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French Liberation Army | |
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Armée française de la Libération | |
Active | 8 January 1943 | –1945
Country | France Second French Colonial Empire |
Type | Army |
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Engagements | Italian campaign Liberation of Corsica Battle of Marseille Operation Overlord Liberation of Paris Operation Dragoon Campaign of France Colmar Pocket French West Africa |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Henri Giraud Charles de Gaulle |
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The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération, [aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛz də la libeʁasjɔ̃], AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres, FFL) during World War II. The military force of Free France, it participated in the Italian and Tunisian campaigns before joining in the Liberation of France with other Western Allies of World War II. It went on to join the Western Allied invasion of Germany.