Battle of France (redirect from Battle of France (1940))
late 1939, the Belgians had improved their defences along the Albert Canal and increased the readiness of the army; Gamelin and Grand Quartier Général (GQG)...
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French Third Republic (redirect from French Republic (1870–1940))
10 July 1940, when the French parliament gave full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain, who proclaimed in the following days the État Français (the "French...
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Revolution and of the Napoleonic era include: Les funérailles du général Marceau (General Marceau's burial), by Henri Lemaire (Southern façade, right). La...
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the largest regiment in the Canadian Army. The headquarters (French: quartier général) of the regiment is at the Citadelle of Quebec in Quebec City, also...
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SNCF (redirect from Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français)
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete nɑsjɔnal de ʃ(ə)mɛ̃ d(ə) fɛʁ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; abbreviated as SNCF [ɛs‿ɛn se ɛf];...
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The French people (French: Les Français, lit. 'The French') are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history...
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French-speaking nation surrounded by a bigger English-speaking culture. The Quartier Latin (English: Latin Quarter) of Montreal, and Vieux-Québec (English:...
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Concorde. The Champs-Élysées in 1939. German soldiers marching past the Arc de Triomphe after the surrender of Paris, 14 June 1940. The Free French 2nd Armored...
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Paris (section Métropole du Grand Paris)
2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023. "Code général des collectivités territoriales – Article L5219-1" [General Code of Territorial Communities – Article...
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Mendelsohn (1921–1923) Expressionist architecture influences – Aux Trois-Quartiers department store in Paris, by Louis Faure-Dujarric (1932) Other styles...
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