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French Army
The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in parliament in 1997 and effective as of 2001...
Timeline of Events
1806
10.27.1806
The French Army enters Berlin.
1809
5.21.1809
The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
1945
5.8.1945
Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.