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	First World War.com - Battles - The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917
		Whereas the first and second battles of Ypres were launched by the Germans in 1914 and 1915 respectively, Third Ypres was intended as Sir Douglas Haig’s Allied forces breakthrough in Flanders in 1917.
		Once the French Nivelle Offensive had ended in disastrous failure in May, with mutiny spreading throughout the French army, Haig determined to press ahead with plans for a major British offensive in late summer.
		Similarly the French were halted further north by the German Fifth Army under Gallwitz.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/ypres3.htm (1470 words)

	French First Army - Definition, explanation
		During WWII the Army formed part of the forces ranged against the German Army.When the Wehrmacht invaded France and the Low Countries in 1940, the First Army was one of the many armies including the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) that advanced north to stop the German armies.
		On May 21, 1940, the First Army was one of the armies trapped at a vast pocket with their backs to the sea that would eventually result in the Dunkirk evacuations.
		French Army B under the command General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny landed in southern France after the Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of the area.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/f/fr/french_first_army.php (382 words)

	French First Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During WWII the Army formed part of the forces ranged against the German Army.When the Wehrmacht invaded France and the Low Countries in 1940, the First Army was one of the many armies including the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) that advanced north to stop the German armies.
		On May 21, 1940, the First Army was one of the armies trapped at a vast pocket with their backs to the sea that would eventually result in the Dunkirk evacuations.
		French Army B under the command General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny landed in southern France after the Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_First_Army (392 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle-of-the-Somme-(1916) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For the first time the home front in Britain was exposed to the horrors of modern war with the release of the propaganda film The Battle of the Somme, which used actual footage from the first days of the battle.
		In January 1916, the French commander, General Joseph Joffre, had agreed to the BEF making their main effort in Flanders, but after further discussions in February, the decision was reached to mount a combined offensive where the French and British armies met astride the Somme River in Picardy.
		The boundary between the British and French armies lay southeast of Delville Wood, beyond the villages of Guillemont and Ginchy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_the_Somme_%281916%29 (11692 words)

	First World War.com - Weapons of War - Poison Gas
		Although it is popularly believed that the German army was the first to use gas it was in fact initially deployed by the French.
		Nevertheless the German army was the first to give serious study to the development of chemical weapons and the first to use it on a large scale.
		Puzzled but suspicious the French suspected that the cloud masked an advance by German infantry and ordered their men to 'stand to' - that is, to mount the trench fire step in readiness for probable attack.
	www.firstworldwar.com /weaponry/gas.htm (1737 words)

	NAMED CAMPAIGNS - WORLD WAR I
		A French offensive in April, with which the British cooperated, was a failure, and was followed by widespread mutinies in the French armies.
		The British Fourth Army, including the American 33d and 80th Divisions, struck the northwestern edge of the salient in coordination with a thrust by the French First Army from the southwest.
		Five French armies (from right to left the Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, Third, and First) advanced abreast, in coordination with the British on the Somme to the north and the Americans to the east.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/wicmp.htm (4867 words)

	The Peninsular War 1808-1814
		French armies continued to threaten Wellington throughout the latter months of 1811, but at no time were able to catch him at a disadvantage.
		The myth of French invincibility in battle was soon exposed by the defeats of Dupont and Junot at Bailén and Vimeiro in 1808.
		With the French unable to concentrate their forces against the British-Portuguese army, Wellington was able to move on to the offensive.
	www.peninsularwar.org /penwar_e.htm (1899 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Battle of the Somme, 1916
		The French Commander in Chief, Joffre, conceived the idea as a battle of attrition, the aim being to drain the German forces of reserves, although territorial gain was a secondary aim.
		The German Verdun offensive transformed the intent of the Somme attack; the French demanded that the planned date of the attack, 1 August 1916, be brought forward to 1 July, the aim chiefly being to divert German resources from Verdun in the defence of the Somme.
		Meanwhile the British attack was renewed in north-east, the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, by the Fourth Army on 15 September.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/somme.htm (1956 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Timeline: Aug/Sep-1914 - War Erupts in the West
		The French First army attacked to seize Mulhouse in Alsace and the Second Army to seize Metz in Lorraine.
		The Fifth French Army and the British Expeditionary Force met the massive German force moving north of the Meuse on 22-Aug, and after a series of sharp encounters(Battles of Mons, Le Cateau, Charleroi and Namur) were forced to retreat to keep from being enveloped and destroyed.
		This attack was coordinated with the attack of the newly formed French Ninth Army to the east, and the British Expeditionary Force to the west.
	www.worldwar1.com /tlmob.htm (1297 words)

	Lone Sentry: Now It Can Be Told! 14th Armored Division (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Army right flank extended along the Rhine for 36 miles and was guarded by the elements of newly arrived infantry regiments who were to complete training in the Rhine Valley prior to employment in combat.
		On 2 January, the Army Commander received a personal cable from the Commanding General, Sixth Army Group, expressing the concern of higher headquarters lest divisions in the Haguenau area be severely handled or cut off in the event of successful enemy penetration south toward Sarrebourg or north from the Colmar pocket.
		First French Army and would be placed in command of the 28th, 3d and 75th U.S. Inf.
	www.lonesentry.com /unithistory/nowitcanbetold (7320 words)

	World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Western Europe 1945 - Worldwar-2.net
		Units of the Canadian First Army capture Xanten on the lower Rhine in the battle of the Reichswald.
		The U.S. First Army widens the Remagen bridgehead.
		The Canadian First Army reaches the coast in northern Holland and captures Arnhem in the South.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-in-europe/western-europe/western-europe-index-1945.htm (2957 words)

	The Polish Army in France, Haller Army, Blue Army - Battles in France
		The First Polish Regiment relieved the Tennessee "Wildcat" 81st Division at the front in the Champagne region.
		As part of the Fourth French Army, the First Polish Regiment continued to participate in heavy fighting along the Western Front through the summer and fall of 1918.
		The German Army had withdrawn from the area between Poland and Russia and the void created was filled by both Polish and Russian forces each looking to establish the new boundry in their favor.
	www.hallersarmy.com /FranceBattles.php (1125 words)

	Information About First French Empire (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The First French Empire, commonly known as the French Empire, the Napoleonic Empire or simply as The Empire, covers the period of the domination of France and of much of continental Europe by Napoleon I of France.
		The First French Empire stands distinct from its imitator and would-be successor the Second French Empire of Napoleon III (1852-1870).
		It was from Berlin, on November 21, 1806, that he had dated the first decree of a continental blockade, a monstrous conception intended to paralyze his inveterate rival, but which on the contrary caused his own fall by its immoderate extension of the Empire.
	www.carolansrealestate.com /first_french_empire.html (2545 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The First Army was formed on 26 December, 1914 when the corps of the British Expeditionary Force were divided into the First Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Douglas Haig and the Second Army (Horace Smith-Dorrien).
		The First Army was formed to command the land forces of in Operation Torch, the assault landings in Morocco and Algeria on 8 November 1942, during World War II.
		First Army formally came into being on 1 January 1943 with the redesignation of the Eastern Task Force.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=British_First_Army (383 words)

	The Meuse-Argonne Offensive: Overview
		First Army begins a major attack along the entire front, but this will just be the first in a series of attacks all resulting in high casualties with small gains in ground.
		The First Army boundary is ordered to be shifted to the east to allow the French 4th Army the honor of capturing Sedan site of a defeat in 1870 and redirect 1st Armies route of advance.
		As part of First Army's shift eastward units of the 2nd and 89th Divisions begin a west to east crossing of the Meuse.
	www.worldwar1.com /dbc/bigshow.htm (1316 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: The Supreme Command (ETO) [Chapter 17]
		The Third Army, almost completely halted at the end of August by gasoline shortages and increasing enemy opposition, resumed its advance on 4 September with the mission of crossing the Moselle and moving to positions on the Rhine.
		For the first time since late August, the main thrust was given to the U.S. forces, and the Allied forces were oriented directly at and south of the Ruhr, instead of north of that area.
		The French commander had to request that operations in western France be delayed and that two additional divisions be given the First French Army for operations in the Colmar area.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Supreme/USA-E-Supreme-17.html (9047 words)

	French Army
		The Leclerc was first operational with the French Army in 1992 and with UAE in 1995.
		Roland entered service with the French Army in 1977, and is in service with ten countries.French Army systems are mounted on vehicles based on the AMX-30 main battle tank.The Roland system is effective against air threats from extremely low to medium altitude.
		The twin-engined SA 330 Puma was developed initially to meet a French Army requirement for a medium-sized helicoptere de manoeuvre, capable of operating by day and night in all weathers and climates.The payload exceeded that of the specification, the aircraft being capable of carrying 18 troops with full individual armament plus two crew.
	homepage.eircom.net /~steven/french_army.htm (2229 words)

	First French Empire information - Search.com
		The First French Empire, commonly known as the French Empire or the Napoleonic Empire, covers the period of the domination of France and much of continental Europe by Napoleon I of France.
		In the first of these campaigns Bonaparte swept away the remnants of the old Holy Roman Empire and, out of its shattered fragments, created in southern Germany the vassal states of Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt and Saxony, which he attached to France under the name of the Confederation of the Rhine.
		It was from Berlin, on 21 November 1806, that he had dated the first decree of a continental blockade, a conception intended to paralyze his inveterate rival, but which on the contrary caused his own fall by its immoderate extension of the Empire.
	www.search.com /reference/First_French_Empire (2491 words)

	Avalanche Press
		French troops had been returning to the front throughout late 1944, and by the end of the year the French claimed to have one million men under arms.
		Though this is likely an inflated figure, nevertheless the First French Army had three armored and six infantry divisions (four of them made up of soldiers from France’s African colonies).
		This army was fighting as part of the U.S. Sixth Army Group on the southern flank of the Allied forces facing Germany, between Strasbourg and the Swiss border.
	www.avalanchepress.com /Strasbourg.php (939 words)

	:: ONF :: Images of a Forgotten War - After Amiens
		In a letter confirming his acceptance of Haig's proposals Marshal Foch made it clear that he was depending on the British operations to be developed with sufficient impetus to ensure a resumption of the thrust south of the Somme.
		Accordingly the Franco-British boundary was shifted northward to the Amiens-Chaulnes railway, and the relief of the Canadian Corps by French troops began on 19 August.
		On the night of August 19-20 the 2nd Canadian Division began moving northward by bus and train to rejoin the First Army in the Arras sector, followed the next night by the 3rd Division.
	www.nfb.ca /enclasse/ww1/en/autresindex.php?act=ressources&id=595427 (675 words)

	french army in algeria and other algeria related information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1962, the French Army left in defeat and Algeria became independent.
		Paul Aussaresses was a French Army officer who served in Algeria from 1955 to 1957, mainly as an intelligence officer in a paratroop unit.
		At the height of the war, French army numbers in Algeria finally reached some 400,000, sufficient at last to quell the...
	www.nethorde.com /algeria/french-army-in-algeria.html (340 words)

	6th Army Group
		The 6th Army Group was organized in 1944 in Corsica to provide operational control over the combined French and American forces participating in the invasion of southern France.
		The Sixth Army Group, also known as the Southern Group of Armies, was commanded by Lt. Gen.
		It consisted of the French First Army under General de Lattre de Tassigny and the United States Seventh Army under Lt. Gen.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/6ag.htm (170 words)

	1945
		SHAEF reports that spectacular gains by the U.S. First and Ninth Armies on the Cologne Plain have been made, while München-Gladbach has fallen to the Ninth Army.
		The U.S. Ninth Army capture Essen and the Seventh Army reaches Schweinfurt, 80 miles to the East of Frankfurt.
		The lists of the first war criminals to be tried at Nuremberg are drawn up by a 'Four Power' Commission of Prosecutors in London.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1945western.asp (2849 words)

	French First Army
		During WWII the Army formed part of the forces ranged against the German Army during the Battle of France.
		When the Wehrmacht invaded France and the Low Countries in 1940, the First Army was one of the many armies including the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) that advanced north to stop the German armies.
		As the Germans moved in, much of the First Army was hopelessly surrounded at Lille but resisted fiercely.
	www.tagate.com /wars/world_war/frence_first_army.shtml (445 words)

	Lattre De Tassigny
		After the fall of France, he was sent to Tunisia, but was recalled by the Vichy government for supporting the Allies, and imprisoned.
		He escaped, and was transported to England, where he took command of the French First Army.
		The First Army played a pivotal role in the liberation of France.
	www.multied.com /Bio/people/Lattre.html (89 words)

	France HQ : French Army
		An account of Germany's role during the First World War, examining the build-upto conflict, the early war years and the later desperate war of attrition.
		Explains the history and significance of Cinco De Mayo, which commemorates thedefeat of the French army by the Mexicans at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862.
		History and organisation of this regiment, which served in the French army from1803 to 1814.
	francehq.com /frencharmy/index.php (737 words)

	French Army and the First World War
		In January 1914 the French Army had 47 divisions (777,000 French and 46,000 colonial troops) in 21 regional corps, with attached cavalry and field-artillery units.
		The growing importance of the French Army Air Service also had an impact and whereas there were 1,5 million in the French infantry in June 1915, this dropped to 850,000 in 1918.
		By the end of the First World War, a total of 8,317,000 men, including 475,000 colonial troops, had been called up to fight in the French Army.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWfrenchA.htm (888 words)

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