Tag: French Army

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Webstore: Defenders of France

Although much has been written of the German armoured forces and the defeat of the British at Dunkirk in the dark days of 1940, much too little has been written about the gallant stands made by the French army. The French started World War II as

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Webstore: Senegalese Tirailleurs Infantry section

West African troops from France,s colonies provided fierce and loyal troops to the French army in two World Wars. Though raised across France’s territories in west, central and east Africa, they took the title Senegalese in honour of the first black Tirailleur regiments formed in Senegal. Ever since the 1850s France had recruited troops from…

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Webstore: French Army MMG team

The classic Hotchkiss medium machine gun had served France well in the Great war, and went on again, as did the Vickers in the British army to give solid reliable firepower to companies in defence and supporting fire on the advance. Rugged, slow firing