Ever since the first Revolutionary Army of 1792, the French have regarded the military ... but because of the nature of the Wars themselves ("total war," in Professor Aron's phrase).
As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ... He escaped and again rejoined the army. In October 1781, as Patriot and French ground forces and the French fleet surrounded Cornwallis ...
Analysis - Left parties of West Africa warn that announcements by France-backed regimes in its former African colonies about the withdrawal of its troops is an attempt to deceive the anti-imperialist ...
French Army Chief ... convictions" The French army chief of staff has urged soldiers to resign if they signed a controversial letter that warned of a civil war triggered by religious extremism ...
Afraid of instigating another English declaration of war, the French had been supporting the American army in secret. After Saratoga, France recognized the United States as an independent nation ...
This lesson explores the weapons used by the British, French, Dutch, Hessians, and Americans during the Revolutionary War era ... “standardization” of its military arms?
In 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, General Napoleon Bonaparte sailed with a French army to Egypt. The plan was to conquer the wealthy Ottoman province and deal a major blow to British ...
All over France you can find memorials and statues erected to remember the contributions made by French ... army and their story is one of the least known in the whole of the first World War.