Free France

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government-in-exile political organization resistance movement

Free France was the World War II government-in-exile and resistance movement led by Charles de Gaulle that continued the fight against Axis powers after the fall of France in 1940.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Free France canonical 41
French Committee of National Liberation 5
Free French movement 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government-in-exile ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
resistance movement ⓘ
alliedWith Czechoslovak government-in-exile ⓘ
Polish government-in-exile ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
alsoKnownAs Free France ⓘ
surface form: France libre

Free French Forces ⓘ
basedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
capital London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
conflict World War II ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currency French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
surface form: French franc
dissolved 1944 ⓘ
1944-08-25 ⓘ
flag French tricolour ⓘ
surface form: Tricolour with Cross of Lorraine
followedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
foundedBy Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
hasMilitaryBranch Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French Air Forces

Free French Forces ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French Naval Forces
headOfState Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
ideology French nationalism ⓘ
Gaullism ⓘ
inception 1940-06-18 ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
leader Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
legalForm government-in-exile ⓘ
militaryCommander Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
opposedBy Fascist Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Vichy ⓘ
surface form: Vichy France
opposedTo Armistice of 22 June 1940 ⓘ
partOf Allies of World War II ⓘ
recognizedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
sharesBorderWith Vichy ⓘ
surface form: Vichy France
significantEvent Appeal of 18 June ⓘ
Battle of Bir Hakeim ⓘ
Liberation of Paris ⓘ
symbol Cross of Lorraine ⓘ
territoryClaimed French colonial empire ⓘ
Metropolitan France ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

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

Free French Forces → country → Free France ⓘ
Operation Torch → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → country → Free France ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → country → Free France ⓘ
Operation Neptune → country → Free France ⓘ
Marie-Pierre Kœnig → allegiance → Free France ⓘ
FFL → partOf → Free France ⓘ
subject surface form: Free French Forces
French Equatorial Africa → alignedWith → Free France ⓘ
Cross of Lorraine → associatedWith → Free France ⓘ
Cross of Lorraine → associatedWith → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French government-in-exile
Free France → alsoKnownAs → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: France libre
Operation Overlord → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
French North Africa → usedBy → Free France ⓘ
Lend-Lease program → recipient → Free France ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → allegiance → Free France ⓘ
Liberation of Paris → belligerent → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Resistance
Georges Catroux → participantIn → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French movement
Henri Giraud → coLed → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Committee of National Liberation
Henri Giraud → politicalAlignment → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French movement
Normandy → countryInvadingOnDDay → Free France ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → allegiance → Free France ⓘ
Dieppe Raid → belligerent → Free France ⓘ
Provisional Government of the French Republic → precededBy → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Committee of National Liberation
Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération → subject → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles de Gaulle and Free France
Battle of Gabon → belligerent → Free France ⓘ
Overlord → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Overlord
French Forces of the Interior → foundedBy → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Committee of National Liberation
French Forces of the Interior → allegiance → Free France ⓘ
French Forces of the Interior → subordinateTo → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Committee of National Liberation
Appeal of 18 June → associatedWith → Free France ⓘ
Battle of Damascus (1941) → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) → hasParticipant → Free France ⓘ
double-barred cross → symbolOf → Free France ⓘ
Leclerc → militaryAllegiance → Free France ⓘ
2nd Armoured Division (France) → allegiance → Free France ⓘ
Armistice of 22 June 1940 → relatedTo → Free France ⓘ
Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
Battle of Kissoué → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
Battle of Palmyra → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
French Resistance → supportedBy → Free France ⓘ
1st Free French Brigade → country → Free France ⓘ
Allied occupation of Rome → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action → country → Free France ⓘ
French State (Vichy regime) → opposedBy → Free France ⓘ
Anfa Conference → attendeeCountry → Free France ⓘ
GPRF → precededBy → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Committee of National Liberation
Historial Charles de Gaulle → hasTheme → Free France ⓘ
Weir Cook → countryOfDeath → Free France ⓘ
this entity surface form: France (Free French territory at the time)
Operations in French Indochina → countryInvolved → Free France ⓘ
Rallying of French Equatorial Africa to Free France → supported → Free France ⓘ