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Army of Africa French Forces leader General Henri Giraud shakes hands with Free French Forces leader General Charles de Gaulle at the Casablanca Conference in French Morocco on 14 January 1943. Created in 1830, the Army of Africa was a colonial expeditionary force that conquered the Regency of Algiers in 1847.
Created in 1943, the corps fought in the Italian Campaign of World War II, under the command of General Alphonse Juin. Consisting of 112,000 men divided into four divisions, all but one of the divisions were colonial units, mostly Moroccans and Algerians drawn from the Army of Africa and led by French officers. [2]
German occupation of France during World War II - 1940–1944 in the northern zones, and 1942–1944 in the southern zone. The Holocaust in France . Italian occupation of France during World War II - limited to border areas 1940–1942, almost all Rhône left-bank territory 1942-1943.
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. ' Army of Land ' ), is the principal land warfare force of France , and the largest component of the French Armed Forces ; it is responsible to the Government of France , alongside the French Navy , French Air and Space Force , and the National Gendarmerie . [ 3 ]
Subordination: Multiple, including British 8th Army, French 1st Army and Detachment of the Army of the Alps. [147] [148] 2nd Armoured Division (2nd DB, former 2nd Light Division). Formed in August 1943 from Leclerc's Column after the Allied victory in Tunisia, the 2nd DB was sent to Great Britain and entered France after D-Day.
The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération, [aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛz də la libeʁasjɔ̃], AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres, FFL) during World War II. The military force of Free France, it participated in ...
The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France.
Military divisions of Vichy's Armistice Army during the period 1940-1942. The Armistice Army (French: Armée de l'Armistice) or Vichy French Army (French: Vichy Armée française) was the armed forces of Vichy France permitted under the terms of the Armistice of 22 June 1940.