Free French Forces
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The Free French Forces were individuals or military units who joined "Free France", the resistance organization founded by Charles de Gaulle in 1940 in London in order to continue the struggle against the Axis powers.
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Notable Free French
- Dimitri Amilakhvari
- Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu
- Josephine Baker
- Georges Bergé
- Georges Bidault
- Pierre Billotte
- Pierre Bourgoin
- Claude Hettier de Boislambert
- René Cassin
- Georges Catroux
- Pierre Clostermann
- Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel
- Ève Curie
- Suzanne David Hall
- André Dewavrin
- Félix Éboué
- René Iché
- Jean Gabin
- Charles de Gaulle
- Joseph Kessel
- Marie Pierre Koenig
- Edith de La Chevalerie
- Xavier de La Chevalerie
- André Laguerre
- Edgard de Larminat
- Pierre-Olivier Lapie
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
- Paul Legentilhomme
- Pierre Marienne
- Anna Marly
- Pierre Mendès-France
- Pierre Messmer
- Susan Travers
- Martin Valin
- Raoul Magrin-Vernerey
- Simone Weil
- Raymonde Reimbert
- Pierre Bertaux
- Raphaël Onana
- Jean Moulin
- Émile Muselier
- Gaston Palewski
- René Pleven
- Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné
- Maurice Schumann
- Jacques Soustelle
- Tereska Torres
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Notable French who joined after 1942
- Antoine Béthouart
- Jean René Champion
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Henri Giraud
- Alphonse Juin
- Marcel Marceau
- Jean Monnet
- Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
- Jean Touzet du Vigier
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See also
- French Forces of the Interior
- Maquis
- Normandie-Niemen Regiment : Free French air force fighting on the Eastern theatre of the Second World War.
- Goumiers
- Francs-Tireurs & Partisans
- Chant des Partisans
- Military history of France during World War II
- 1st South African Infantry Division
- Free China (Second Sino-Japanese War)
- List of French possessions and colonies
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