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    Freikorps (redirect from Corps Franc)
    unrelated to the Freikorps) were the "Corps Franc". Starting in October 1939, the French Army raised a number of Corps Franc units with the mission of carrying...
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    The Corps Franc de la Montagne Noire (Free Corps of the Black Mountain) or C.F.M.N, was a fighting unit of the French resistance, during World War II....
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    The Swiss franc , or simply the franc (Swiss German: franken; French: franc; Italian: franco; Romansh: franc), is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland...
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    laws of war. During the wars of the French Revolution, a franc-tireur was a member of a corps of light infantry organised separately from the regular army...
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    Maquis de Saffré in Loire Atlantique Maquis de Saint-Marcel in Brittany Corps Franc du Sidobre (Tarn) Maquis La Tourette in the Hérault created by Jean Bène...
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  • during the Nazi Invasion. Taking inspiration for their name from the Corps Francs which had played an important role in the Phoney War, they were a very...
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    Following the landing, Bonnier was one of the first to commit to the Corps Francs d'Afrique training under the initial direction of Henri d'Astier de la...
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    brigade was among several units formed from FFI personnel, such as the Corps Franc Pommiès, that made up what up General Lattre used as a reserve. AP (11...
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    the units. Units such as the 49th Infantry Regiment (formerly the FFI Corps Franc Pommiés) and the 3rd Demi-Brigade of Chasseurs (formerly the FFI Alsace-Lorraine...
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    French units. In September 1938, the French Army also introduced the corps franc, special formations of infiltration and deep reconnaissance soldiers...
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