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The Peninsular War (1807-1814), also known as the War of Spanish Independence, was a major conflict of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) that was waged in the Iberian Peninsula by Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom against the invading...

French Army troops operating a captured German Maxim MG 08 machine gun at Fort Douaumont at the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums.

A photograph of captured French colonial troops from Africa during the Fall of France to Nazi Germany in June 1940 during the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial War Musuems

French Republican calendar for Year III (1794-95), drawing by Philibert Louis Debucourt. Bibliothèque nationale de France.

The French destroyer Bourrasque sinking while carrying troops during the Dunkirk evacuation of May-June 1940. (Imperial War Museums)

Two members of the French Foreign Legion who fought at the battle of Bir Hakeim in June 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45). They are eating tinned corned beef, part of their British Army rations. (Imperial War Museums)

A 1913 photograph of a French infantry charge, a typical tactic used throughout the First World War (1914-18). Gallica Digital Library

Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Jodhi May in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Photo by Morgan Creek Productions The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.

A photograph of a French Saint-Chamond tank passing through the village of Conde-sur-Aisne during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. This was the last major offensive action by the German Army of the First World War (1914-18). Imperial...

A French Resistance fighter, smiling in defiance, faces a German firing squad during the occupation of France in the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial War Museums