FFL

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FFL refers to the Free French Forces, the World War II military units that continued fighting against the Axis powers after France’s 1940 defeat under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle.

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FFL canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization
resistance movement
alliedWith Allied powers
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
alsoKnownAs FFL
Forces françaises libres
linked to: Free French Forces
conflict World War II
controlledTerritory French Equatorial Africa
French Polynesia
New Caledonia
country France
dissolved 1944
foundedBy Charles de Gaulle
garrison Brazzaville
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
ideology Gaullism
inception 1940
leader Charles de Gaulle
mergedInto French Forces of the Interior
Provisional Government of the French Republic armed forces
militaryBranch Free French Air Forces
linked to: Free French Forces

Free French Army
linked to: Free French Forces

Free French Navy
linked to: Free French Forces
motto Honneur et Patrie
notableCommander Georges Catroux
Henri Giraud
Marie-Pierre Kœnig
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
opposedTo Axis powers
Nazi Germany
Vichy France
linked to: Vichy
participatedIn Battle of Bir Hakeim
Battle of Gabon
East African campaign
Italian campaign
Liberation of Paris
Operation Dragoon
Syrian–Lebanese campaign
partOf Free France
recruitedFrom Foreign volunteers
French colonial troops
Metropolitan French volunteers
symbol Cross of Lorraine
theaterOfOperations European theatre of World War II
Middle East theatre of World War II
North African campaign
Pacific theatre of World War II
linked to: Pacific War
usedLanguage French

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Free French Forces alsoKnownAs FFL
subject linked to: FFL