or French Forces of the Interior (FFI) would be accomplished by the Marcel Doret fighter group. Following the Allied Landings in Provence on the 15th of August 1944, much of Southern France was liberated by Allied troops and FFI uprisings in the following days, including at German airfields ...
The Renault FT-17 has already been covered in some detail – suffice it to reiterate that the large fleet of Renault FT-17 tanks with which the French Army ended WW1 would remain the mainstay of the French armoured forces through to the mid-1930’s, when they began to be rapidly replac...
Birthplace: Dunkirk, France Oleg Prokofiev Dec. at 69 (1928-1998) Oleg Sergeevich Prokofiev (Russian: Оле́г Серге́евичПроко́фьев; 14 December 1928, Paris – 20 August 1998, Alderney) was an artist, sculptor and poet. Birthplace: Paris, France Paul Celan...
The second scenario would have seen the constitution of two modern Mediterranean “task forces” centered around modern, fast aircraft carriers capable of operating 40+ aircraft each, where the Italians lacked any of the kind, protected by new battleships of the Gascoigne class that showed a more ...
With that in mind Lord Gort, the British Expeditionary Force's commander-in-chief, diverted three divisions to occupy a series of strong points on either side of a corridor or safety zone through which the bulk of the British forces could march back to the safety of Dunkirk. And it is ...
10 Nov 1942 As Pierre Laval visited Adolf Hitler in Germany, Hitler told the French Prime Minister that Germany intended on moving its forces into Vichy France and Tunisia; Hitler did not share the timetable and gave no indication that it was to happen soon. Laval did not protest. At 2030...
General Maurice Gustave Gamelin was in charge of all French forces during most of the Battle of France. Although he was a decorated military leader prior to the war, his actions during World War II were slow and antiquated. He was accused of using World War I tactics in a war that was ...
They May Have Defeated the How They Presented It, like We Got Away French, but We've Got Our Army Back; It Was Both a 'Colossal Military Disaster' and a 'Miracle of Deliverance' When, 70 Years Ago Today, the Plan to Evacuate British Troops from Dunkirk Went into Action. Claire Miller...
Belgian troops continued to resist elsewhere in the country. By May 21, the Germans had reached the English Channel and the mouth of theSomme River. French and British forces were effectively split, and German pressure began pushing the remnants of the BEF toward the coastal town of Du...
Birthplace: Dunkirk, France Oleg Prokofiev Dec. at 69 (1928-1998) Oleg Sergeevich Prokofiev (Russian: Оле́г Серге́евичПроко́фьев; 14 December 1928, Paris – 20 August 1998, Alderney) was an artist, sculptor and poet. Birthplace: Paris, France Paul Celan...