French Liberation Army

French Liberation Army
Armée française de la Libération
Active8 January 1943 (1943-01-08)–1945 (1945)
CountryFrance
Second French Colonial Empire
TypeArmy
Size
  • 550,000 (1944)
  • 1,300,000 (1945)
EngagementsItalian 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
Insignia
Identification
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The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération or AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the 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.


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