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It joined the Allied nations in fighting Axis forces with the Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres), supported the resistance in Nazi-occupied France, known as the French Forces of the Interior, and gained strategic footholds in several French colonies in Africa.
The 1st Free French Division (French: 1re Division Française Libre, 1re DFL) was one of the principal units of the Free French Forces (FFL) during World War II, renowned for having fought the Battle of Bir Hakeim.
The Free French Forces (French: Forces françaises libres) were individuals or military units who joined "Free France" (la France libre), the resistance organisation founded by Charles de Gaulle in 1940 in London to continue the struggle against the Axis powers.
General de Lattre de Tassigny gave the 1st DFL, which landed on the beach of Cavalaire on 16 August 1944, the mission to attack the external defences of Toulon, Mont Redon and the city of Hyères. The fight began on 18 August and lasted 5 days and 5 nights.
Free French, in World War II (1939–45), members of a movement for the continuation of warfare against Germany after the military collapse of Metropolitan France in the summer of 1940. Led by General Charles de Gaulle, the Free French were eventually able to unify most French resistance forces in.
The Free French Forces included military and quasi-military organizations operating with other Allied nations, most notably Great Britain. The Free French aligned with Gen. Charles de Gaulle were politically and military opposed to the Vichy regime of Gen. Henri Philippe Petain.
During World War Two, the Free French Forces consisted of both military units and individual people who pledged their allegiance to what was known as Free France. This was the name given to the resistance movement which had been set up by Charles de Gaulle during his exile in London in 1940.
