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Pages in category "French Army generals of World War II" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Horse carabinier's uniform before 1809 Horse carabinier as of 1809. The corps of Carabiniers was a group of heavy cavalry originally created by Louis XIV.From 1791 to 1809, their uniforms consisted of a blue coat with a blue piped red collar, red cuffs, lapels and turnbacks with white grenades, red epaulettes with edged white straps, red cuff flaps for the 1st Regiment, blue piped red for the ...
French Army generals of World War II (50 P) Pages in category "French generals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 946 total.
The pantalon rouge (French for 'red trousers') were an integral part of the uniform of most regiments of the French army from 1829 to 1914. Some parts of the Kingdom of France 's army already wore red trousers or breeches but the French Revolution saw the introduction of white trousers for infantrymen.
General Boulanger wearing a kepi c. 1880. The kepi was formerly the most common headgear in the French Army.Its predecessor originally appeared during the 1830s, in the course of the initial stages of the occupation of Algeria, as a series of various lightweight cane-framed cloth undress caps called casquette d'Afrique.
Military history of France during World War II; Norman Conquest of England; Marshals of France; List of notable French military leaders; List of French wars and battles; Deployments of the French military; List of battles involving France (disambiguation) Social background of officers and other ranks in the French Army, 1750–1815 ; French and ...
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.
Service dress uniform kepi of an army general. A French army general displays five stars on a shoulder board; the number of stars should not be compared with that of generals from other NATO countries, usually denoted by four stars only. The rank in the National Gendarmerie additionally displays a golden grenade above the stars.