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Question: How many battles did French Army win during the WWII!?
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admittedly there werent many victories, but the french contribution to victory is often underestimated

- over 1 300 000 men volunteered to fight for the allies

The Battle of Saumur occurred during the last stages of the Battle of France, when officer cadets from the Cavalry School at Saumur, led by superintendent Colonel Michon, made a defensive stand along the Loire River at Saumur and Gennes!. For two days the Cavalry School, and other assorted units which had fallen back before the German advance, held off a German attack!. Since the battle occurred after the message by Marshal Pétain which called for an end to fighting (on 17 June 1940), the event is often considered one of the first acts of the French Resistance

Battle of Koufra - 1941
French forces, led by LeClerc, defeat the Italians!.

Operation Dragoon - 1944 (invasion of southern france)
Tassigny and his French forces liberate the towns of Toulon and Marseilles from German control!.

Battle of Bir Hakeim
- a remote oasis in the Libyan desert, and the former site of a Turkish fort!. During the Battle of Gazala the First Free French Division of General Marie Pierre Koenig defended the site from 26 May to 11 June 1942 against attacking German and Italian forces directed by General Erwin Rommel!. Resisting for 16 days, the Free French gave the retreating British Eighth Army enough time to reorganize, allowing them subsequently to halt the Axis advance at the First Battle of El Alamein!. (3703 french against 45 000 germans)
- a defeat , but an excellent battle against overwhelming odds !

1944 !.!.!. the Free French were the first forces to liberate paris !Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Battle of France began May 10 1940 when the Germans invaded the country!.

It pitted British and French divisions against German mechanized forces!. The British were outflanked and surrounded near Dunkirk!. The French were beaten back into the Southern portion of the country!. France officially surrendered June 25, 1

When the Allies invaded Normandy in June 1944, French units accompanied the invasion force!. They liberated towns along the way to Paris!.

France was a great military power in the 18th and 19th century!. They aided a rag tag band of revolutionary misfits called the American colonists in their war against their British brethren!. Under Napoleon they won every battle, except for Waterloo!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The first units of the Free "French" who liberated Paris in 1944 were riding in tanks with names like "Guernica" and "La Passionaria"!. They were Spanish volunteers who fled Franco's Fascist regime after 1939, and took the chance to join the French against their old German enemies!.

The troops under De Gaulle did some good counterattacks in 1940, especially at Arras, holding up the German advance and forcing them to reorganise before pushing on!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

La Grande-Bretagne, seule, n'a gagnée que El Alamein et fait la conquête de l'Ethiopie et la Somalie!. Les autres victoires ont été remportées avec le concours des USA!.

La France, durant la deuxième guerre mondiale, a remporté un certain nombre de victoires également: Bir Hakeim, Koh Chang (contre le Siam, allié du Japon), la libération de la Corse ou de la Haute-Savoie par la Résistance!.

Il ne faut pas oublier que la Grande Bretagne a été sauvée de Hitler par l'existence de la Manche!. La Grande Bretagne n'avait que 13 divisions en état de combattre en mai 1940 sur le front occidental, toutes engagées en France où elles ont été vaincues!. Lors du rembarquement des troupes britanniques à Dunkerque, elles ont abandonné sur place leurs canons, leurs camions, leurs chars et tout leur matériel!. La Grande Bretagne en juin 1940 n'a plus d'armée en état de combattre!. Si la Manche n'avait pas existé, ou si la Kriegsmarine avait été supérieure à la Royal Navy, il y aurait eu une kommandantur allemande à Bukingham Palace dès juillet 1940!.!.!. Ne fait pas tant le fier!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

None, Germany invaded them in 1939!. The french resistance was the only active french movment they hadWww@QuestionHome@Com

i don't believe the French have ever won any battle of any war!.Www@QuestionHome@Com