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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.
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 Army order of battle (1914) Fusiliers marins; G. Grand Quartier Général (1914–1919) M. 11th Marine Artillery Regiment; 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment (France)
The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the Aisne , the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917.
Répartition et emplacement des troupes de l'armée française [Distribution and location of French army troops] (in French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale. 1 May 1914. Service historique de l'état-major des armées; Historical Service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (1922–1934).
As the French army advanced, it met stern resistance in the form of German artillery and machine-gun fire. Army Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke authorized a more aggressive tactic soon after, and on August 20, the German army started to roll back the French. Caught by surprise and without the assistance of entrenched positions, the Second ...
From 1907 through 1914, the French and British armies collaborated on highly detailed plans for mobilizing a British Expeditionary Force of 100,000 combat troops to be very quickly moved to France, and sent to the front in less than two weeks. [3] Grey insisted that world peace was in the best interests of Britain and the British Empire. [4]