French First Army

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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

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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

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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
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