French Liberation Army
| French Liberation Army | |
|---|---|
| Armée française de la Libération | |
| Active | 8 January 1943–1945 |
| Country | Free 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 fʁɑ̃sɛːz də la libeʁɑsjɔ̃]; AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merger of the Giraudist Armée d'Afrique with the prior Gaullist 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 1944 Liberation of France with other Western Allies of World War II. It went on to join the Western Allied invasion of Germany to secure the capitulation of Germany's remaining forces. The successor to the FLA, the modern French Armed Forces would jointly occupy Germany with the other allies until 1955.