Faction: The French Army The First World War In January 1914 the French Army had 47 divisions. The strength of the army consisted of 777,000 French and 46,000 colonial troops, in 21 regional corps.

At the U.S. Military Cemetery at St. Mihiel, on Sept. 22, distinguished military visitors, French and American descendants of WWI Soldiers, as well as hundreds of interested French civilians ...

SAINT-MIHIEL, France -- U.S. and French service members and civilians joined together throughout Northern France in late September to honor the bravery and sacrifices of the American Expeditionary ...

One in an occasional series about the people and events that may not have made the textbooks or may have been lost to history. On Feb. 15, 1915, a young machine gunner serving with the French ...

The Army has pushed back on a study purporting to show that World War I "tinpot" helmets were just as good or, in some cases, better than the service's current Advanced Combat Helmet in mitigating ...

French army officers salute after they have placed the remains of 17 missing French soldiers who fought in the World War I Battle of Gallipoli, in Canakkale, Turkey, Sunday, April 24, 2022.

The tombstones of five WWI French soldiers are pictured at Fleury-devant-Douaumont near Verdun, northeastern France, March 30, 2014. The second grave (2ndL) contains the bodies of two brothers ...

Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa, shakes hands with a young French flag bearer during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Somme American Cemetery in Bony, France ...

Istanbul Monday saw ceremonies honoring soldiers of the French Army, Muslim and Christian alike, killed during World War I. The French Consulate General in Istanbul held commemorations at ...

Many WWI battles took place between the French armed forces and German troops positioned on the Chemin des Dames, or “Lady’s Way,” a crest between two valleys.

World War II Army veteran receives French Legion of Honor “I’m not accepting it for myself, but for the men that didn’t make it." By Nicholas Slayton. Published Oct 22, 2023 11:23 AM EDT.