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French infantry pushing through enemy barbed wire, 1915. During World War I, France was one of the Triple Entente powers allied against the Central Powers.Although fighting occurred worldwide, the bulk of the French Army's operations occurred in Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Alsace-Lorraine along what came to be known as the Western Front, which consisted mainly of trench warfare.
The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I. They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the Aisne , the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917.
French troops crossed the front lines starting November 17, following the German retreat at a distance of only ten kilometers, stopping at six successive lines. [179] In Alsace-Lorraine, assigned to Fayolle's army group (the former reserve army group), the 5th Cavalry Division advanced with the 10th Army , while the 3rd Cavalry Division was ...
French army formations in World War I include: 1st Army; 2nd Army; 3rd Army; 4th Army; 5th Army; 6th Army; 7th Army; 8th Army; 9th Army; 10th Army; Armée d'Orient ...
Les Armées françaises dans la Grande guerre [French Armies in the Great War] (in French). Vol. X-2 : Ordres de bataille des grandes unités : divisions d'infanterie, divisions de cavalerie. Paris: Impr. nationale. 1924.
From 1907 through 1914, the French and British armies collaborated on highly detailed plans for mobilizing a British Expeditionary Force of 100,000 combat troops to be very quickly moved to France, and sent to the front in less than two weeks. [3] Grey insisted that world peace was in the best interests of Britain and the British Empire. [4]
Pages in category "French military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 577 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Paris taxis carried 6000 soldiers to the front during the First Battle of the Marne. By the first week of September, the Germans had come within thirty kilometers of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. [2] The French and British armies were engaged in fierce fighting with the Germans in the First Battle of the Marne.