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| Liberation of France | ||
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| Belgium • Italy • Luxembourg • Netherlands • Norway | ||
| Forces | Army of Africa • Commando Kieffer • First Army • Cavalry Corps • 3rd Army Corps • 4th • 5th • 1st Armored • 32nd Infantry • Francs-Tireurs et Partisans • Free French Forces • French Liberation Army • French Expeditionary Corps Divisions: • 1st Free French • 2nd Moroccan Infantry • 3rd Algerian Infantry • 4th Moroccan Mountain • Second Army | |
| Leaders | Charles de Gaulle • Jean Moulin • Winston Churchill • Bernard Montgomery • Henri Giraud • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Raymond O. Barton • George Patton • Philippe Leclerc • Jean de Lattre de Tassigny • Philippe Kieffer | |
| Administration | Empire Defense Council • French Civil and Military High Command • French National Committee • French Committee of National Liberation • Provisional Consultative Assembly • Provisional Government | |
| French campaign | Nov 1940 | Battle of Gabon |
| Jun 1941 | Syria-Lebanon campaign | |
| Nov 1942 | Operation Torch • Tunisian campaign • Battle of Réunion | |
| Sept 1943 | Liberation of Corsica | |
| Jan 1944 | Battle of Vercors • Battle of Glières | |
| March 1944 | Liberation of Limousin | |
| May 1944 | Battle of Mont Mouchet | |
| Jun 1944 | Battle of Normandy • Battle of Carentan • Battle of Cherbourg • Battle of Caen • Liberation of Limousin • Tulle massacre • Liberation of Guéret [fr] • Oradour-sur-Glane massacre • Maquis de Saint-Marcel • Maquis de Saffré | |
| July 1944 | Liberation of Saint-Lô • Battle of Mont Gargan [fr] • Operation Cobra | |
| Aug 1944 | Rennes [fr] • Saint-Malo [fr] • Liberation of Brest • Lioran [fr] • Égletons [fr] • Atlantic pockets: • Lorient • Saint-Nazaire • Battle of Port Cros • Battle of La Ciotat • Provence landings • Liberation of Toulon • Liberation of Marseille • Liberation of Paris • Maillé massacre • Liberation of Guéret [fr] • Battle of Montélimar [fr] • Liberation of Nice [fr] | |
| Sept 1944 | Liberation of Nancy • Operation Astonia • Operation Undergo • Atlantic pockets: • La Rochelle • Pointe de Grave • Royan • Dunkirk • Battle of Arracourt • Battle of Meximieux [fr] | |
| Nov 1944 - March 1945 | Battle of Alsace • Liberation of Strasbourg • Colmar Pocket • Bitche [fr] | |
| Apr 1945 | Atlantic pockets: • Royan • Pointe de Grave | |
| May 1945 | Atlantic pockets: • Dunkirk • La Rochelle • Lorient • Saint-Nazaire | |
| Aftermath | End of Vichy • 1945 municipal elections • Advance to the Rhine • Invasion of Germany • End of World War II in Europe • Victory in Europe Day • Victory Day • Provisional Government • Épuration légale • Épuration sauvage • Tripartisme • 1946 legislative election • Fourth Republic • Trente Glorieuses • Trial of Philippe Pétain • Klaus Barbie trial | |
| WW II theatres: • Atlantic • Western Front • Eastern Front • Mediterranean and Middle East • Pacific • Sino Japanese | ||
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