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	French military history
		In this case, for France or for the French, I am using the history of the peoples of the area that is now modern France.
		French military history - Caesar to Charlemagne to Hugh Capet by Narayan Sengupta
		French military history - Napoleonic Wars - French Revolution to War of 1st Coalition by Narayan Sengupta
	www.peachmountain.com /5star/French_military_history.aspx (1036 words)

	French Military Victories
		The French led by Louis of Poiters are defeated by the English led by Henry, the Earl of Derby.
		The French and Duke Charles of Blois are defeated by the English and Sir Thomas Dagworth.
		Surrender and retreat by the French garrison to a force of Anglo-Portuguese is one of the bloodiest sieges of the Napoleonic Wars.
	www.militaryfactory.com /battles/french_military_victories.asp (2755 words)

	French military ferried Hutus to slayings: witness, French News, France, Expatica
		KIGALI, Dec 12, 2006 (AFP) - French military trucks ferried extremist Hutu militiamen to a mountain hideout in Rwanda to slaughter thousands of ethnic Tutsis during the 1994 genocide, an ex-member of the militia said Tuesday.
		The Bisesero mountains were part of "Zone Tourquoise," an area in southwest Rwanda where a French military operation was providing humanitarian assistance at the peak of the genocide in which some 800,000 people, mainly minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were massacred by Hutu radicals.
		The witness also testified that six French soldiers watched the murder of about 50 Tutsis at the Camp Gisenyi military barracks in northwest Rwanda where they were military advisers.
	www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?channel_id=4&story_id=35015 (508 words)

	The French Military in Africa - Council on Foreign Relations
		Of 12,000 French troops engaged in peacekeeping operations around the world, nearly half are deployed in Africa in both military and advisory capacities, according to the French Ministry of Defense.
		French soldiers and transport aircraft are stationed in nearby Togo to support the operations in Ivory Coast.
		The French embassy in the U.K. strongly denied the claim, saying that “France acted not only in order to prevent the tragedy, but also to mobilize the international community to come to the aid of the genocide victims.” Still, Gregory says Rwanda marked a turning point for French policy in francophone Africa.
	www.cfr.org /publication/12578/french_military_in_africa.html (2082 words)

	Military history of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		French military history during this period paralleled the rise and eventual fall of the armored knight.
		The history of French colonial imperialism can be divided into two major eras: the first from the early seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century, and the second from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century.
		The French are awaiting the A400M military transport aircraft, which is still in developmental stages, and the integration of the new Rafale multi-role jet fighter, whose first squadron of 20 aircraft is expected to become operational in 2006 at Saint-Dizier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_history_of_France (8257 words)

	Military of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The President of the Republic is the Commander-in-Chief of the French military, which counts the defense of national territory, the protection of French interests abroad, and the maintenance of global stability as some of its primary objectives.
		French active-duty military at the beginning numbers approximately 270,000 (World Almanac 2004), of which nearly 35,000 were assigned outside of metropolitan France.
		French Nuclear testing in the Pacific, and the Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior strained French relations with its Allies and South Pacific states.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_military (1047 words)

	French and Indian War
		French military bases were located in the cities of Quebec and Montreal while the British had military bases along New York's Hudson River.
		Following the French defeat by the British near Lake George in the last months of 1755, fighting increased and the French attempted to consolidate their hold on Lake Champlain and its surrounding area by building a new military base on the lake's southern end and named it Fort Carillon.
		The end of the French and Indian War however had resulted in large debt that the British Parliament decided would be repaid by a raise in taxes on the colonies, being as tehy were the primary beneficiary of the successful prosecution of the war.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/french_indian.htm (1216 words)

	Army bombs French military, nine killed
		The French military said a US national had also been killed in the attack on the town of Bouake, the stronghold of the New Forces group.
		The militants also descended on the French military base and the offices of the UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) to demonstrate and voice their anger over the retaliatory strikes carried out by the French.
		French military sources said the protesters threw Molotov cocktails and stones at the peacekeepers, whom they accused of not taking action against the government army.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2004/11/mil-041106-irin01.htm (635 words)

	The French Military as Contrasted with the English since 1500: Proud Traditions or a Badge of Shame (Site not responding. Last check: )
		French revolutionary army fighters defeat and expel a combined invasion force of Russians, Prussians, British, Dutch, and others who invaded in the 1790s to restore the French aristocracy.
		Many readers may compare the relative size of the British and French empires in the 1800s and assume that British military superiority was responsible for the disparity in geographical breadth and population of the two imperial realms.
		In conclusion, then, there is no evidence that the French are uniquely pusillanimous or feeble in their military tradition, since a side-by-side comparison with the British—the most common adversaries of the French—reveals a similar record of defeats for them.
	www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~ulm/history/french_vs_british_military.htm (4219 words)

	Torture to Prevent Terrorism?
		The French military won the war on the ground but lost in the political circles in France.
		French President Jacques Chirac was "horrified" at the declarations of General Aussaresses and condemns the atrocities, acts of torture and summary executions.
		The French base at in Dien Bien Phu, composed of 16,000 men, had fallen 7 May 1954 after a fierce resistance that marked the beginning of the end of the French intervention in Viet Nam.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,SOF_0704_Torture,00.html (4580 words)

	The French and Indian War
		The French and Indian War was a war by proxy initially, and was one of a chain of conflicts stretching back almost a century.
		The failure of the French to establish colonies on the Atlantic seaboard south of the Saint Lawrence River, and their slow occupation of the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, allowed the English to ultimately gain control of the North American continent.
		The war was triggered by the actions of the military force led by Washington in 1754, but had Washington not been in charge of the Virginia response to the French incursion then a war would have been triggered by some other incident in the 1750's.
	www.virginiaplaces.org /military/frenchandindian.html (1620 words)

	www.hatlie.de APUS MH 356 French Military History
		Indeed, the French case is interesting because France is a country which has been both bitterly divided (especially during the 19th century) and subject to the great stresses of modernization, empire and military defeat.
		Smith, Leonard V.: The Disciplinary Dilemma of French Military Justice, September 1914-April 1917: The Case of the 5e Division d'Infanterie.
		Munholland, J. Kim: The French Response to the Vietnamese Nationalist Movement, 1905-14.
	hatlie.de /teaching/apu-mh356.html (1999 words)

	school uniform: French military schools
		The chronology of military schools in France is somewhat complicated by the fact that children at many schools wore military uniforms, but were not really military schools.
		French officials and educators concluded that more discipline was needed in French education.
		Military schools were some of the few French schools to require uniforms.
	histclo.com /schun/type/mil/schunmilf.html (1131 words)

	Bibliography on French-American Military Alliance, 1780-1783 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Emphasis on the global impact of the French colonal and naval infantry forces reminds the reader of the extensive French military involvement in the American War for Independence, which went beyond just that of d'Estaing's and Rochambeau's expeditions.
		It was the French government's careful appointment of leaders of the expeditionary force in light of many of the former English colonists perception of the French traditional enemies.
		An explaination of artillery's decisive role in the allied victory at Yorktown (1781), and the contribution of the French artillery commander, colonel François Marie d'Aboville (1730-1817).
	xenophongroup.com /mcjoynt/ep_bib.htm (5895 words)

	The French Contribution to the American War of Independence
		The French government hoped to redress the balance of power that resulted from the French humiliation in the Seven Years Wars, which gave considerable economic and military advantages to Britain.
		French military aid was also a decisive factor in the American victory.
		French land and sea forces fought on the side of the American colonists against the British.
	people.csail.mit.edu /sfelshin/saintonge/frhist.html (938 words)

	French Military Considers High Orbits for Imaging Satellites
		French military planners are studying the use of higher orbits for optical reconnaissance satellites as a way of assuring more-frequent coverage of a given area and saving on the costs of launching satellite constellations.
		The event was organized by the French Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS).
		For military use, images with 1-meter resolution or better are required for some purposes.
	www.space.com /spacenews/archive04/imagearch_100404.html (614 words)

	PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Summer 2000
		For a military of some 250,000, this was not an impressive contribution.[7] Once in Saudi Arabia, moreover, the French remained gallingly dependent upon the United States for tactical intelligence and logistical support, and were ultimately relegated to a role of relative inconsequence.
		Just as the French military confronted the need for major technological investments, the quantity of funds earmarked for such purposes fell from the equivalent of $18.9 billion in 1990 to $17.4 billion in 1996 without accounting for the effects of inflation.
		French presidents have traditionally enjoyed enormous autonomy in foreign and defense policy, informally considered as their "reserved domain."[13] But when forced into a "cohabitation" government with the right-wing Premier Edouard Balladur in 1993, an ailing Mitterand found these privileges challenged.
	carlisle-www.army.mil /usawc/Parameters/00summer/bloch.htm (4635 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - National Defense
		The French forces present in the Pacific region and the Southern Indian Ocean (10,000) are controlling sea lanes of communications and important areas for the preservation of natural wealth.
		From October 23, 2001, to September 30, 2002, a total of 12,000 flying hours were conducted in support of operations in Afghanistan by the French Mirage IV reconnaissance aircraft, the C135 tankers, the C160 and C130 transports, the E2C and Super Etendard from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, and the Mirage 2000D strike aircraft.
		Today, 130 military are based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, helping to operate the airport and supporting 2 transport aircraft engaged in the support of the French contingent in Afghanistan.
	www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2004/defense_budget070804.asp (1295 words)

	French military pondering Gulf syndrome probe
		Bureau said the French military had so far registered only one claim, still pending, from a French Gulf War veteran asking for an invalid's pension on grounds he suffered from the syndrome.
		A lawyer for the government asked the appeals court in the southwestern French city of Bordeaux to uphold a pension court's rejection of Desplat's claim.
		A few French soldiers took the antidote on their own initiative but there have been no reports of after-effects, according to the French military.
	home.att.net /~dstormmom/frenchgw.htm (423 words)

	Turkey suspends French military contacts
		The move was the latest backlash against French legislation that, if approved by the Senate and president, would criminalize denial that the killings of Armenians in Turkey were genocide.
		The two countries also have participated in military exercises together, and have sent troops to serve in the international peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
		Basbug, commander of land forces, disclosed the suspension of military ties with France in comments to reporters at a reception in Ankara, the Anatolia news agency reported.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /world/2006-11/16/content_734593.htm (507 words)

	Terrorism - French Military Reform (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The changes would also re-orient the French Armed Forces from a mostly European force focused on repelling a Soviet invasion, to a professional, flexible, and highly mobile force capable of deploying worldwide to fight or conduct peace support operations.
		French suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD) capabilities were limited in Kosovo because the Air Force lacked an anti-radar missile that could track and destroy a target after the radar is switched off.
		French Special Forces were reported as fighting al Qaeda forces as part of a multinational effort in the Shahikot mountain range near Gardez on March 5.
	www.cdi.org /terrorism/french-reform.cfm (2045 words)

	Military History Online
		The American divisions, soon part of the Seventh Army, were joined by French divisions in the First French Army, the primary French military contribution in the European theater.
		The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, Roosevelt, Churchill, and their military advisers engaged in heated debate about whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even a good idea.
		The main theme of Churchill's speech was to call for close cooperation, even a military alliance, between the United States and Western Europe, to ensure that the Iron Curtain, which became the term for both the symbolic and real dividing line between democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe, moved no further to the west.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com (3156 words)

	eXile - Issue #175 - War Nerd - The French - By Gary Brecher (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was the French artillery forces and military engineers who ran the siege, and at sea it was a French admiral, de Grasse, who kicked the shit out of the British navy when they tried to break the siege.
		When the sequel war came, the French relied on their frontier fortifications and used their tanks (which were better than the Germans', one on one) defensively.
		The only power with a chance of stopping them was the French army under Charles "the Hammer" Martel, King of the Franks (French), who answered to the really cool nickname "the Hammer of God." It was the French who saved the continent's ass.
	www.exile.ru /2003-October-02/war_nerd.html (2018 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Turkey ends French military ties
		Gen Ilker Basbug said this was in protest at a bill passed by the French National Assembly to make it a crime to deny the Armenian "genocide".
		"Relations with France in the military field have been suspended," said the general, who is head of Turkey's land forces and number two in the armed forces hierarchy.
		The new French bill, tabled by the opposition but opposed by the French government, needs approval from the Senate and president before it becomes law.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/6153186.stm (397 words)

	French military tribunal opens investigation into Rwanda genocide allegations - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		A central claim is that French soldiers allowed members of the Rwandan Armed Forces or militiamen to enter camps set up to protect Tutsis, the lawyer said.
		French officials have repeatedly denied that France aided or directed the Hutu forces involved in the slaughter.
		In 1998, a French parliamentary panel absolved France of responsibility in the slaughter.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20051223T220000-0500_95250_OBS_FRENCH_MILITARY_TRIBUNAL_OPENS_INVESTIGATION_INTO_RWANDA_GENOCIDE_ALLEGATIONS.asp (421 words)

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		They got upset about Iraq (FURIOUS) yet it seems that the only alternative they had to offer to Iraqi's was continued no fly zones and Saddam, the US (ie Bush) came in with all the contrevorsy etc- said it was for democracy(the world laughed), but hey there is an election.
		French people would not use the words "follow USA" but in fact, they will if it is to fight terrorism.
		French Language Question: When Woodrow Wilson was in Paris in 1919 a French newspaper described him as a "man of candor" I suppose that might be "candeur" in French.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/30-40484.aspx (1037 words)

	☞ military - French Military Victories Online Directory (Site not responding. Last check: )
		British military activity was reduced to a succession of small victories in the French colonies and another naval victory at Copenhagen (September 2, 1807).
		The "french military victories" one is funny, but what's funnier is that a lot of people...
		British military activity was reduced to a succession of victories in the French colonies and another naval victory at Copenhagen (September 2, 1807).
	www.military-101.info /d/frenchmilitaryvictories (1291 words)

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