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After the German invasion of France, Charles de Gaulle organized a Free France movement from London. In June 1940, he began amassing the Forces Francaises Libres (Free French Forces) to continue France's fight against Germany. This initially small force that began with French troops and residents in England, and a small part of the French navy, was joined in 1942 by members of the French Resistance movement. With the addition of French Resistance forces to the FFL, the name changed to Forces Francaises Combattantes (Fighting French Forces). In 1941 the FFL fought alongside the British during operations against Italian forces in Libya and Egypt as well as against Vichy forces in Syria and Lebanon. In 1943, over 100,000 Free French troops fought in the Allied campaign in Italy. The ranks increased to more than 300,000 by D-Day (June 6, 1944). Free French forces took part in the August 1944 Allied invasion of southern France. (en-US)

Fonte

Dear, I.C.B., ed. The Oxford Companion to World War II. Oxford and New York : Oxford Univerisity Press, 1995. p. 405-406, 427, 429

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• forze armate, francesi