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Priest Swearing Allegiance to the French State
A detail of a plate commemorating the 1790 Civil Constitution of the Clergy showing a priest swearing allegiance to the French state. The text translates as "I swear to maintain with all my power the Constitution". (Musée Carnavalet, Paris)
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French Infantry Defend a Barricade Against a Prussian Assault at Leipzig
French infantry defend a barricade against a Prussian assault during the Battle of Leipzig (16-19 October 1813). Print by Valadon, Bousson, Paris, after Paul-Émile Boutigny from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William M. Sloane, New York: Century...
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French Resistance Fighter Execution
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
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Dutch Navy Ship Encounters French Vessel
Artist's impression of Dutch explorers meeting a French ship near the coastline, with a port town and mountains in the background. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.
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French and Indian War Battle Scene
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.
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French Foreign Legionnaires Eating British Rations
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)
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Mohicans During the French and Indian War
Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May, Wes Studi, and Steven Waddington in The Last of the Mohicans (1992). Image by Morgan Creek Productions.
The movie is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War.
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Free French Troops, Bir Hakeim
A photograph showing Free French troops digging an artillery emplacement at Bir Hakeim, Libya prior to the battle of Gazala in June 1942. (Imperial War Museums)
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War of the First Coalition
The War of the First Coalition (1792-1797) was a continent-spanning conflict in which a coalition of European powers, including Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, Spain, and several others, sought to contain and defeat Revolutionary...
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Marie Louise of Austria, Empress of the French
Portrait of Marie Louise of Austria (l. 1791-1847), oil on canvas by Robert Lefevre, 1812. Daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria, she was the second wife of French Emperor Napoleon I and was therefore Empress of the French from 1810 until...
