№1 French Fighter Squadron – “Escadrille Française de Chasse n°1” (EFC1) was formed in Tobruk, Libya, on 9 April 1941. Its pilots were amongst the first to join the Free French Forces. During the hellish […]
- 09 -252015
In Honour and by Victory, twenty first episode : the 1st Regiment of Naval Fusiliers
The 1st Battalion of Naval Fusiliers (1er BFM) was formed in England in July 1940 as part of the Free French Naval Forces. This battalion participated successively in the Battle of Dakar, in September 1940, […]
- 09 -222015
In Honour and by Victory, twentieth episode : the 1st/3rd Colonial Artillery Regiment
General Leclerc embarked on his African epic-making journey in Kufra in March 1941, with only one French 75 mm field gun. His small unit was progressively reinforced in 1942 by six sections and, later on, […]
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