French Army

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The French Army is the land-based military force of France, historically notable for its decisive support to the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and its major role in European and global conflicts.


Statements (63)
Predicate Object
instanceOf army
land warfare branch
allegiance French Republic
alliance North Atlantic Treaty Organization
commandStructure Chief of Staff of the French Army
component Army Reserve
Army Special Forces Command
French Foreign Legion
armoured units
army aviation units
artillery units
engineer units
infantry units
regular forces
country France
doctrine combined arms operations
expeditionary warfare
engagedIn Algerian War
American Revolutionary War
First Indochina War
Franco-Prussian War
French Revolutionary Wars
Gulf War
Napoleonic Wars
Operation Barkhane
Operation Serval
United Nations peacekeeping missions
War in Afghanistan
World War I
World War II
foundedBy Charles VII of France
foundingDate 1445
garrisonLabel Headquarters
headquartersLocation Paris
Île-de-France
historicalPredecessor Royal French Army
languageOfCommand French
militaryBranchOf France
motto "Honneur et Patrie"
nativeName Armée de terre
notableUnit 1st Infantry Regiment
2nd Armoured Brigade
Chasseurs alpins
French Foreign Legion
Troupes de marine
partOf French Armed Forces
precededBy Feudal levies of the Kingdom of France
reportsTo Chief of the Defence Staff (France)
role land warfare
significantBattle Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of the Marne
supported Continental Army
type professional army
usesConscription no
usesEquipment CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
FAMAS assault rifle
HK416F assault rifle
Leclerc main battle tank
Tigre attack helicopter
VBCI infantry fighting vehicle

Referenced by (207)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Advance to the Elbe
Aimable Pélissier
Alfred Dreyfus
Alphonse Joseph Georges
Alphonse Juin
André Maginot
André Masséna
Army Reserve
Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard
Charles Leclerc
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Claude Louis Hector de Villars
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Fortified Sector of Thionville
François Certain Canrobert
François Mitterrand
French I Corps
French Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment
Georges Catroux
Grégoire de Saint-Quentin
Henri Barbusse
Henri Giraud
Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Jacques François Dugommier
Jean Moreau
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Joachim Murat
Jérôme Bonaparte
Leclerc
Louis Desaix
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey
Louis François, duc de Boufflers
Louis Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne ("French army")
Marie-Pierre Kœnig
Marquis de Lafayette
Marshal Boufflers
Marshal Catinat
Marshal Tallard
Marshal de Contades
Maurice Gamelin
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Napoleon Bonaparte
Patrice de MacMahon
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve ("French army")
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Philippe Pétain
René Cassin
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie
militaryBranch
1st Infantry Regiment
2nd Armoured Brigade
2nd Armoured Division (France)
Army Reserve
Army Special Forces Command
Army of the Rhine
Chasseurs alpins
Foreign Legion
French Far East Expeditionary Corps
French First Army
French First Army Group
French Foreign Legion
French I Corps ("French metropolitan army")
French II Corps
French XIX Corps
Musketeers of the Guard ("French royal army")
Service Aéronautique
Troupes de marine
partOf
Alexandre de Beauharnais
Duke of Choiseul
Enrico Caterino Davila ("French army")
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
Jacques-François Menou
Lafayette
Marquis de Sade
Maurice Ravel
Paul Barras
Paul Philippe Cret
servedIn
Battle of Dettingen
Battle of Fontenoy
Battle of Friedberg (1761)
Battle of Krefeld ("French Royal Army")
Battle of Orthez
Battle of Soest (Seven Years' War)
Battle of Wagram ("Grande Armée")
Battle of Warburg
Siege of Yorktown
hasParticipant
CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
French Ministry of Defence complex
Gazelle helicopter
Leclerc main battle tank
M46 Patton tank
VBCI
usedBy
Croix de Guerre
Honneur et Patrie
Ils ne passeront pas
La Distribution des Aigles ("French army")
Marengo
associatedWith
Battle of Bergen
Battle of Corbach ("French army")
Battle of Kloster Kampen
Battle of Quebec (1759)
Rif War
belligerent
Algerian War of Independence
Battle of Alma
Battle of Belleau Wood
Battle of Sahagún
Yorktown
combatant
Ferdinand Foch
Félix Baciocchi
Georges Picquart
Henri Giraud
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey ("French officer corps")
memberOf
Alain Mimoun
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski ("French army")
Georges Braque
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
militaryService
Brienne-le-Château military school
French II Corps
French Moroccan Goumiers
École royale du génie de Mézières
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
operatedBy
French Foreign Legion ("Armée de Terre")
French Imperial Guard
French Moroccan Goumiers
branch
Fort du Portalet
Maginot Line
Ouvrage Simserhof
garrisonedBy
Dreyfus affair
French invasion of northern Spain (1719) ("French army")
Ten Days’ Campaign
involves
Fort Hackenberg
Fortified Sector of Haguenau
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg
operator
British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
Continental Army
alliedWith
Chief of Staff of the French Army
Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées
appliesToJurisdiction
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg
Ouvrage Simserhof
builtBy
Fort Douaumont
Fort Hackenberg
constructedBy
Battle of Nottuln ("French army")
Haitian Revolution ("Napoleonic expeditionary forces")
opponent
German 1st Army
Mexican forces ("French army")
opposed
Siegfriedstellung
Westwall
opposedBy
Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France
oversees
1st Infantry Regiment
2nd Armoured Brigade
service
FAMAS assault rifle
HK416F
standardServiceRifleOf
Battle of Soissons
alliedForce
French invasion of Russia ("Grande Armée")
armyInvolved
Duke of Luxembourg
associatedWithInstitution
Médaille militaire
awardedToBranch
Siege of Tournai (1667) ("French army")
capturedBy
Battle of Warburg ("French army suffered heavy casualties")
casualties
Chief of Staff of the French Army
category
U.S. Seventh Army
coalitionPartner
Battle of Inkerman
combatantForce
Battle of Rocoux ("French army")
combatantSide
2nd Armoured Brigade ("French Army land forces")
commandStructure
Austro-Hungarian Army
conflict
VBCI
designedFor
André Masséna
employer
7th Panzer Division
engagedAgainst
Eurocopter Tiger
enteredServiceWith
Storming of Redoubt 9
forceType
Sultan al-Atrash
foughtAgainst
Chief of the Defence Staff (France)
hasAuthorityOver
French Armed Forces
hasBranch
Maréchal de France
highestRankIn
French Armed Forces ("Royal French Army")
historicalPrecursor
French Army ("Royal French Army")
historicalPredecessor
Saar Offensive ("French High Command")
initiatedBy
Leclerc main battle tank
introducedBy
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign ("Armée d’Orient")
involved
Battle of Blenheim ("French Royal Army")
involvedUnit
Battle of Gallipoli
involvesMilitaryUnit
Operation Serval
landComponent
Algerian War of Independence
mainBelligerent
Scènes de la vie militaire ("French army")
mainTheme
Battle of Jemappes ("French artillery")
militaryBranchInvolved
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ("French army at the Battle of Cassel (1677)")
militaryCommand
Battle of St. Quentin (1557) ("French army")
opponentOf
Dutch Water Line inundations ("French army of Louis XIV")
opposedForce
Manstein Plan
opposedForces
Battle of Cantigny
participant
Panther tank
postwarOperator
NH90
primaryUsers
Army Reserve ("French Army active component")
relatedTo
National Convention ("French armies")
reorganized
Chief of Staff of the French Army ("French land forces")
responsibleFor
Maréchal de France
serviceBranch
Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret
spouseMilitaryAffiliation
J’accuse…!
subject
Coup of 18 Brumaire
supportedBy
Service de santé des armées
supportsBranch
Imperial Japanese Army
trainingInfluence
French Fourragere
usedIn

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