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2. 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 ...

3. List of films featuring the French Foreign Legion - Wikipedia

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   The Foreign Legion is an elite unit of the French army, established in 1831, and it has seen action throughout the world, recently in Africa and the Middle East. It has been featured in a large number of films, including a number about the legion itself, such as 1949's Outpost in Morocco .

4. The Cross of Lorraine - Wikipedia

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   The Cross of Lorraine is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer war film about French prisoners of war escaping a German prison camp and joining the French Resistance.Directed by Tay Garnett, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Gene Kelly, the film was partly based on Hans Habe's 1941 novel A Thousand Shall Fall.

5. List of World War II films - Wikipedia

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   A soldier suffering from amnesia is the only survivor of four infantrymen. When the four men's dog tags were found the Army does not know which of the four the surviving soldier is. The soldier tries to discover his true identity by visiting the homes of the four different soldiers. Denmark The Invisible Army: Den usynlige hær: Johan Jacobsen

6. The Longest Day (film) - Wikipedia

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   Thirty-six Free French SAS (4 sticks) jumped into Brittany (Plumelec and Duault) on June 5 at 23:30 (Operation Dingson). The first Allied soldiers killed in action were Lt. Den Brotheridge of the 2nd Ox & Bucks Light Infantry as he crossed Pegasus Bridge at 00:22 on June 6, and Corporal Emile Bouétard of the 4th Free French SAS battalion at ...

7. SAS: Rogue Heroes - Wikipedia

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   Mayne and Stirling also meet Eve Mansour, a Free French military intelligence officer based in Cairo who seeks their help for the Free French forces. Mayne is initially reluctant to participate and seeks transfer to the Burma campaign. Putting their idea into action, Lewes and Stirling parachute out of a plane into the desert, but Stirling's ...

8. 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.

9. Secret Mission - Wikipedia

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   British Army Major Peter Garnett assembles a team consisting of Captain ‘Red’ Gowan, Private ‘Nobby’ Clark and Raoul de Carnot, a member of the Free French forces, during the Second World War. Their mission is to collect intelligence on German military strength in the coastal area of occupied France.