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In World War II, movement formed by Gen de
Gaulle in the UK June 1940, consisting of
French soldiers who continued to fight
against the Axis after the Franco-German
armistice. They took part in campaigns in
Africa, the Middle East, Italy, France, and
Germany. Their emblem was the Cross of
Lorraine, a cross with two bars. They took
the name Fighting France 1942 and served in
many campaigns, among them Gen Leclerc's
advance from Chad to Tripolitania 1942, the
Syrian campaigns 1941, the campaigns in the
Western Desert, the Italian campaign, the
liberation of France, and the invasion of
Germany.