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Ire Armée
Active 1914-1918
1939-1940
1944-1945
Country France
Allegiance French Army
Free French Forces
Type Field Army
Motto Rhin et Danube (Eng: Rhine and Danube)

The First Army (French: Ire Armée) was a field army of France that fought during World War I and World War II. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre (Land Army is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and its largest The Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres FFL) were French fighters in World War II who decided to continue fighting against Axis forces French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people An army (from Latin Armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) in the broadest sense is the land-based Armed forces This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including It was also active during the Cold War. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the

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First World War

On mobilization in August 1914 the First Army was put in the charge of General Auguste Dubail and comprised the 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, and 21st Army Corps, two divisions of cavalry and one reserve infantry division. Auguste Yvon Edmond Dubail ( 15 April 1851 - 7 January 1934) was a French Army General. It was massed between Belfort and the general line Mirecourt-Lunéville with headquarters at Epinal. First Army then took part, along with the French Second Army, in the Invasion of Lorraine. The Second Army (IIe Armée was a Field army of the French Army during World War I and World War II. The Battle of Lorraine was fought in August 1914 between France and Germany. The First Army intended to take the strongly defended town of Sarrebourg. Sarrebourg (Saarburg is a town in Lorraine, France. It lies in the département German Crown Prince Rupprecht, commander of the German Sixth Army, was tasked with stopping the French invasion. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria or Crown Prince Rupert of Bavaria ( German: Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern) ( 18 May 1869 &ndash The 6th Army was a German Field army which saw action in World War I and World War II. The French attack was repulsed by Rupprecht and his stratagem of pretending to retreat and then strongly attacking back. On August 20, Rupprecht launched a major counter-offensive, driving the French armies out. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Dubail was replaced in 1915. A frantic 1916 saw four different commanders command the First Army; an even more frantic 1917 saw five different commanders at the helm.

Second World War

1940

During WWII the Army formed part of the forces ranged against the German Army during the Battle of France. In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries When the Wehrmacht invaded France and the Low Countries in 1940, the First Army was one of the many armies including the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) that advanced north to stop the German armies. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt The British Expeditionary Force ( BEF) was the British army sent to the Western Front in France and Belgium on the outbreak of Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. On May 21, 1940, the First Army was one of the armies trapped in a vast pocket with their backs to the sea that would eventually result in the Dunkirk evacuations. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Salient Salients can be formed in a number of ways An attacker can produce a salient in the defender's line by either intentionally making a Pincer movement around the The Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation of the British and Allied forces that had been separated from the main body of the French defenses by the German advance As the Germans moved in, much of the First Army was hopelessly surrounded at Lille but resisted fiercely. Lille (lil Rijsel is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in the country The First Army formally ceased to exist on May 29, though a portion escaped with the British troops.

1944-1945

French Army B under the command General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny landed in southern France after Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of the area. Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny ( 2 February 1889 &ndash 11 January 1952) was a French military hero of World Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France, on 15 August, 1944, as part of World War II. On September 25, 1944 French Army B was redesignated French First Army. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Liberating Marseille, Toulon, and Lyon, it later formed the right flank of the Allied Southern Group of Armies at the southern end of the Allied front line, adjacent to Switzerland. Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ Toulon ( Provençal Occitan: Tolon in classical norm or Touloun in Mistralian norm is a city in southern France and a large ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. The Sixth United States Army Group was an Army Group of the Allies during World War II, and as contained armies from both the United States Army Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation It commanded two corps, the French I and II Corps. The I Corps (1er Corps d'Armée was first formed before World War I The II Corps (2ème Corps d'Armée was first formed before World War I The French First Army liberated the southern area of the Vosges Mountains, including Belfort. The Vosges (voːʒ or Vosges Mountains are a Mountain range in eastern France, stretching along the west side of the Rhine valley Belfort (Beffert is a town and commune of northeastern France, Préfecture (capital of the Territoire de Belfort Its operations in the area of Burnhaupt destroyed the German IV Luftwaffe Korps in November 1944. In February 1945, with the assistance of the U.S. XXI Corps, the First Army collapsed the Colmar Pocket and cleared the west bank of the Rhine River of Germans in the area south of Strasbourg. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Initially constituted on December 2 1943 in the Army of the United States the XXI Corps was activated on December 6 1943 at Camp Polk Louisiana. Located in Alsace in eastern France, the Colmar Pocket (Poche de Colmar (Brückenkopf Elsaß was the site of a three-week operation during the Second World The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région In March 1945, the First Army fought through the Siegfried Line fortifications in the Bienwald Forest near Lauterbourg. The original Siegfried line ( Siegfriedstellung) was a line of defensive forts and tank defenses built by Germany as a section of the Hindenburg Line 1916-1917 The Bienwald ( is a large forested area in the southern Pfalz region of Germany near the towns of Kandel and Wörth am Rhein. Lauterbourg (Lauterburg is a French commune in the département of Bas-Rhin and the région of Alsace Subsequently, the First Army crossed the Rhine near Speyer and captured Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a City in Germany ( Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx Karlsruhe (ˈkaɐ̯lsʁuːə population 285812 in 2006 is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Operations by the First Army in April 1945 encircled and captured the German XVIII S. S. Korps in the Black Forest and cleared southwestern Germany. For the suburb of Adelaide, please see Black Forest South Australia; for the CDP in Colorado, please see Black Forest Colorado. At the end of the war, the motto of the French First Army was Rhin et Danube, referring to the two great German rivers that it had reached and crossed during its combat operations.

Postwar

During the Cold War the First Army was again active, controlling the I Corps, the II Corps, and the III Corps as well as Army troops, including Pluton artillery, during the 1980s. The I Corps (1er Corps d'Armée was first formed before World War I The II Corps (2ème Corps d'Armée was first formed before World War I The III Corps (3e Corps d'Armée was military unit in the French Army that fought during World War I and World War II, and was active after World The Pluton missile was a French nuclear -armed Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM system launched from a Transporter erector launcher (TEL

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WWI

WWII

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Auguste Yvon Edmond Dubail ( 15 April 1851 - 7 January 1934) was a French Army General. This article describes military mobilization For other meanings see Mobilization (disambiguation. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Olivier Charles Armand Adrien Mazel ( 16 September 1858 – 10 March 1940) was a French Army general during World War I. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Marie Émile Fayolle (15 May 1858 - 27 August 1928 was a Marshal of France. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud ( 17 November 1867 &ndash 16 September 1946) was a French general best known for his leadership of the Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year François Paul Anthoine (1860-1944 was a French army general during World War I, most notable during Robert Nivelle 's ill-fated campaign in Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on November 11, 1918 Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny ( 2 February 1889 &ndash 11 January 1952) was a French military hero of World Victory in Europe Day ( V-E Day or VE Day) was May 7 and May 8, 1945, the dates when the World War II Allies
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