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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.

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 African units → French I Corps → French II Corps →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
country	France →
engagement	Battle of France (1940) → Battle of Passchendaele → Battle of Verdun → 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 → Invasion of Germany (1945) → Italian Campaign (World War II) → Operation Dragoon → 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 (World War I) → Western Front (World War II) →
type	combined arms formation →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Colmar Pocket → Operation Nordwind →	opposedBy
Southern France campaign →	involvedUnit
Operation Dragoon →	involves
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny →	notableCommand
French I Corps →	subordinateTo
Free French Forces →	successor