- 09 -152015
In Honour and by Victory, eighteenth episode : the 2nd Colonial Infantry Regiment
Formed in Syria in April 1942, the 2nd Free French Brigade (2e BFL) comprised over 3,000 men, most of them coming from Sub-Saharan Africa. The brigade experienced its first baptism of fire during the Second […]
- 09 -112015
In Honour and by Victory, seventeenth episode : the 2nd March Battalion
The 2nd March Battalion of French Equatorial Africa (BM2) was created at the end of 1940 at Bangui, in Central Africa. The battalion, made up of 800 Africans and French military officers, was one of […]
- 09 -082015
In Honour and by Victory, sixteenth episode : FFS Rubis
The Rubis, a French transporter-minelaying submarine featuring a length of 216 feet, joined the French Navy in 1933. When the war broke out, she was docked in Bizerte, Tunisia. On May, 1st, 1940, the Dundee-based […]
- 09 -072015
Exhibition « Chevaliers et bombardes. D’Azincourt à Marignan, 1415-1515 »in less than a month
In less than a month, the musée de l’Armée invites you to discover medieval and Renaissance warfare with its new special exhibition “Chevaliers et bombardes. D’Azincourt à Marignan, 1415-1515”. Starting October 7, 2015, travel back in […]
- 09 -042015
In Honour and by Victory, fifteenth episode : The corvette “Aconit”
The Aconit was one of the nine Flower-class corvettes lent in 1941, by the Royal Navy, to the Force Navales Francaises Libres. Commissioned under Lieutenant de Vaisseau Jean Levasseur, FFS Aconit joined the Newfoundland Forces […]
- 09 -012015
In Honour and by Victory, fourteenth episode : the 2nd Parachute Chasseurs Regiment
In 1940, upon his arrival in Britain, Captain George Bergé formed the 1st Air Infantry Company, an airborne commando unit. During the summer of 1941, some members of the company joined the French Central Bureau […]
- 08 -282015
In Honour and by Victory, thirteenth episode : the Normandie-Niemen Regiment
The 3rd Fighter Group Normandie (CG 3) was formed at Damascus in Syria in September 1942. In order to ensure that French servicemen serve on all fronts in the war, General de Gaulle suggested that […]
- 08 -252015
In Honour and by Victory, twelfth episode : № 340 Squadron RAF – Fighter Group 4/2 “Ile-de-France
The Fighter Group 4/2 “Ile de France” operated in both fighter sweeps and anti-shipping operations. Formed in Britain in November 1941, it was attached to № 13 Group RAF, where it was organised as № […]
- 08 -212015
In Honour and by Victory, eleventh episode : № 341 Squadron RAF – Fighter Group 3/2 “Alsace
The Fighter Group 3/2 “Alsace” was formed in Lebanon, in September 1941, to perform ferry flying missions. During the summer of 1942, the squadron took part in the defence of Alexandria, in Egypt. In January […]
- 08 -182015
In Honour and by Victory, tenth episode : № 342 Squadron RAF – Groupe de Bombardement n° 1/20 “Lorraine”
The Groupe réserve de bombardement n°1 (GRB-1) was formed in the French colony of Chad, in November 1940. It provided troop support for Leclerc’s men in the Kufra Oasis in Italian Libya and went on […]
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