Free French Brigade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Free_French_Brigade
GPTKB entity
Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:Free_French_Naval_Forces
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:dissolved 1946
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:established_in gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle_Sr.
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1940
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London
gptkbp:historical_significance Resistance against Nazi Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Free French Brigade
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Operation_Spring
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ardennes
gptkb:Operation_Pheasant
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Neptune
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Plunder
gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Rhineland
gptkb:Operation_Epsom
gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkb:Operation_Charnwood
gptkb:Operation_Totalize
gptkb:Operation_Tractable
gptkb:Operation_Veritable
gptkb:Operation_Windsor
gptkb:Operation_Ascot
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hauteclocque
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Bir_Hakeim
gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkbp:primary_role gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:recruited_from French expatriates
gptkbp:strength 1,500
10,000
gptkbp:successor gptkb:1st_Free_French_Division
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:French_flag
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Bir_Hakeim
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5