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.

Aliases (6)

French Committee of National Liberation ×4
Free French movement ×2
Charles de Gaulle and Free France ×1
France libre ×1
French Resistance ×1
French government-in-exile ×1

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 →
alsoKnownAs	France libre → Free French Forces →
basedIn	United Kingdom →
capital	London →
conflict	World War II →
country	France →
currency	French franc →
dissolved	1944 → 1944-08-25 →
flag	Tricolour with Cross of Lorraine →
followedBy	Provisional Government of the French Republic →
foundedBy	Charles de Gaulle →
hasMilitaryBranch	Free French Air Forces → Free French Forces → Free French Naval Forces →
headOfState	Charles de Gaulle →
headquartersLocation	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 France →
opposedTo	Armistice of 22 June 1940 →
partOf	Allies of World War II →
recognizedBy	Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States →
sharesBorderWith	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 (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2nd Armoured Division (France) → French Forces of the Interior → Jean de Lattre de Tassigny → Marie-Pierre Kœnig → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque →	allegiance
Armistice of Saint Jean d’Acre → Battle of Damascus (1941) → Operation Overlord → Operation Overlord → Operation Torch →	countryInvolved
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → Allied Naval Expeditionary Force → Free French Forces → Operation Neptune →	country
Appeal of 18 June → Cross of Lorraine → Cross of Lorraine ("French government-in-exile") →	associatedWith
Battle of Gabon → Dieppe Raid → Liberation of Paris ("French Resistance") →	belligerent
French Equatorial Africa →	alignedWith
Free France ("France libre") →	alsoKnownAs
Henri Giraud ("French Committee of National Liberation") →	coLed
Normandy →	countryInvadingOnDDay
French Forces of the Interior ("French Committee of National Liberation") →	foundedBy
Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) →	hasParticipant
Leclerc →	militaryAllegiance
Georges Catroux ("Free French movement") →	participantIn
Free French Forces →	partOf
Henri Giraud ("Free French movement") →	politicalAlignment
Provisional Government of the French Republic ("French Committee of National Liberation") →	precededBy
Lend-Lease program →	recipient
Armistice of 22 June 1940 →	relatedTo
Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération ("Charles de Gaulle and Free France") →	subject
French Forces of the Interior ("French Committee of National Liberation") →	subordinateTo
double-barred cross →	symbolOf
French North Africa →	usedBy