French Army

Land warfare branch of France's military

The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. 'Army of Land'), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, French Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT), who is subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who commands active service Army units and in turn is responsible to the President of France. CEMAT is also directly responsible to the Ministry of the Armed Forces for administration, preparation, and equipment.

Active	15th century – present +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Country	France +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Type	Army +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Size	117,000 active plus 15,750 reserves +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Part of	French Armed Forces +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Nickname	La grande muette "The great mute one" +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Motto	Honneur et Patrie "Honour and Fatherland" +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Engagements	Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) Colonial Wars (1534–1980) Italian Wars Thirty Years' War War of the League of Augsburg War of the Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars French intervention in Spain Greek War of Independence Conquest of Algeria Franco-Moroccan War Cochinchina Campaign Crimean War Franco-Austrian War Franco-Prussian War Paris Commune French conquest of Tunisia Mandingo Wars First Franco-Dahomean War Second Franco-Dahomean War Ouaddai War World War I Levant Campaign World War II Allied Forces Vichy French Forces Syria–Lebanon Campaign Malagasy Uprising Lebanese Civil War 1975–1990 Multinational Force 1982–1984 United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1978–present) 1983 Beirut barracks bombing Gulf War (1990–1991) Kosovo War (1998–1999) Global War on Terrorism (2001–present) War in Afghanistan (1978–present) Operation Enduring Freedom War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Northern Mali Conflict Second Ivorian Civil War Central African Republic conflict (List of wars involving France) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Website	www.defense.gouv.fr/terre +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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French Army officers
8L, 323T
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French Army personnel
6L, 49T
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Irish soldiers in the French Army
58T
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French Army soldiers
3L, 87T
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Training establishments of the French Army
2L, 12T
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French Army
5L, 34T
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French Army chaplains
5T
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French Army installations
1L, 11T
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Ad hoc units and formations of the French Army
1T
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- Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion
Arms of the French Army
3L, 4T
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- Troupes de marine
French Army personnel who were court-martialed
20T
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French Army artillery units and formations
1L
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