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List of French divisions in World War II

Index List of French divisions in World War II

This is a listing of French divisions that served between 1939 and 1945. [1]

307 relations: Aignay-le-Duc, Algiers, Allègre, Almenêches, Amiens, AMR 35, Arc-en-Barrois, Arcis-sur-Aube, Arlberg, Évreux, Bad Reichenhall, Baerenthal, Bannes, Marne, Bar-sur-Aube, Bar-sur-Seine, Batna, Algeria, Battle of Boulogne (1940), Battle of Monte Cassino, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, Beaumont, Belgium, Beaumont-en-Argonne, Belligné, Belmont, Bas-Rhin, Bernay, Eure, Bersac-sur-Rivalier, Besançon, Biberach an der Riss, Bludenz, Bohain-en-Vermandois, Bordeaux, Bourbourg, Bourges, Bray-Dunes, Brémoncourt, Brest, France, Brignais, Buhl, Haut-Rhin, Bussang, Caen, Cahors, Canteleu, Casablanca, Chambéry, Champeix, Chapelle-Vallon, Char B1, Char D2, Charles de Gaulle, Charleville-Mézières, Charmes, Vosges, ..., Chasseur, Chaumont-Porcien, Châlons-en-Champagne, Cherveix-Cubas, Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, Clermont-Ferrand, Coëtquidan, Cochinchina, Col de Saverne, Col de Tende, Colmar Pocket, Combat command, Constantine, Algeria, Corcieux, Courances, Courcemain, Coutras, Cunèges, Cussac, Haute-Vienne, Cuzorn, Damousies, Dijon, Donaueschingen, Dourdan, Dunkirk, Embrun, Hautes-Alpes, Falaise, Calvados, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Flavignac, Fontaine-le-Dun, Fortified Sector of Boulay, Fortified Sector of Colmar, Fortified Sector of Haguenau, Fortified Sector of Maubeuge, Fortified Sector of Mulhouse, Fortified Sector of Rohrbach, Fortified Sector of the Lower Rhine, Fortified Sector of the Vosges, Fortified Sector of Thionville, Francheville, Côte-d'Or, Free France, French Far East Expeditionary Corps, French Foreign Legion, Frolois, Fumel, Gaâfour, Gabès, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Gaullism, Germiny, Germonville, Gondreville, Loiret, Goviller, Grandes Unités Françaises, Grignan, Grostenquin, Guer, Gueutteville, Gugney, Haubourdin, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Haute-Vienne, Hautefort, Hiesse, Hirson, Hotchkiss H35, Hurbache, Immenstadt, Indevillers, Indochina, Internment, Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina, Jumilhac-le-Grand, Juvigny-le-Tertre, Kambut, Kesra, La Bourgonce, La Capelle, La Combe-de-Lancey, La Coquille, La Courtine, La Meyze, La Neuville-au-Pont, La Salle, Vosges, La Souterraine, Laignes, Lalinde, Lambersart, Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Le Fleix, Le Mans, Le Perray-en-Yvelines, Le Vésinet, Les Riceys, Les Rues-des-Vignes, Levens, Lille, Limoges, Limogne-en-Quercy, Limours, Lorraine, Louppy-sur-Loison, Louviers, Lunéville, Lyon, Maîche, Maizières-lès-Metz, Mangiennes, Manre, Mareth Line, Mareuil, Charente, Marle, Aisne, Marsac, Creuse, Marseille, Marthemont, Mascara, Algeria, Mauriac, Cantal, Mérignac, Gironde, Méry-sur-Seine, Mdhila, Meisenthal, Meknes, Melun, Metz, Moivre, Marne, Mollau, Monbazillac, Monsac, Mont Cenis, Mont Donon, Montbard, Montpellier, Morainvilliers, Moriat, Mostaganem, Mouans-Sartoux, Nantes, Nevers, Nexon, Haute-Vienne, Noisy-Rudignon, Normandy landings, Noyon, Ochey, Operation Dragoon, Operation Torch, Operation Undertone, Oran, Order of battle for the Battle of France, Orléans, Padoux, Passais, Pellegrue, Pierre-Buffière, Praye, Quiberon, Rabat, Reims, Rennes, Ribérac, Riedlingen, Rimogne, Rolampont, Roncherolles-sur-le-Vivier, Saint-André-lez-Lille, Saint-Aquilin, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne, Saint-Flour, Cantal, Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine, Saint-Jory-de-Chalais, Saint-Loup-Lamairé, Saint-Mathieu, Saint-Maur, Indre, Saint-Mihiel, Saint-Pardoux, Haute-Vienne, Saint-Pierre-Chérignat, Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson, Saint-Seine, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets, Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Sambre–Oise Canal, Sedan, Ardennes, Sexey-aux-Forges, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Switzerland, Syria–Lebanon Campaign, Thin-le-Moutier, Thuilley-aux-Groseilles, Tonkin, Toulon, Toulouse, Troyes, Tunisian Campaign, Turin, Tuttlingen, Val-et-Châtillon, Valence (city), Vaudémont, Vézelise, Vecoux, Verdun, Villey-le-Sec, Vosges, Walbourg, Waldersbach, Weyersheim, Wimy, Xonrupt-Longemer, Zaghouan, Zriba, 102nd Fortress Division (France), 18th Army Group, 18th Infantry Division (France), 192nd Infantry Division, 1st Colonial Infantry Division (France), 1st Free French Division, 1st Grenadiers Division (Poland), 1st Light Cavalry Division (France), 1st Light Mechanized Division (France), 1st Moroccan Infantry Division, 21st Infantry Division (France), 22nd Infantry Division (France), 25th Motorized Division (France), 2nd Armored Division (France), 2nd Infantry Division (France), 2nd Light Cavalry Division (France), 2nd Light Mechanized Division (France), 2nd North African Infantry Division, 2nd Rifle Division (Poland), 32nd Infantry Division (France), 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, 3rd Colonial Infantry Division (France), 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, 3rd Light Mechanized Division (France), 3rd North African Infantry Division, 41st Infantry Division (France), 4th Armored Division (France, 1940), 4th Light Cavalry Division (France), 4th North African Infantry Division, 53rd Infantry Division (France), 55th Infantry Division (France), 5th Armored Division (France), 5th Indian Infantry Brigade, 5th Light Cavalry Division (France), 5th Motorized Division (France), 5th North African Infantry Division, 60th Infantry Division (France), 61st Infantry Division (France), 68th Infantry Division (France), 71st Infantry Division (France), 7th Division (Australia), 7th North African Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Division (France), 9th Motorized Division. 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Aignay-le-Duc

Aignay-le-Duc is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.

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Algiers

Algiers (الجزائر al-Jazā’er, ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻ, Alger) is the capital and largest city of Algeria.

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Allègre

Allègre is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.

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Almenêches

Almenêches is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

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Amiens

Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille.

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AMR 35

The Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance Renault Modèle 35 Type ZT (AMR 35 or Renault ZT) was a French light tank developed during the Interbellum and used in the Second World War.

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Arc-en-Barrois

Arc-en-Barrois is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.

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Arcis-sur-Aube

Arcis-sur-Aube is a French commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.

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Arlberg

Arlberg is a massif between Vorarlberg and Tyrol in Austria.

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Évreux

Évreux is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy.

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Bad Reichenhall

Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany.

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Baerenthal

Baerenthal (Lorraine Franconian: Bäredal) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

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Bannes, Marne

Bannes is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.

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Bar-sur-Aube

Bar-sur-Aube is a French commune and a sub-prefecture in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of France.

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Bar-sur-Seine

Bar-sur-Seine is a French commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.

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Batna, Algeria

Batna (باتنة, Berber: ⵜⴱⴰⵜⴻⵏⵜ, Tbatent) is the main city of Batna Province, Algeria.

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Battle of Boulogne (1940)

The Battle of Boulogne was the defence of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer by French, British and Belgian troops, during the Battle of France of the Second World War in 1940.

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Battle of Monte Cassino

The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II.

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Bazoches-sur-Guyonne

Bazoches-sur-Guyonne is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France.

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Beaumont, Belgium

Beaumont is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, on the border with France.

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Beaumont-en-Argonne

Beaumont-en-Argonne is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

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Belligné

Belligné is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.

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Belmont, Bas-Rhin

Belmont (Schönenberg) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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Bernay, Eure

Bernay is a commune in the west of the Eure department about 50km from Évreux in northern France.

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Bersac-sur-Rivalier

Bersac-sur-Rivalier is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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Besançon

Besançon (French and Arpitan:; archaic Bisanz, Vesontio) is the capital of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

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Biberach an der Riss

Biberach is a town in the south of Germany.

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Bludenz

Bludenz is a town in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

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Bohain-en-Vermandois

Bohain-en-Vermandois is a commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Occitan: Bordèu) is a port city on the Garonne in the Gironde department in Southwestern France.

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Bourbourg

Bourbourg is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Bourges

Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river.

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Bray-Dunes

Bray-Dunes (Brayduinen in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France, located on the Belgian border.

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Brémoncourt

Brémoncourt is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France.

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Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany.

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Brignais

Brignais is a commune of the Rhône department in eastern France.

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Buhl, Haut-Rhin

Buhl is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Bussang

Bussang (or Büssing) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in Northeastern France.

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Caen

Caen (Norman: Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France.

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Cahors

Cahors (Caors) is the capital of the Lot department in south-western France.

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Canteleu

Canteleu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France.

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Casablanca

Casablanca (ad-dār al-bayḍāʾ; anfa; local informal name: Kaẓa), located in the central-western part of Morocco bordering the Atlantic Ocean, is the largest city in Morocco.

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Chambéry

Chambéry (Chambèri, Sciamberì, and in Helvetii: Camberia) is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

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Champeix

Champeix is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

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Chapelle-Vallon

Chapelle-Vallon is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

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Char B1

The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before World War II.

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Char D2

The Char D2 was a French tank of the interwar period.

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Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in France.

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Charleville-Mézières

Charleville-Mézières is a commune in northern France, capital of the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region.

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Charmes, Vosges

Charmes is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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Chasseur

Chasseur, a French term for "hunter", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light infantry (chasseurs à pied) or light cavalry (chasseurs à cheval) to denote troops trained for rapid action.

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Chaumont-Porcien

Chaumont-Porcien is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

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Châlons-en-Champagne

Châlons-en-Champagne is a city in the Grand Est region of France.

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Cherveix-Cubas

Cherveix-Cubas is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines

Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

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Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergnat Clharmou, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 141,569 (2012).

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Coëtquidan

Camp Coëtquidan (Camp de Coëtquidan) is a French military educational facility located in the Morbihan department of Brittany in France.

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Cochinchina

Cochinchina (Nam Kỳ; ''Kausangsin''.; Cochinchine) is a region encompassing the southern third of current Vietnam whose principal city is Saigon or Prey Nokor in Khmer.

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Col de Saverne

The Col de Saverne (Pass of Saverne or Saverne Pass) is a natural pass in the north of the Vosges mountains, near Saverne, which permits travel between the ''département'' of Bas-Rhin, ''région'' Alsace and the ''département'' of Moselle, région Lorraine.

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Col de Tende

Col de Tende (Colle di Tenda; elevation 1870 m) is a high mountain pass in the Alps, close to the border between France and Italy, although the highest section of the pass is wholly within France.

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Colmar Pocket

The Colmar Pocket (Poche de Colmar; Brückenkopf Elsass) was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from November 1944 to February 1945, against the U.S. 6th Army Group (6th AG) during World War II.

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Combat command

A Combat Command was a combined-arms military organization of comparable size to a brigade or regiment employed by armored forces of the United States Army from 1942 until 1963.

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Constantine, Algeria

Not to be confused with Constantinople, the historical city from 330 to 1453 in Thrace, now Istanbul, Turkey. Constantine (قسنطينة, ⵇⵙⴻⵏⵟⵉⵏⴰ), also spelled Qacentina or Kasantina, is the capital of Constantine Province in northeastern Algeria.

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Corcieux

Corcieux is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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Courances

Courances is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

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Courcemain

Courcemain is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

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Coutras

Coutras is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Cunèges

Cunèges is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Cussac, Haute-Vienne

Cussac is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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Cuzorn

Cuzorn is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

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Damousies

Damousies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Dijon

Dijon is a city in eastern:France, capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

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Donaueschingen

Donaueschingen is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar ''Kreis''.

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Dourdan

Dourdan is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

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Dunkirk

Dunkirk (Dunkerque; Duinkerke(n)) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Embrun, Hautes-Alpes

Embrun (Occitan: Ambrun, Latin: Ebrodunum, Ebrudunum, and Eburodunum) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Falaise, Calvados

Falaise is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Feldkirch, Vorarlberg

Feldkirch is a medieval city in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg on the border with Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

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Flavignac

Flavignac is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

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Fontaine-le-Dun

Fontaine-le-Dun is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

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Fortified Sector of Boulay

The Fortified Sector of Boulay (Secteur Fortifiée de Boulay) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line to the north and east of Metz in northeastern France.

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Fortified Sector of Colmar

The Fortified Sector of Colmar (Secteur Fortifié de Colmar) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the French frontier with Germany in the vicinity of Colmar.

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Fortified Sector of Haguenau

The Fortified Sector of Haguenau (Secteur Fortifiée de Haguenau) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the most easterly section of the Maginot Line, to the north of Strasbourg.

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Fortified Sector of Maubeuge

The Fortified Sector of Maubeuge (Secteur Fortifié de Maubeuge) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line between the French border with Belgium and Maubeuge, a distance of about.

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Fortified Sector of Mulhouse

The Fortified Sector of Mulhouse (Secteur Fortifié de Mulhouse) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the French frontier with Germany in the vicinity of Mulhouse.

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Fortified Sector of Rohrbach

The Fortified Sector of Rohrbach (Secteur Fortifié de Rohrbach) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line in the vicinity of Bitche.

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Fortified Sector of the Lower Rhine

The Fortified Sector of the Lower Rhine (Secteur Fortifié du Bas-Rhin) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the French frontier with Germany in the vicinity of Strasbourg.

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Fortified Sector of the Vosges

The Fortified Sector of the Vosges (Secteur Fortifiée des Vosges) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line at the northern end of the Vosges Mountains in northeastern France.

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Fortified Sector of Thionville

The Fortified Sector of Thionville (Secteur fortifié de Thionville) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line immediately to the north of Thionville.

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Francheville, Côte-d'Or

Francheville is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.

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Free France

Free France and its Free French Forces (French: France Libre and Forces françaises libres) were the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War and its military forces, that continued to fight against the Axis powers as one of the Allies after the fall of France.

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French Far East Expeditionary Corps

The French Far East Expeditionary Corps (Corps Expéditionnaire Français en Extrême-Orient, CEFEO) was a colonial expeditionary force of the French Union Army that was initially formed in French Indochina during 1945 during the Pacific War.

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French Foreign Legion

The French Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère) (FFL; Légion étrangère, L.É.) is a military service branch of the French Army established in 1831.

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Frolois

Frolois is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Fumel

Fumel is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

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Gaâfour

Gaâfour (36° 20' N 9° 19' E) is a town and commune in the Siliana Governorate, north-western Tunisia, located 120 kilometers southwest of Tunis.

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Gabès

Gabès (قابس), also spelled Cabès, Cabes, Kabes, Gabbs and Gaps, is the capital city of the Gabès Governorate in Tunisia.

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Gap, Hautes-Alpes

Gap is a commune in southeastern France, the capital and largest town of the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Gaullism

Gaullism (Gaullisme) is a French political stance based on the thought and action of World War II French Resistance leader General Charles de Gaulle, who would become the founding President of the Fifth French Republic.

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Germiny

Germiny is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Germonville

Germonville is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Gondreville, Loiret

Gondreville is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, located 110 kilometres from Paris.

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Goviller

Goviller is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Grandes Unités Françaises

Grandes Unités Françaises (full title: Guerre 1939-1945 Les Grandes Unités Françaises) is a monumental six-volume (the fifth volume is actually composed of four separate works) World War II order of battle and military unit history reference compiled by the historical service of the chief of staff of the French Army.

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Grignan

Grignan is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.

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Grostenquin

Grostenquin (Großtänchen, Lorraine Franconian: Tännchen/Grosstänsche) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Guer

Guer is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.

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Gueutteville

Gueutteville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

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Gugney

Gugney is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Haubourdin

Haubourdin is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Haumont-près-Samogneux

Haumont-près-Samogneux is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne is a French department named after the river Vienne.

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Hautefort

Hautefort (Occitan Autafòrt) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Hiesse

Hiesse is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

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Hirson

Hirson is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Hotchkiss H35

The Hotchkiss H35 or Char léger modèle 1935 H was a French cavalry tank developed prior to World War II.

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Hurbache

Hurbache is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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Immenstadt

Immenstadt im Allgäu is a town in the Upper Allgäu, the southernmost district of Bavaria, Germany, in the German Alps.

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Indevillers

Indevillers is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

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Indochina

Indochina, originally Indo-China, is a geographical term originating in the early nineteenth century and referring to the continental portion of the region now known as Southeast Asia.

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Internment

Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges, and thus no trial.

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Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina

The Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina, known as Meigo Sakusen (Operation Bright Moon), was a Japanese operation that took place on 9 March 1945 towards the end of World War II.

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Jumilhac-le-Grand

Jumilhac-le-Grand is a commune in the Dordogne dėpartement in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south western France.

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Juvigny-le-Tertre

Juvigny-le-Tertre is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France.

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Kambut

Kambut, sometimes is known as Gambut, is a village in eastern Libya, some east of Tobruk.

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Kesra

Kesra is a town and commune in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia.

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La Bourgonce

La Bourgonce is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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La Capelle

La Capelle is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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La Combe-de-Lancey

La Combe-de-Lancey is a commune in the Isère department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.

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La Coquille

La Coquille is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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La Courtine

La Courtine is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

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La Meyze

La Meyze is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

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La Neuville-au-Pont

La Neuville-au-Pont is a commune in the Marne department in the Grand Est region in north-eastern France.

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La Salle, Vosges

La Salle is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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La Souterraine

La Souterraine (La Sotarrana) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

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Laignes

Laignes is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

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Lalinde

Lalinde is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Lambersart

Lambersart is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Le Buisson-de-Cadouin

Le Buisson-de-Cadouin is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.

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Le Fleix

Le Fleix is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Le Mans

Le Mans is a city in France, on the Sarthe River.

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Le Perray-en-Yvelines

Le Perray-en-Yvelines is a commune in the Yvelines department in the west of Île-de-France in north-central France.

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Le Vésinet

Le Vésinet is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.

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Les Riceys

Les Riceys is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

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Les Rues-des-Vignes

Les Rues-des-Vignes (called Vinchy in the Middle Ages) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Levens

Levens is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Lille

Lille (Rijsel; Rysel) is a city at the northern tip of France, in French Flanders.

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Limoges

Limoges (Occitan: Lemòtges or Limòtges) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region in west-central France.

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Limogne-en-Quercy

Limogne-en-Quercy is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.

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Limours

Limours is a commune the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

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Lorraine

Lorraine (Lorrain: Louréne; Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe; German:; Loutrengen) is a cultural and historical region in north-eastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est.

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Louppy-sur-Loison

Louppy-sur-Loison is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Louviers

Louviers is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France.

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Lunéville

Lunéville (German, obsolete) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in France.

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Lyon

Lyon (Liyon), is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France.

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Maîche

Maîche is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

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Maizières-lès-Metz

Maizières-lès-Metz (Lorrain: Mach'ire) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Mangiennes

Mangiennes is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Manre

Manre is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

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Mareth Line

The Mareth Line was a system of fortifications built by France in southern Tunisia, prior to World War II.

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Mareuil, Charente

Mareuil is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

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Marle, Aisne

Marle is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Marsac, Creuse

Marsac is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

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Marseille

Marseille (Provençal: Marselha), is the second-largest city of France and the largest city of the Provence historical region.

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Marthemont

Marthemont is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Mascara, Algeria

Mascara is the capital city of Mascara Province, Algeria, in northwestern Algeria.

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Mauriac, Cantal

Mauriac is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in south-central France.

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Mérignac, Gironde

Mérignac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Méry-sur-Seine

Méry-sur-Seine is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

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Mdhila

Mdhila (المضيلة) is a town and commune in the Gafsa Governorate, Tunisia.

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Meisenthal

Meisenthal (Lorraine Franconian: Meisedal) is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France.

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Meknes

Meknes (məknas; amknas; Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom.

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Melun

Melun is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

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Metz

Metz (Lorraine Franconian pronunciation) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.

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Moivre, Marne

Moivre is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

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Mollau

Mollau is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Monbazillac

Monbazillac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Monsac

Monsac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Mont Cenis

Mont Cenis (Moncenisio) is a massif (el. 3,612 m / 11,850 ft) and pass (el. 2081 m / 6827 ft) in Savoie (France), which forms the limit between the Cottian and Graian Alps.

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Mont Donon

Mont Donon is the highest peak in the northern Vosges.

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Montbard

Montbard is a commune and subprefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne region in eastern France.

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Montpellier

Montpellier (Montpelhièr) is a city in southern France.

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Morainvilliers

Morainvilliers is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

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Moriat

Moriat is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

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Mostaganem

Mostaganem (Mustɣanem; مستغانم) is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria.

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Mouans-Sartoux

Mouans-Sartoux (known in Occitan as Moans e Sartòu or Moans e Sartol) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

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Nantes

Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in western France on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast.

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Nevers

Nevers (Latin: Noviodunum, later Nevirnum and Nebirnum) is the prefecture of the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central France.

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Nexon, Haute-Vienne

Nexon is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

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Noisy-Rudignon

Noisy-Rudignon is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.

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Noyon

Noyon (Noviomagus Veromanduorum, Noviomagus of the Veromandui) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

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Ochey

Ochey is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Operation Dragoon

Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the Allied invasion of Southern France on 15August 1944.

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Operation Torch

Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942, formerly Operation Gymnast) was a Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa, during the North African Campaign of the Second World War.

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Operation Undertone

Operation Undertone was a large assault by the U.S. Seventh and French 1st Armies of the U.S. Sixth Army Group as part of the Allied invasion of Germany in March 1945 during World War II.

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Oran

Oran (وَهران, Wahrān; Berber language: ⵡⴻⵂⵔⴰⵏ, Wehran) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria.

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Order of battle for the Battle of France

The Order of Battle for the Battle of France details the hierarchy of the major combatant forces in the Battle of France in May 1940.

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Orléans

Orléans is a prefecture and commune in north-central France, about 111 kilometres (69 miles) southwest of Paris.

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Padoux

Padoux is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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Passais

Passais is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France.

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Pellegrue

Pellegrue is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Pierre-Buffière

Pierre-Buffière is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

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Praye

Praye is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.

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Quiberon

Quiberon is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in western France.

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Rabat

Rabat (الرِّبَاط,; ⴰⵕⴱⴰⵟ) is the capital city of Morocco and its third largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.

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Reims

Reims (also spelled Rheims), a city in the Grand Est region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris.

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Rennes

Rennes (Roazhon,; Gallo: Resnn) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine.

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Ribérac

Ribérac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Riedlingen

Riedlingen is a town in the district (Kreis) of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, in the south-west of Germany.

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Rimogne

Rimogne is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

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Rolampont

Rolampont is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France.

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Roncherolles-sur-le-Vivier

Roncherolles-sur-le-Vivier is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

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Saint-André-lez-Lille

Saint-André-lez-Lille (Dutch: Sint-Andries or Sint-Andries-Rijsel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Saint-Aquilin

Saint-Aquilin is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (Sankt Didel), commonly referred to as Saint-Dié, is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne

Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.

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Saint-Flour, Cantal

Saint-Flour (Auvergnat: Sant Flor) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in south-central France, around 101km south of Clermont-Ferrand.

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Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine

Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine is a commune in the Mayenne department in northwestern France.

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Saint-Jory-de-Chalais

Saint-Jory-de-Chalais is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Saint-Loup-Lamairé

Saint-Loup-Lamairé is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.

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Saint-Mathieu

Saint-Mathieu is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

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Saint-Maur, Indre

Saint-Maur is a commune in the Indre department in central France.

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Saint-Mihiel

Saint-Mihiel is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Saint-Pardoux, Haute-Vienne

Saint-Pardoux is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.

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Saint-Pierre-Chérignat

Saint-Pierre-Chérignat is a commune in the Creuse department in central France.

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Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson

Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

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Saint-Seine

Saint-Seine is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.

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Saint-Valery-en-Caux

Saint-Valery-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

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Saint-Vigor-des-Mézerets

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Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield

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Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines

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Sambre–Oise Canal

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Sedan, Ardennes

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Sexey-aux-Forges

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Strasbourg

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Stuttgart

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Switzerland

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Syria–Lebanon Campaign

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Thin-le-Moutier

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Thuilley-aux-Groseilles

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Tonkin

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Toulon

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Toulouse

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Troyes

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Tunisian Campaign

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Turin

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Tuttlingen

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Val-et-Châtillon

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Valence (city)

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Vaudémont

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Vézelise

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Vecoux

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Verdun

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Villey-le-Sec

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Vosges

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Walbourg

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Waldersbach

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Weyersheim

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Wimy

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Xonrupt-Longemer

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Zaghouan

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Zriba

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102nd Fortress Division (France)

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18th Army Group

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18th Infantry Division (France)

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192nd Infantry Division

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1st Colonial Infantry Division (France)

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1st Free French Division

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1st Grenadiers Division (Poland)

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1st Light Cavalry Division (France)

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1st Light Mechanized Division (France)

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1st Moroccan Infantry Division

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21st Infantry Division (France)

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22nd Infantry Division (France)

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25th Motorized Division (France)

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2nd Armored Division (France)

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2nd Infantry Division (France)

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2nd Light Cavalry Division (France)

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2nd Light Mechanized Division (France)

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2nd North African Infantry Division

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2nd Rifle Division (Poland)

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32nd Infantry Division (France)

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3rd Algerian Infantry Division

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3rd Colonial Infantry Division (France)

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3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment

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3rd Light Mechanized Division (France)

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3rd North African Infantry Division

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41st Infantry Division (France)

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4th Armored Division (France, 1940)

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4th Light Cavalry Division (France)

The 4th Light Cavalry Division was a French Army division active during World War II.

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4th North African Infantry Division

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53rd Infantry Division (France)

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55th Infantry Division (France)

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5th Armored Division (France)

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5th Indian Infantry Brigade

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5th Light Cavalry Division (France)

The French 5th Light Cavalry Division was a French Army division active during World War II.

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5th Motorized Division (France)

The French 5th Motorized Division was a French Army division active during World War II.

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5th North African Infantry Division

The 5th North African Infantry Division was a French Army formation during World War II.

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60th Infantry Division (France)

The 60th Infantry Division (60e Division d'Infanterie, 60e DI) was a French Army formation during World War I and World War II.

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61st Infantry Division (France)

The 61st Infantry Division (61e Division d'Infanterie, 61e DI) was a French Army formation during World War I and World War II.

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68th Infantry Division (France)

The 68th Infantry Division (68e Division d'Infanterie, 68e DI) was a French Army formation during the First and Second World Wars.

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71st Infantry Division (France)

The 71st Infantry Division was a French Army formation during both World War I and World War II.

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7th Division (Australia)

The 7th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army.

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7th North African Infantry Division

The 7th Infantry Division North African (7 e DINA) was an infantry division of the French Army that participated in the Second World War.

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8th Infantry Division (France)

The 8th Infantry Division was a French Army formation during World War I, World War II and the Cold War.

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9th Motorized Division

The French 9th Motorized Division was a French Army division active during World War II.

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Redirects here:

2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (France), Division Legere Mecanique, Division Légère Mécanique, Division Légère de Cavalerie, List of French divisions in WWII.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_divisions_in_World_War_II

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