French Army

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army land warfare branch

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.

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Label Occurrences
French Army canonical 608
French army 42
French Army land forces 4

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
land warfare branch ⓘ
allegiance French Republic ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
surface form: 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 of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War

American Revolutionary War ⓘ
First Indochina War ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Operation Barkhane ⓘ
Operation Serval ⓘ
UN peacekeepers ⓘ
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping missions

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
foundedBy Charles VII of France ⓘ
foundingDate 1445 ⓘ
garrisonLabel Headquarters ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France
historicalPredecessor French Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal French Army
languageOfCommand French ⓘ
militaryBranchOf France ⓘ
motto Honneur et Patrie ⓘ
surface form: "Honneur et Patrie"
nativeName Army ⓘ
surface form: Armée de terre
notableUnit 1st Infantry Regiment ⓘ
2nd Armoured Brigade ⓘ
Chasseurs alpins ⓘ
French Foreign Legion ⓘ
French Foreign Legion ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Yorktown

First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter ⓘ
surface form: Tigre attack helicopter

VBCI infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ

Referenced by (694)

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Continental Army → alliedWith → French Army ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
Maginot Line → garrisonedBy → French Army ⓘ
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign → involved → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armée d’Orient
Honneur et Patrie → associatedWith → French Army ⓘ
Croix de Guerre → associatedWith → French Army ⓘ
Coup of 18 Brumaire → supportedBy → French Army ⓘ
René Cassin → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
French Army → historicalPredecessor → French Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal French Army
Imperial Japanese Army → trainingInfluence → French Army ⓘ
Brienne-le-Château military school → operatedBy → French Army ⓘ
Fort Hackenberg → constructedBy → French Army ⓘ
Fort Hackenberg → operator → French Army ⓘ
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg → builtBy → French Army ⓘ
Ouvrage Schoenenbourg → operator → French Army ⓘ
Haitian Revolution → opponent → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic expeditionary forces
Saar Offensive → initiatedBy → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: French High Command
François Mitterrand → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
French Armed Forces → hasBranch → French Army ⓘ
French Armed Forces → historicalPrecursor → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal French Army
Philippe Pétain → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
Battle of Quebec (1759) → belligerent → French Army ⓘ
Marquis de Lafayette → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
National Convention → reorganized → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: French armies
Ouvrage Simserhof → builtBy → French Army ⓘ
Ouvrage Simserhof → garrisonedBy → French Army ⓘ
7th Panzer Division → engagedAgainst → French Army ⓘ
André Maginot → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
Marie-Pierre Kœnig → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
Battle of Blenheim → involvedUnit → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Royal Army
Operation Serval → landComponent → French Army ⓘ
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France → oversees → French Army ⓘ
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
French First Army → partOf → French Army ⓘ
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski → militaryService → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: French army
Westwall → opposedBy → French Army ⓘ
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: French army
Siege of Yorktown → hasParticipant → French Army ⓘ
Dreyfus affair → involves → French Army ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
Battle of Gallipoli → involvesMilitaryUnit → French Army ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
Service Aéronautique → partOf → French Army ⓘ
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons → servedIn → French Army ⓘ
Jérôme Bonaparte → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ
Battle of Wagram → hasParticipant → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grande Armée
Enrico Caterino Davila → servedIn → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: French army
Battle of Dettingen → hasParticipant → French Army ⓘ
Battle of Jemappes → militaryBranchInvolved → French Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: French artillery
Georges Catroux → militaryBranch → French Army ⓘ