In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: ...
The Chickasaw Nation is filled with stories passed down from generation to generation. Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer’s book “Otis W.
Around 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers are training in France's eastern Marne region, where German and French armies battled each ...
The Armistice ending the Great War was slated to go into effect at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918. Just an hour and a half ...
With in-depth interviews and startling reënactments, the director Mosco Boucault details the anguish and the heroism of a ...
The scene could be 3,000 km (1,860 miles) away in Ukraine's Donbas region, but instead some 2,000 Ukrainian conscripts and ...
The Nizam’s Contingent was formed when Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, and brother of Arthur Wellesley, the 1st ...
A FRENCH MILITARY BASE, France -- A French military task force with a festive name — “Champagne” — is wrapping up a mission ...
Poilu - roughly pronounced pwa-loo - translates literally as ‘hairy one’. The word poil means 'hair' but in humans more ...
and the eternal flame flickered to honor sacrifices of unknown French soldiers who perished in the first global conflict.
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WWI Factions The French Army
Faction: The French Army The First World War In January 1914 the French Army had 47 divisions. The strength of the army ...