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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. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Category:French war films - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "French war films" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 14-18;

8. Category:Films about the French Foreign Legion - Wikipedia

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   Legionnaires are highly trained infantry soldiers and the Legion is unique in that it is open to foreign recruits willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. French citizenship may be applied for after three years' service. Any soldier who gets wounded during a battle for France can immediately apply to be a French citizen under a provision ...

9. 1st Free French Division - Wikipedia

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   1940: Free French Expeditionary Corps. 1941: Free French Orient Brigade. May 1941: 1st Light Free French Division. 20 August 1941: dissolution following the campaign of Syria. 24 September 1941: regrouping of the Free French units of the Middle East into the 1st and 2nd Light Free French Divisions (divisions with two brigades each).