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The French Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. ... Black gets good compensation in return for the pawn, however. 2.Bb5 has occasionally been tried.
Beyond that, and Suffren's impressive campaigns against the British in India, there was not much more good news. The French Revolution all but crippled the French Navy, and efforts to make it into a powerful force under Napoleon were dashed at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where the British all but annihilated a combined Franco-Spanish fleet ...
Pengelley, Rupert. "French Army transforms to meet challenges of multirole future", Jane's International Defence Review, June 2006, 44–53; Pichichero, Christy. The Military Enlightenment: War and Culture in the French Empire from Louis XIV to Napoleon (2018) online review; Porch, Douglas. The March to the Marne: The French Army 1871–1914 (2003)
France and Germany said Tuesday that Ukraine should be allowed to use their weapons against targets inside Russia from which Moscow attacks Ukraine.
Reznikov said Ukraine's top priority remains “air defense, anti-missile defense, anti-drone defense, that is, the task of protecting (the) Ukrainian sky." French Crotale air-defense systems ...
Separately, the French Defense Ministry has also asked foreign nations for “small numbers” of military personnel who could help with “very specific" tasks at the Games, including sniffer dog ...
The French Armed Forces (French: Forces armées françaises, pronounced [fɔʁs aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛz]) are the military forces of France. They consist of four military branches – the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the National Gendarmerie. The National Guard serves as the French Armed Forces' military reserve force.
“From now on, the solution is to directly connect French defense industries with the Ukrainian army.” France also launched a drive to fund the delivery of 78 Caesar self-propelled 155 mm ...