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The 1st Independent Free French Brigade, 1 e BFL, commanded by General Koenig; The 2nd Independent Free French Brigade, 2 e BFL, commanded by General Cazaud; A 3rd Independent Free French Brigade remained in French Lebanon and Syria until the end of the war to ensure the protection of these two countries.
The 1st Free French Division also contained a mixed brigade of French Troupes de marine and the Pacific island volunteers. [33] It also included the Foreign Legion Brigades. In late September and early October 1944, both the Tirailleurs Sénégalais brigades and Pacific Islanders were replaced by brigades of troops recruited from mainland ...
By late May, the 1st South African Division was dug in nearest the coast, with the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division to the south and 1st Free French Brigade furthest left at Bir Hakeim. The British 1st and 7th Armoured divisions waited behind the main line as a mobile counter-attack force, the 2nd South African Division garrisoned Tobruk ...
On September 15, 1940, General Charles de Gaulle signed the activation order of the 1ère Compagnie d'Infanterie de l'Air (1ère CIA) of the Free French Forces, or 1st Free French Airborne Infantry Company, under the command of Captain Bergé. The 1ère CIA began operational missions, parachuting into occupied France in March 1941.
1st Free French Brigade (Colonel Cazaud) 1st Battalion of Foreign Legion; 1 March Battalion; 3 March Battalion; 2nd Free French Brigade (Colonel Genin) 1st Battalion of Marine infantry; 2 March Battalion; 4 March Battalion; 1st battalion of Naval Fusiliers [6] 1st Moroccan Spahis group of squadron; 1st battery field artillery (4 75 mm guns) 1st ...
French Infantry Command. 1 er Régiment d'Infanterie (1st Infantry Regiment), 1ere Brigade Mécanisée (1st Mechanized Brigade) - Sarrebourg; 1er Régiment de Tirailleurs (1st Riflemen Regiment), 1ere Brigade Mécanisée (1st Mechanized Brigade) - Epinal
Free French military personnel of World War II (2 C, ... Pages in category "Free French Forces" ... 1st Free French Division; 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion; B.
Marie Joseph Pierre François Kœnig [b] or Koenig [4] (10 October 1898 – 2 September 1970) was a French general during World War II during which he commanded a Free French Brigade at the Battle of Bir Hakeim in North Africa in 1942. He started a political career after the war and was posthumously elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France ...