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    The liberation of France (French: libération de la France) in the Second World War was accomplished through diplomacy, politics and the combined military...
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    The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération or AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique...
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  • rape against French women during and after the liberation of France in the later stages of World War II. The sociologist J. Robert Lilly of Northern Kentucky...
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    The liberation of Paris (French: libération de Paris) was a military battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison...
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    the French Committee of National Liberation (Comité français de Libération nationale, CFLN) was formed as the provisional government of all French, uniting...
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    following the liberation of continental France after Operations Overlord and Dragoon, and lasting until the establishment of the French Fourth Republic...
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    Libération (French pronunciation: [libeʁasjɔ̃]), popularly known as Libé (pronounced [libe]), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul...
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  • Appeal of 18 June of its leader, General de Gaulle. French Liberation Army (Armée française de la Libération) formed on 1 August 1943 by the merger of the...
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    The Order of Liberation (French: Ordre de la Libération) is a French Order which was awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II...
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    torture and execution of Resistance suspects. After the liberation of France in the summer of 1944, the French executed many of the estimated 25,000 to...
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  • Timeline of the liberation of the primary cities of France between 1943 and 1945. Notes Regional government did not exist in 1944-1945 Footnotes "Musée...
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    London-based Free France movement, increased in strength over the course of the occupation. After the liberation of France began in 1944, the Free French Provisional...
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    Socialist National Liberation Front (French: Front de libération nationale kanak et socialiste, FLNKS) is a pro-independence alliance of political parties...
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  • newspaper Libération (Morocco), a Moroccan newspaper Libération (newspaper, 1941–1964), a French newspaper Liberation News, the newspaper of the Party...
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    The French Committee of National Liberation (French: Comité français de Libération nationale, [kɔmite fʁɑ̃sɛ də libeʁasjɔ̃ nasjɔnal]) was a provisional...
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    1944: Allies land on Normandy coastline, beginning the liberation of France. August 1: French 2nd Armoured Division (2nd DB) led by General Leclerc arrives...
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    severely reduced. The German military administration in France ended with the Liberation of France after the Normandy and Provence landings. It formally...
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    that had made a notable contribution to the liberation of France from the German occupation. A decree of 7 October 1947 defined the medal's design and...
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    The president of France is the head of state of France. The first officeholder is considered to be Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, who was elected in 1848 and...
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    of the French irregulars in World War II. After the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, at the request of the French Committee of National Liberation,...
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    of World War II in the Western Front for the liberation of France. The division was formed around a core of units that had fought in the North African campaign...
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    épuration légale (French for 'legal purge') was the wave of official trials that followed the Liberation of France and the fall of the Vichy regime. The...
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    casualty of the city's liberation, after he and his companion, Lt. Diosdado Guytingco, guided the American First Cavalry to the front gate of Santo Tomas...
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    Tunisia Campaign. After the liberation of France in 1944 an armoured unit was raised, the 13e Régiment de Dragons, using French matériel, among which were...
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    destroyed. The liberation of Northern France and the Benelux countries was of special significance for the inhabitants of London and the southeast of England...
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  • The Kanak Socialist Liberation (French: Libération Kanak Socialiste, LKS) is a Kanak pro-independence and socialist political party in New Caledonia. The...
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    role in the liberation of Corsica (September–October 1943) and the Italian Campaign (1943–44), with about 130,000 men engaged. During the French and German...
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    Horizontal collaboration (category Aftermath of World War II in France)
    had been a major reason for young men to join the French Resistance. After the Liberation of France from German occupation, such women were often punished...
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    commemorations. In April 2019, Liberation Route Europe became a certified Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. After the fall of France in 1940 and their own...
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  • National Liberation Movement (France) [fr], a World War II group National Liberation Movement (Ghana) a pre-independence group National Liberation Movement...
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