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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 first French soldiers landed in Salonika on October 5, 1915 (with the authorization of the Greek government). On the same day, during the Calais conference, Joffre agreed to send a total of three French infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions to Serbia under the command of General Sarrail , designated as the " Army of the Orient ."
Pages in category "French military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 577 total.
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.
Répartition et emplacement des troupes de l'armée française [Distribution and location of French army troops] (in French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale. 1 May 1914. Service historique de l'état-major des armées; Historical Service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (1922–1934).
Jules-André Peugeot (French:; 11 June 1893 – 2 August 1914) was the first French soldier to die in World War I.He died one day before the German Empire formally declared war on France, in the same skirmish in which Albert Mayer became the first soldier and first German soldier to die.