French First Army

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field army military unit

The French First Army was a major French field army that played a key role in the liberation of France and Western Europe during both World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
French First Army canonical 15

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
alliedWith British Army ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
branch Land forces ⓘ
commander Georges Blanchard ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ⓘ
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ⓘ
component French Moroccan Goumiers ⓘ
surface form: French African units

French I Corps ⓘ
French II Corps ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country France ⓘ
engagement Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: Battle of France (1940)

Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of Verdun ⓘ
Battle of the Ardennes (1914) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Frontiers

Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Colmar Pocket ⓘ
Crossing of the Rhine ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
German Spring Offensive (1918) ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
Western Allied invasion of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Invasion of Germany (1945)

Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign (World War II)

Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
surface form: Rhineland Campaign
formed August 1914 ⓘ
garrison France ⓘ
language French ⓘ
notableCommander Georges Blanchard ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ⓘ
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ⓘ
notableFor liberation of France in World War II ⓘ
liberation of Western Europe in World War II ⓘ
use of colonial troops from North Africa in World War II ⓘ
participatedIn liberation of Alsace ⓘ
liberation of Provence ⓘ
liberation of southwestern Germany ⓘ
partOf French Army ⓘ
role defensive operations ⓘ
offensive operations ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
theater Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War I)

Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War II)
type combined arms formation ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Free French Forces → successor → French First Army ⓘ
Operation Dragoon → involves → French First Army ⓘ
Operation Nordwind → opposedBy → French First Army ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → notableCommand → French First Army ⓘ
French I Corps → subordinateTo → French First Army ⓘ
Colmar Pocket → opposedBy → French First Army ⓘ
Southern France campaign → involvedUnit → French First Army ⓘ
Battle of the Colmar Pocket → combatant → French First Army ⓘ
Dunkirk pocket → involves → French First Army ⓘ
French Expeditionary Corps in Italy → succeededBy → French First Army ⓘ
Alsace campaign → combatant → French First Army ⓘ
U.S. 6th Army Group → subordinateUnit → French First Army ⓘ
Battle of Albert (1918) → involves → French First Army ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai (1918) → involvement → French First Army ⓘ
Liberation of Strasbourg → militaryUnit → French First Army ⓘ