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Three other colonial Orders incorporated in it since 1896, namely the Royal Order of Cambodia (Cambodja), the Order of the Dragon of Annam (Vietnam) and the Order of Nichan El-Anouar (Somaliland) became therefore on 1 September 1950 "Orders of Associated States of the French Union" (Ordres des États Associés de l'Union Française). The French ...
The Orders of Wisdom (French: Ordres de Sagesse) is the contemporary designation for the high Masonic degrees of the French Rite.Originally designated as Ordres supérieurs, they were published in 1801 in a compendium entitled Le Régulateur des Chevaliers maçons (The Regulator of Knight Masons) or Les Quatre ordres supérieurs (Four Superior Orders), according to the regimen of the Grand Orient.
The Groupes Francs Motorisés de Cavalerie were formed in the chaos of late May 1940 during the Battle of France.They were composed of two squadrons each, principally by regrouping the remnants of the Groupes de Reconnaissance de Division d'Infanterie (GRDI) from the shattered French Infantry Divisions returning from The Invasion of the Low Countries, especially from the 1st GRDI.
French Republican Calendar of 1794, drawn by Philibert-Louis Debucourt. The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and ...
After Operation Torch, the French troops in North Africa joined the allies, and a new 2nd Army Corps was created in Algeria on 16 August 1943. In November 1943, units of the 2nd Army Corps were used to create the French Expeditionary Corps (1943–44) , which fought in Italy.
The Order of Liberation (French: Ordre de la Libération, pronounced [ɔʁdʁ də la libeʁasjɔ̃]) is a French Order which was awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II. It is a worn by recipients only before the Légion d’Honneur ( Legion of Honour ).
Schneider, John (28 April 2012f), L'Armée du Nord (French Order of Battle for the campaign) (in French), archived from the original on 17 July 2012; Schneider, John (28 April 2012a), The Anglo-Allied Army (Anglo-Allied Order of Battle for the campaign), archived from the original on 17 July 2012
The French Navy became the second most powerful in the world, after Britain's. He also created a new force of colonial troops, including elite units of naval infantry, Zouaves, the Chasseurs d'Afrique, and Algerian sharpshooters, and he expanded the Foreign Legion, which had been founded in 1831 and fought well in the Crimea, Italy and Mexico. [23]