1, March 13, 1943, in Algiers (now: capital of Algeria), several people from the "armée d'French soldiers of the Afrique" (Afrika Korps) were trained in the use of American M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles.
African Army Regiment (armée d'afrique) is an informal but commonly used term. It mainly refers to the French troops stationed in French North Africa from 1830 to the end of the Algerian War in 1962, including French units composed of local recruits.
At this time, many (most) French units were armed with American equipment. Ironically, many French troops opposed the U.S. landing in November 1942 and have become allies by this time.
2, 1943-44, during the Italian campaign, the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division held a funeral for their comrades.
3, September 9, 1939, in the area of Lauterbach, a man from the French 42nd Infantry Division (42ème division d'infanterie), soldiers of the 151st Infantry Regiment (151ème ri) looking at a German poster.
4, November 1, 1944, location unknown, an M4A2 "Sherman" tank named Moscow of the 2nd French Panzer Division and its crew.
From left to right: Jean Fabre, Louis Decherchi – gunner, Sergeant Robert Boccardo – commander, Charles Kartner, unknown. (and a woman).
5, August 1944, in the north-central French city of Dreux, a member of the French Internal Affairs Forces (FFI) uses a truck as cover in a shootout with a German sniper.
French Interior Troops(French: Forces Fran Aises de L.)'Intérieur, FFI), also translatedFrench Interior Army, a fighting organization and guerrilla force that participated in and promoted the French Resistance movement in the latter part of World War II. Its name was used by Charles de Gaulle, then leader of Free France, as an official designation for fighters against Nazi Germany. The justification of these resistance forces occurred when France was transformed from a German-occupied military jurisdiction to a liberation by the Allies. Under the Free France, the French Interior Forces were more often organized as light infantry units and as a manpower supplement to the Free French Resistance forces. In contrast, the French Interior Forces are more responsible for garrisoning or defending relatively non-conflict hotspots on the front, and allow the regular French army to concentrate its resources and focus on the offensive in the main or decisive direction. On August 15, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Dragoon to attack southern France. In October 1944, with the liberation of most of the urban areas of mainland France, the French Interior Forces were integrated into the First French Army, ending their era as French irregulars in World War II.
6, On October 2, 1945, in the southwestern French city of Tarbes, British Brigadier General Michael Calvert presented the hat of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (left) and the hat of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (right), to the French SAS during the ceremony of handing over command to French General Auguste-Léon Bonjour.
Tarbes, a city in the southwest of France, is a municipality in the Hautes-Pyrenees in the Occitany region and the most populous city in the capital of the department, with a municipality area of 15With a population of 33 square kilometers and 42,758 people on January 1, 2019, it ranks 175th among French cities.
The 1st and 2nd regiments of the SAS in World War II were British, the 3rd and 4th regiments were Free French, and the 5th regiment was Belgian. (made up of people from different countries).
7. Members of the French Resistance show off their trophies in 1944.
Hehe, guess who didn't have 98k to "exchange opinions" with the Germans?
Hehe, guess who has two 98k and doesn't give it to the brother on the far right? (I guess it's to hang him with his gun as the "focus" of **).
8. Members of the 3rd SAS (Special Air Service) Regiment, made up of Free French members, are preparing for the day of the D-Day landing.
9, 1944, near Normandy, France, three French boys gaze at a destroyed Leopard tank.
10, somewhere in Strasbourg, 1944-45, a destroyed (French-equipped) M4 Sherman, the side of which reads "Here, 3 French soldiers died.
Strasbourg is the capital of the Grand Est region of France, the Alsace European Collective and the Lower Rhine Province, located at the eastern end of the French territory, across the Rhine River from Kehl in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 270,000 and a population of more than 640,000, it is the most populous city in northeastern France and the ninth most populous city in France in 2010.
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