During World War I, France was one of the Triple Entente powers allied against the Central Powers. Although fighting occurred worldwide, the bulk of the French Army's operations …

This page is a list of French divisions that existed during the First World War. Divisions were either infantry, colonial infantry or cavalry.

French army formations in World War I include: 1st Army; 2nd Army; 3rd Army; 4th Army; 5th Army; 6th Army; 7th Army; 8th Army; 9th Army; 10th Army; Armée d'Orient

Mar 15, 2021 · The Commander-in-Chief of the French Army in 1914 was General Joseph Joffre. Under his command, the French forces were organized between five armies that were tasked …

French soldiers at the beginning of World War I. In January 1914, the French Army had 47 divisions, composed of 777,000 French soldiers and 47,000 colonial troops. The French army …

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. France suffered 4.2 million casualties, …

A peacetime order of battle of the French Army for July of 1914, listing all corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, and independent battalions of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and engineers …

In a unique account of the largest Allied army on the Western Front, the book revises our understanding not only of wartime strategy and combat, but also of other crucial aspects of …

Driven by injured national pride and the hope to recapture the lost territories, France began to build a new army shortly after the lost war. Like most other major European powers, France …

In the spring of 1917, the French Army faced what was arguably their greatest test of World War One - widespread mutiny. The mutiny was largely kept quiet, with Ludendorff stating in a letter …