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The military history of France encompasses an immense panorama of conflicts and struggles extending for more than 2,000 years across areas including modern France, Europe, and a variety of regions throughout the world. According to historian Niall Ferguson, France is the most successful military power in history. It participated in 50 of the ...
Military History is a niche spin-off from the History channel that features reruns of programs about the history of the military and significant combat events. The channel's main competitor is Warner Bros. Discovery's American Heroes Channel , formerly the Military Channel.
French Army in World War I; French Army order of battle (1914) French military mission to Greece (1884–1887) French military mission to Japan (1867–1868) French military mission to Japan (1872–1880) French military mission to Japan (1884–1889) French Revolutionary Army; French Royal Army; French war planning 1920–1940
Sherifian Empire: French military victory French political failure Morocco agreed to pay 100,000 francs to the French on 29 November 1851 to avoid further conflict. [15] France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur. [16] Crimean War (1853–1856)
The Grande Armée (pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d aʁme]; French for 'Great Army') was the main military component of the French Imperial Army commanded by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars. From 1804 to 1808, it won a series of military victories that allowed the French Empire to exercise
This is an incomplete list of television programs formerly or currently broadcast by History Channel/H2/Military History Channel in the United States. Current programming [ edit ]
Mers-El-Kebir (1979) a French made-for-TV movie; Churchill's Sinking of the French Fleet (3 July 1940), digitalsurvivors.com; Churchill's Deadly Decision, episode of Secrets of the Dead describing the attack and the events leading up to it; Kappes, Irwin J. (2003) Mers-el-Kebir: A Battle between Friends, Military History Online
The Invasion of Hanover in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars saw a French army under Édouard Mortier invade and occupy the Electorate of Hanover in Northern Germany following the breakdown of the Peace of Amiens. Hanover was under the rule of George III in a personal union with Britain, the principal enemy of Napoleon's French Empire.