FFL

E14017
military organization resistance movement

FFL refers to the Free French Forces, the World War II military units that continued fighting against the Axis powers after France’s 1940 defeat under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
FFL canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
resistance movement ⓘ
alliedWith Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers

Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
alsoKnownAs FFL ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Forces françaises libres
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledTerritory French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
French Polynesia ⓘ
New Caledonia ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolved 1944 ⓘ
foundedBy Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
garrison Brazzaville ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
ideology Gaullism ⓘ
inception 1940 ⓘ
leader Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
mergedInto French Forces of the Interior ⓘ
Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
surface form: Provisional Government of the French Republic armed forces
militaryBranch Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French Air Forces

Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French Army

Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French Navy
motto Honneur et Patrie ⓘ
notableCommander Georges Catroux ⓘ
Henri Giraud ⓘ
Marie-Pierre Kœnig ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
opposedTo Axis powers ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Vichy ⓘ
surface form: Vichy France
participatedIn Battle of Bir Hakeim ⓘ
Battle of Gabon ⓘ
East African campaign ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
Liberation of Paris ⓘ
Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ
partOf Free France ⓘ
recruitedFrom Foreign volunteers ⓘ
French colonial troops ⓘ
Metropolitan French volunteers ⓘ
symbol Cross of Lorraine ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European theatre of World War II ⓘ
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Middle East theatre of World War II

North African campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific theatre of World War II
usedLanguage French ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free French Forces → alsoKnownAs → FFL ⓘ
FFL → alsoKnownAs → FFL ⓘ
subject surface form: Free French Forces