Free French Forces

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armed forces military organization

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.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Free French Forces canonical 144
Free French forces 58
Free French Air Forces 22

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alliedWith Czechoslovak government-in-exile forces ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the East ⓘ
surface form: Polish Armed Forces in the West

Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
alsoKnownAs FFL ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Forces françaises libres
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Free France ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
formedAfter Armistice of 22 June 1940 ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: Fall of France
foundedBy Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
garrison Algiers ⓘ
Brazzaville ⓘ
hasPart Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Free French Air Forces

Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Free French Naval Forces

Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Free French land forces
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
ideology Gaullism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
leader Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
mergedInto Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: French Liberation Army
motto Honneur et Patrie ⓘ
notableCommander Georges Catroux ⓘ
Marie-Pierre Kœnig ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
opposedTo Axis powers ⓘ
Vichy ⓘ
surface form: Vichy France
originatedFrom French Armed Forces ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Bir Hakeim ⓘ
East African campaign ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
Liberation of Paris ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War II)
partOf Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Free French
recruitedFrom French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
French Indochina ⓘ
French North Africa ⓘ
French Pacific territories ⓘ
French West Africa ⓘ
French colonial empire ⓘ
France ⓘ
surface form: metropolitan France
startTime 1940 ⓘ
successor French First Army ⓘ
symbol Cross of Lorraine ⓘ

Referenced by (266)

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

North African campaign → opponent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Allies of World War II → included → Free French Forces ⓘ
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → alliance → Free French Forces ⓘ
Italian campaign → hasParticipant → Free French Forces ⓘ
Allied invasion of Sicily → countryInvolved → Free French Forces ⓘ
Churchill government → alliance → Free French Forces ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane → operator → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French Air Forces
Battle of the Atlantic → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French forces
Mediterranean Theater of Operations → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French forces
Free French Forces → partOf → Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French
Free French Forces → alsoKnownAs → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Forces françaises libres
Free French Forces → hasPart → Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French Naval Forces
Free French Forces → hasPart → Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French Air Forces
Free French Forces → hasPart → Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French land forces
Free French Forces → mergedInto → Free French Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Liberation Army
Western Front → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
Balkan Campaign → countryInvolved → Free French Forces ⓘ
Balkan Campaign → belligerentAllies → Free French Forces ⓘ
Operation Torch → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → composition → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French forces
René Cassin → memberOf → Free French Forces ⓘ
Allied bombing of Germany → mainParticipants → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French Air Forces
Operation Dragoon → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Axis → defeatedBy → Free French Forces ⓘ
Operation Crusader → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Italian 1st Army → engagedAgainst → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French forces
Tunisian campaign → hasParticipant → Free French Forces ⓘ
Western Allied invasion of Germany → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Marie-Pierre Kœnig → memberOf → Free French Forces ⓘ
Czechoslovak military mission in London → cooperatedWith → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French forces
Allied air forces → country → Free French Forces ⓘ
Operation Crossbow → countryInvolved → Free French Forces ⓘ
FFL → alsoKnownAs → Free French Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Free French Forces
this entity surface form: Forces françaises libres
FFL → militaryBranch → Free French Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Free French Forces
this entity surface form: Free French Army
FFL → militaryBranch → Free French Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Free French Forces
this entity surface form: Free French Navy
FFL → militaryBranch → Free French Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Free French Forces
this entity surface form: Free French Air Forces
Syrian–Lebanese campaign → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Cross of Lorraine → symbolOf → Free French Forces ⓘ
Cross of Lorraine → adoptedAsEmblemBy → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French Naval Forces
Cross of Lorraine → adoptedAsEmblemBy → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French Air Forces
Cross of Lorraine → adoptedAsEmblemBy → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French land forces
French First Army → alliedWith → Free French Forces ⓘ
Free France → alsoKnownAs → Free French Forces ⓘ
Free France → hasMilitaryBranch → Free French Forces ⓘ
Free France → hasMilitaryBranch → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French Naval Forces
Free France → hasMilitaryBranch → Free French Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free French Air Forces
Battle of Gazala → belligerent → Free French Forces ⓘ
Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) → alliedWith → Free French Forces ⓘ