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Rearming the French / by Marcel Vigneras.

by Vigneras, Marcel, 1899-1966, author.

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, 2017.

France combattante. Armée.

World War, 1939-1945 -- France.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies.

France -- Defenses.

France -- Armed Forces.

CMH pub ; 11-6.

United States Army in World War II. Special studies.

xviii, 444 pages : illustrations, portraits, map, diagrams ; 26 cm

Prologue -- The North African forces. Early attempts to formulate a rearmament program ; The ANFA Agreement ; Phase I of the program (January-July 1943) ; Early organizational problems ; Phase II of the program (July-August 1943) ; Phase III of the program (Mid-August-November 1943) ; The program marks time (November 1943-February 1944): I ; The program marks time (November 1943-February 1944): II ; Phase IV of the program (February-October 1944) I: background and objectives ; Phase IV of the program (February-October 1944) II: implementation ; The North African forces in action ; Rearming the French Air Force ; Rehabilitating the French Navy ; Liaison, language, and training problems ; Controversy over substitute weapons ; Other material problems ; Agencies handling rearmament -- The metropolitan forces. Initial assistance ; Arming liberated manpower ; The liberated manpower and metropolitan programs in operation ; The rearmament operations end ; Re-equipping the French Air Force and French Navy ; Rearmament division, Shaef Mission to France ; French plans for a Far East Expeditionary Corps -- Conclusion.

The reemergence of French national forces in the war against the Axis Powers, and the role of large-scale American aid.

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