the League of Nations, reported 7,935,000 men mobilized and 1,400,000 dead and missing in World War I. [46] The names of the soldiers who died for France during World War I are listed on-line by the French government. [120]
French Wars of Religion: 2–4 million [47] 1562–1598 French catholics vs Huguenots: France Korean War: 2.5–3.5 million [48] [18] 1950–1953 North Korea and allies vs. South Korea and allies Korean Peninsula Hundred Years' War: 2.3–3.5 million [49] [50] [29] 1337–1453 House of Valois vs. House of Plantagenet: Western Europe Soviet ...
On August 22, 1914, during the Battle of the Frontiers, five separate French armies engaged the German invaders independently of each other. Across all those battlefields, on that single day, 27,000 French soldiers lost their lives protecting their country. [1] The term casualty in warfare is often misunderstood. It often refers not to those ...
French military personnel killed in World War I (208 P) Pages in category "French casualties of World War I" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The French armies engaged in the Marne Battle were reinforced by reservists, recruits, and by transfers from other French and colonial armies. French divisions facing the German right wing rose from 17.5 on 23 August to 41 on 6 September, numbering more than 700,000 men. [8]
Pages in category "French military personnel killed in World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 205 total.
The Le Souvenir français is responsible for maintaining French war memorials and cemeteries and providing information about war dead. [8] It maintains a list of military personnel determined to have mort pour la France ("died for France"), a designation granted under the French Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre [] ("code for military disability pensions and ...
French military personnel killed in action (9 C, 88 P) P. French prisoners of war (6 C, 5 P) W. French casualties of World War I (1 C, 3 P) French casualties of World ...