Composition and situation of Free French Forces in combat in December 1940

Great Britain : (7 000 men in early August 1940), various small units. French Equatorial Africa : (17 500 men including 15 000 native troops in September 1940) "Bataillon de Marche" (temporary unit) No. 1 (Gabon)
"Bataillon de Marche" (temporary unit) No. 2 (Oubangui-Chari)
"Bataillon de Marche" (temporary unit) No. 3 (Chad)
"Bataillon de Marche" (temporary unit) No. 4 (Cameroon)
"Bataillon de Marche" (temporary unit) No. 5 (Cameroon)
Egypt :
1st Marine battalion (195 marines)
Sudan :
13th half brigade of the Foreign Legion (1 000 men)
Squadron of Moroccan Spahis (100 men)
Pacific :
Expeditionary force (battalion equivalent in April 1941).

 Composition and situation of Free French Forces in combat at end 1941

At end 1941, the total number of Free French Forces was some 50 000 men distributed among the three services.
Great Britain : 1 150
Levant : 26 640
Libya : 5 200
French Equatorial Africa : 18 000
New Caledonia : 1 250
Tahiti : 410
India : 200

Army forces were distributed as follows :
Levant : two divisions of light infantry, only one fully equipped
French Equatorial Africa :
Chad : one regiment of colonial infantry
Oubangui-Chari : one battalion
Cameroon : one regiment
Gabon : one battalion
Another in Mid-Congo (Brazzaville) and one at Pointe-Noire.
Depots at Brazzaville, Bangui and Libreville as well as support services.
Tahiti : an independent company of colonial infantry was formed.
East Africa : a receiving detachment was formed in British Somalia for troops escaping from Djibouti and an infantry battalion (4) arrived from Syria on 31 July 1941 at the request of the Free French representative in Ethiopia.
Great Britain : Free French Forces headquarters, training units at the Old Dean camp in Camberley and the Free French Cadet School established in the premises of a public school at Malvern (Worcestershire). The French women's volunteer corps (formerly the Corps Féminin) consisted of around 150 women.

 Composition and situation of Free French Forces in combat in December 1942
Fighting France
70 000 men (July 1942) including 15 000 in Libya.
Free French Forces
Great Britain : various small units (marines, etc.)
Levant : 2 brigades
Africa : 2 brigades (Cameroon, Chad)
Libya : Force "L"

 Composition and situation of Free French Forces in combat in December 1943
French expeditionary force in Italy
4 Infantry divisions
2nd Moroccan infantry division (formed 1 May 1943, committed in Italy at end November 1943)
3rd Algerian infantry division (formed 1 May 1943 by conversion of the Constantine temporary division, committed in Italy in December 1943)
4th Moroccan mountain division (formed 1 June 1943 from the 3rd Moroccan motorised division, committed in Italy in February 1944)
1st Motorised infantry division (formed 1 February 1943, on 24 August 1943 the 1st Free French division was renamed the 1st Motorised infantry division and was committed in Italy in April 1944)
3 groups of Moroccan Tabors
Corsica :
1 Infantry division
9th Colonial infantry division (the Motorised colonial division was set up in March 1943, converted on 16 April into the 1st Colonial infantry division, and finally took the name of 9th Colonial infantry division on 16 July 1943)
North Africa :
3 Infantry and 4 Armoured divisions :
7th Algerian infantry division (the Algerian infantry division was converted into the 1st Algerian infantry division on 9 June 1943, was then renamed 7th Algerian infantry division on 16 July 1943)
8th Algerian infantry division (formed on 15 July 1943, disbanded on 16 February 1944)
10th Colonial infantry division (formed on 1 June 1943, on 6 September 1943 the 2nd Colonial infantry division was renamed 10th Colonial infantry division and was disbanded on 29 February 1944)
1st Armoured division (formed on 1 May 1943 from the 1st Light mechanised brigade )
2nd Armoured division (Force "L" became the 2nd Free French division on 16 May 1943 then in August 1943 was renamed 2nd Armoured division)
3rd Armoured division (formed on 1 September 1943, disbanded on 1 September 1944)
5th Armoured division (formed on 1 May 1943, the 2nd Armoured division was renamed 5th Armoured division on 16 July 1943)
Africa :

 Mixed Free French Africa brigade (a merging of the Cameroon and Chad brigades).

 Composition and situation of Free French Forces in combat in December 1944
560 000 men (1 September 1944)
1 million men (end 1944)
Alsace
6 Infantry and 3 Armoured divisions.
1st Motorised infantry division, 2nd Moroccan infantry division, 3rd Algerian infantry division, 4th Moroccan mountain division, 9th Colonial infantry division
10th Infantry division (formed on 1 October 1944)
1st Armoured division, 2nd Armoured division and 5th Armoured division
Alps :
1 Infantry division
27th Alpine division (formed end September 1944, the 1st French Alpine infantry division was converted on 16 November 1944 into the 27th Alpine division).
Atlantic :
1 Infantry division
19th Infantry division (set up in the Morbihan)
In Algeria, from 1942 to 1944, five classes of officer cadets passed out of the Cherchell Military Academy. Two were to receive their class titles subsequently : Veille au drapeau for the class of 1943 ; Rome & Strasbourg for that of 1944.
(Ceremonies of 20 May 1945 and 27 May 1945.)
Of the 4 500 officers who passed out of the school, 461 gave their lives for France. The Academy was awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm leaf.

 Composition and situation of Free French Forces in combat in May 1945
1 250 000 men
(5 million US, British and Canadian soldiers in Europe)
8 divisions formed
5 Infantry divisions (1st Motorised infantry division, 2nd Moroccan infantry division, 3rd Algerian infantry division, 4th Moroccan mountain division and 9th Colonial infantry division) and 3 Armoured divisions (1st, 2nd et 5th Armoured divisions)
5 divisions reaching full strength
5 Infantry divisions (1st, 10th, 14th and 36th Infantry divisions, 27th Alpine division).
6 divisions being formed
3 infantry divisions (19th, 23rd and 25th infantry divisions)
1 Armoured division (3rd Armoured division) and 2 Far East colonial divisions (1st et 2nd Far East colonial divisions)
Germany :
7 Infantry and 3 Armoured divisions
1st Infantry division (formed on 1 February 1945), 2nd Moroccan infantry division, 3rd Algerian infantry division, 4th Moroccan mountain division, 9th Colonial infantry division, 10th and 14th Infantry divisions (formed on 16 February 1945), 1st Armoured division, 2nd Armoured division and 5th Armoured division.
Alps :
3 Infantry divisions
1st Motorised infantry division and 27th Alpine division.
Atlantic :
3 Infantry divisions
19th, 23rd (formed on 13 March 1945, the Gironde division was renamed the 23rd Infantry division on 15 May) and 25th Infantry division (formed on 13 March 1945, the Oléron brigade was incorporated into the 25th Infantry division formed in May 1945).