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    French Army (redirect from Armée de Terre)
    The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. 'Army of Land'), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the...
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    Bab El Oued (category Communes of Algiers Province)
    Algerian War, the neighbourhood became the stronghold of the Organisation armée secrète, until OAS attacks on the French Army led them to assault and purge...
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    the Pont Neuf (as was bronze from sculptures on the Column of the Grande Armée at Boulogne-sur-Mer), though the statuette of Victory is still to be seen...
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    Indigenous Army (French: Armée Indigène; Haitian Creole: Lame Endijèn), also known as the Army of Saint-Domingue (French: Armée de Saint-Domingue) was the...
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    Le Chesnay (category Former communes of Yvelines)
    7 km (10.4 mi) from the center of Paris. On 1 July 1815, Napoleon's Grande Armée fought its last battle in Rocquencourt and Le Chesnay. After the defeat...
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    Brive-la-Gaillarde (category Communes of Corrèze)
    [bʁiv la ɡajaʁd] ; Limousin dialect of Occitan: Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department...
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    which flows southwest through the middle of the commune and crosses the town; it forms part of the commune's northeastern and southwestern borders. Digne-les-Bains...
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    The Luxembourg Armed Forces (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Arméi; French: Armée luxembourgeoise) are the national military force of Luxembourg. The army...
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    National Guard (France) (category Paris Commune)
    Insurrection of 31 May started after François Henriot was chosen by the Commune to lead the Paris Guards. After 9 Thermidor, year II (27 July 1794), the...
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    French Foreign Legion (category Armée d'Afrique)
    to allow foreign nationals into the French Army. It formed part of the Armée d’Afrique, the French Army's units associated with France's colonial project...
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