French Liberation Army
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| French Liberation Army | |
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| Armée française de la Libération | |
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| Active | 8 January 1943–1945 |
| Country | France Second French Colonial Empire |
| Type | Army |
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| Engagements | Italian campaign Liberation of Corsica Battle of Marseille Operation Overlord Liberation of Paris Operation Dragoon Campaign of France Colmar Pocket French West Africa |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Henri Giraud Charles de Gaulle |
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The French Liberation Army (
Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres or FFL) during World War II. The military force of Free France, it participated in the Italian and Tunisian campaigns before joining in the Liberation of France with other Western Allies of World War II. It went on to join the Western Allied invasion of Germany
.
History
The French Liberation Army was created in January 1943 when the
General de Gaulle.[1]
The AFL participated in the campaigns of
Commando Kieffer.[2]
During the Allied invasion of Provence, on 15 August 1944, the AFL made the majority of the troops landing on French shores, capturing the ports of Toulon and Marseille.[3] The French troops in Southern France were now named French First Army and would participate in the Liberation of France and the invasion of south-western Germany in 1944–45. One of the AFL's garrison and second-line formations, which later helped man the French occupation zone in Germany, was the 10th Infantry Division.
References
Citations
- ^ a b Gerd-Rainer Horn 2020, p. 16.
- ^ Jean-Charles Stasi 2015, p. 16.
- ^ Paul Gaujac 2004, p. 160.
Sources
- Gerd-Rainer Horn (2020). The Moment of Liberation in Western Europe: Power Struggles and Rebellions, 1943–1948. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-258286-7.
- Jean de Lattre (1952). The History of the French First Army. Allen and Unwin.
- Paul Gaujac (2004). Provence, August 15, 1944: Dragoon, the Other Invasion of France. Histoire & Collections. ISBN 978-2-915239-50-8.
- Jean-Charles Stasi (2015). Commando Kieffer. Heimdal. ISBN 978-2-84048-387-8.