Free French Forces

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The Free French Forces were the military units that continued to fight against the Axis powers under Charles de Gaulle’s leadership after France’s 1940 defeat, drawing volunteers from metropolitan France and its colonies.

Aliases (14)
  • Free French forces ×29
  • Free French Air Forces ×13
  • Free French Air Force ×6
  • Forces françaises libres ×5
  • Free French Naval Forces ×4
  • Free French Army ×2
  • Free French land forces ×2
  • Free French ×1
  • Free French Navy ×1
  • Free French Sahara units ×1
  • Free French engineers ×1
  • Free French forces in the Levant ×1
  • Free French volunteers ×1
  • French Liberation Army ×1


Referenced by (140)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Battle of Alam el Halfa
Battle of Bir Hakeim
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of El Guettar
Battle of Gazala
Battle of Kasserine Pass ("Free French forces")
Battle of Monte Cassino ("Free French forces")
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Falaise Pocket ("Free French forces")
East African campaign
Fezzan campaign
Liberation of Paris
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ("Free French forces")
Mediterranean U-boat campaign
Operation Crusader
Operation Dragoon
Operation Torch
Syrian–Lebanese campaign
Western Allied invasion of Germany
Western Front (World War II)
belligerent
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
British Eighth Army ("Free French forces")
Eighth Army ("Free French forces")
French First Army
French I Corps
Greek government-in-exile
II Corps (United States) ("Free French forces")
Italian Co-Belligerent Army
Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies)
Middle East Command ("Free French forces")
Operation Cobra
Polish II Corps
Twelfth Air Force ("Free French Air Forces")
United States Armed Forces in World War II
alliedWith
Allied strategic bombers ("Free French Air Forces")
Bristol Blenheim ("Free French Air Force")
Handley Page Halifax ("Free French Air Force")
Lockheed P-38 Lightning ("Free French Air Force")
M4 Sherman tank
Persian Corridor ("Free French forces")
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ("Free French Air Forces")
Vickers Wellington ("Free French Air Force")
Yakovlev Yak-3 ("Free French Air Forces")
double-barred cross
usedBy
Fezzan campaign ("Free French Army")
Free French Forces ("Free French Army")
Free French Forces ("Free French Navy")
Free French Forces ("Free French Air Forces")
Josephine Baker
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Ève Curie
militaryBranch
Allied invasion of Sicily
Balkan Campaign
Liberation of France
Operation Crossbow
Southern France campaign
countryInvolved
Battle of the Mareth Line ("Free French forces")
Casablanca Conference
Italian campaign
Retreat from Normandy ("Free French forces")
Tunisian campaign
hasParticipant
Allied military engineers ("Free French engineers")
Free French Forces ("Free French Naval Forces")
Free French Forces ("Free French Air Forces")
Free French Forces ("Free French land forces")
hasPart
Avro Lancaster ("Free French Air Forces")
Douglas SBD Dauntless ("Free French Air Forces")
Hawker Hurricane ("Free French Air Forces")
Hawker Typhoon ("Free French Air Forces")
operator
716th Infantry Division ("Free French forces")
German-Italian Panzer Army ("Free French forces")
Gustav Line ("Free French forces")
North African campaign
opponent
Allied operations in Western Europe
Battle of Gabon
Fezzan campaign ("Free French Sahara units")
Operation Jedburgh ("Free French forces")
participant
Cross of Lorraine ("Free French Naval Forces")
Cross of Lorraine ("Free French Air Forces")
Cross of Lorraine ("Free French land forces")
adoptedAsEmblemBy
Leclerc
Leclerc ("Forces françaises libres")
Michel Debré
affiliation
Free France
Free French Forces ("Forces françaises libres")
Free French Forces ("Forces françaises libres")
alsoKnownAs
Compagnon de la Libération
Médaille de la Résistance
Place du Maréchal Leclerc
associatedWith
Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa
Allied air forces
Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy
country
Free France
Free France ("Free French Naval Forces")
Free France ("Free French Air Forces")
hasMilitaryBranch
Henri Giraud ("Free French forces")
Marie-Pierre Kœnig
René Cassin
memberOf
German Army Group G ("Free French forces")
German occupation of Dunkirk
Vichy French forces
opposedBy
2nd Armoured Division (France)
Alphonse Juin ("Free French forces")
Free French Forces ("Free French")
partOf
Churchill government
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
alliance
Czechoslovak military mission in London ("Free French forces")
New Zealand forces ("Free French forces")
cooperatedWith
Vichy French forces
Vichy French forces ("Forces françaises libres")
foughtAgainst
2nd Armoured Division (France) ("Free French volunteers")
2nd Armoured Division (France) ("Forces françaises libres")
personnelOrigin
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ("Free French Air Force")
alsoUsedBy
Balkan Campaign
belligerentAllies
An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States ("Free French forces")
beneficiary
Battle of Damascus (1941) ("Free French forces")
combatant
Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ("Free French forces")
composition
Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération
dedicatedTo
Axis
defeatedBy
Italian 1st Army ("Free French forces")
engagedAgainst
Eighth Army ("Free French forces")
engagedForce
Compagnon de la Libération
establishedBy
Belloy-Saint-Léonard
hasHistoricalAssociation
Allied convoy system ("Free French Naval Forces")
implementedBy
Allies of World War II
included
Allied forces
includedCountry
South-East Asian theatre of World War II
mainAlliedPower
Middle East theatre of World War II
mainBelligerent
Allied bombing of Germany ("Free French Air Forces")
mainParticipants
United States Public Law 77-11 ("Free French forces")
majorBeneficiary
Free French Forces ("French Liberation Army")
mergedInto
Operation Vulcan ("Free French forces")
militaryBranchInvolved
Georges Catroux
movement
Northwest Europe ("Free French forces")
notableForce
Middle East theatre of World War II ("Free French forces in the Levant")
notableUnit
Consolidated B-24 Liberator ("Free French Air Force")
operatedBy
South East Asia Command
participatingCountry
90th Light Africa Division ("Free French forces")
primaryOpponents
Appeal of 18 June
relatedTo
Cross of Lorraine
symbolOf

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