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French army formations in World War I include: 1st Army; 2nd Army; 3rd Army; 4th Army; 5th Army; 6th Army; 7th Army; 8th Army; 9th Army; 10th Army; Armée d'Orient ...
Les Armées françaises dans la Grande guerre [French Armies in the Great War] (in French). Vol. X-2 : Ordres de bataille des grandes unités : divisions d'infanterie, divisions de cavalerie. Paris: Impr. nationale. 1924.
French infantry pushing through enemy barbed wire, 1915. During World War I, France was one of the Triple Entente powers allied against the Central Powers.Although fighting occurred worldwide, the bulk of the French Army's operations occurred in Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Alsace-Lorraine along what came to be known as the Western Front, which consisted mainly of trench warfare.
The battle was sparked by the mutual collision of French and German invasion forces in the lower Ardennes Forest. [6] The pre-war French strategy expected German forces in the area to be light, and the French light, rapid firing artillery was expected to convey an advantage in forested terrain over the bigger German guns.
Pages in category "French military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 567 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
French Carried out a wonderful ten-year campaign (1370–1380) during the second phase of the Hundred Years' War that saw the French recapture nearly all of the territory lost under the Treaty of Brétigny. La Hire: c. 1390–1443 French Most famous for leading the French vanguard in the spectacular victory at Patay. Jean Bureau: c. 1390–1463 ...
Vol. 1, 1. {}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ; AFGG (1923). Ordres de bataille des grandes unités : grands quartiers généraux, groupe d'armées, armées, corps d'armée [Orders of battle for major units: general headquarters, army groups, armies, army corps] (in French).
This list is extracted from Le Souvenir français member Gérard Gehin's Livre d'or des officiers superieurs morts pour la France guerre 14-18 ("Golden book of superior officers who died for France in the 1914-1918 war"). Gehin's work lists all officers of lieutenant-colonel rank or above, but only the 81 officers who held general rank at the ...