French army mocks Trump for skipping visit to First World War cemetery in Paris due to rain independent.co.uk/news/woβ¦
At the battle of Dunkirk, the French First Army held back 7 German divisions for 4 days which allowed over 100,000 British troops to evacuate. This should be a BF1 style Operation in BFV. imgur.com/Kmj0KqG
My great great grandfather diary. He fought in the french army. He wrote everydays from 1914 until 1916, it gives tons of details about the life on the front. Would you like me to post and translate some pages ? For now here the first pages explaining how to read morse code.
French army mocks Trump for skipping visit to First World War cemetery in Paris due to rain independent.co.uk/news/woβ¦
Always wanted to start a death korps army ! Also love the death rider squad, so here the first one, 15 more to go ! The army is based on the French uniform of 14-18 mostly but I plan to mix also 39-45 French uniforms with a more khaki colors maybe for my engineers. Environnement will be winter.
French soldiers eat at a police station in Neuvilly (northern France) after spending days in the trenches in heavy rain, 1915. The first year of the war was the most tragic for the French Army with about 2,200 deaths a day. [1705Γ1227]
βCamp Meade, MD. circa 1921 / U.S. Army Six Ton Tank, M1917 Light Tank The Six Ton Tank M1917 was the USA's first mass-produced tank. It was a license-built/copy of the French Renault FT, and was accepted by the army in October 1918. The US Army ordered approximately 4,440 M1917s between 1918/1919.
A French D2 tank in the Champagne region heading toward the front β May 1940 (1650x1065). Long columns of refugees fleeing westward added to an archaic French Army command system which impeded efforts to react effectively to the blitzkrieg.
First prototype of the French 6x6 combat vehicle Jaguar unveiled. With CTA 40mm cannon and anti-tank MMP missiles, will equip French and Belgian armies [2048x1536] imgur.com/mOLSmpq
French army surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey provides first documentation of Trench Foot (Circa 1812)
Fardier a Vapuer (French for Steam Dray), built in 1770 by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, it could loosely be considered the world's first car. Built for the French Army, it had a top speed of 3KM/H
My wife's uncle, US Army Private First Class Fred Linden of Detroit, Michigan, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd US Infantry Division, holds a young French boy following the liberation of the village of Trévières during the Battle of Normandy, France, 10th of June 1944. [850x1048]
PMA "Battle catapult", soldiers of the French army in the First World War battlefields. v.redd.it/dq53eu89o2251
TIL that the first black general in the French army under Napoleon, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, was the father of Alexandre Dumas, the author of 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. theroot.com/articles/histβ¦
TDIH: April 20, 1809, Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batβ¦
Today, in 1871, the French Army invaded the Paris Commune, starting Bloody Week and ending the first Socialist revolution. Vive la Commune!
"unusual matter" first conversation between the french army and Ottomans in algeria
The First Smart Contracts Developed by a Public Authority: Tezos Blockchain is Now Used by French Army beincrypto.com/tezos-smarβ¦
Captured Senegalese soldiers in service with the French army shortly before being massacred by the Germans at Chasselay near Lyon, 1940 [1280 x 760]
First post here. Finally found my go to Allied assault loadout. I based him on the French Army. I just wish we would get historically authentic French weapons and helmets, but this will do for now. Ribeyrolles 1918, Ruby, 1916 knife, grenade, PIAT, and grenade rifle. Any suggestions for accuracy?
21 Apr 1945: French First Army captured Stuttgart, Germany. ww2db.com/battle_spec.phpβ¦
Clement VII. 1378-94. The first French Antipope, his election started the Western Schism; a 30 yr religious divide between France and Italy over who governed Catholicism. Early on, he tried to take Rome with large armies, the first of which had 40,000 men, but constant failure made him relent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antβ¦
5 Apr 1945: French First Army captured Karlsruhe, Germany. ww2db.com/battle_spec.phpβ¦
French Army - 1000; First Army!
Hey All,
A year or two ago I posted here asking for advice for starting, and then never ended up buying the models. I finally bit the bullet yesterday and bought models for the following 1000 point list (plus one or two extras). I've only played 2 games of bolt action so far, but the scene is growing around me and I really enjoyed it, so thought I would take the plunge. Any advice, either on swapping with the other models I purchased, or in general play advice for the army style, would be super appreciated!
Second Lieutenant (Pistol - Regular)
+1 Man (SMG)
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Regular Infantry Section - 10 Men, 1 with Pistol, 1 with LMG
Regular Infantry Section - 10 Men, 1 with Pistol, 1 with LMG
Regular Infantry Section - 10 Men, 1 with Pistol, 1 with LMG
Regular Infantry Section - 10 Men, 1 with Pistol, 1 with LMG
Regular Infantry Section - 10 Men, 10 Rifles
(all Regular)
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Medium Mortar (Regular)
Spotter
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Medium Anti-tank Gun (Regular)
Free Medium Artillery (+Spotter, Regular)
Boys Anti-tank Rifle Team (Regular)
AMR 35 - MMG Armored car (7+, Regular)
Somua S35 - Regular
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Other models I have at my disposal are....
Sniper Team
Light Mortar Team
Medic
MMG Team
Air/Artillery Observer
.
Thanks very much in advance everyone! :)
In celebration of the first DLC release I uncovered a few old dusty boxes at the house and I found this Turkish newspaper from 1941. Titles say: The French Stand Strong, Lightning Armies and Italy Surrounded!
TIL Thomas-Alexandre Dumas the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas. Was a general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking person of color of all time in a European army. He was the first person of color in the French military to become general-in-chief of a French army wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomasβ¦
TIL Thomas- Alexander Dumas (1762-1806) was the inspiration behind his son's famous tale the Count of Monte Cristo. The first person of color to become a brigadier general, divisional general and the first general in chief of the French Army. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaβ¦
Lt. Col. George S. Patton, Jr., 1st Tank Battalion, and a French Renault tank, summer 1918. He was officially assigned to develop a tank program for the US Army on November 10, 1917. Shortly afterwards, he established the first Army Tank School at Bourg. [962x766]
One of the first VBMR Griffons to reach French forces. The Griffon will replace the venerable VAB as the French Armyβs general multirole transport vehicle.
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Did you know the first French fries weren't cooked in France?
They were cooked in grease
The French did Fight after the battle of France with the free French forces led by General Charles de Gaulle!!! Yes there was the Vichy regime but after Operation Torch those Vichy forces joined the free French and were put under UK first Army command as the 19th French Corps youtube.com/watch?v=JtDXWβ¦
Soldier manning a Crapouillot mortar The mortier de 58mm type NΒ°2 was a medium trench mortar designed around the last weeks of 1914 by commandant DuchΓͺne. One of the first pieces of standard-issue trench artillery of the French army, it consisted of a heavy baseplate and 58mm mortar.
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During the French Revolution, many French officers had fled abroad, and the ones who stayed feared their own troops. The new Revolutionary Army was comprised of poorly trained conscripts against multiple, better trained armeis. So how did France mange to win the War of the First Coalition?
TIL Marcel Marceau was part of the French Resistance, where he saved children from going to concentration camps, and a liason officer to Patton's army. He first started miming as a way of keeping children quiet as they were escaping to neutral Switzerland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marβ¦
[WP]Berlin is almost taken, but then the Kaiser gives the order to deploy the World's first atom bomb on the advancing French army. You were caught in the blast.
TIL The French did Fight after the battle of France with the free French forces led by General Charles de Gaulle Yes there was the Vichy regime but after Operation Torch those Vichy forces joined the free French and were put under UK first Army command as the 19th French Corps youtube.com/watch?v=JtDXWβ¦
