This treatise contains details concerning distribution and organization only with respect to the transitional Army in the mother country, as the development of this Army is prohibited. Part I: the French Army under the Petain regime. Part II: General de Gaulle's troops ("Free France"). Chapters include: France and her possessions- a general survey; the development of the French Army after the armistice; organization of leadership; the defense budget; the mother country; North Africa; West Africa; the French colonial empire; the air arm; the Navy; the German-Italian control; general survey, evaluation, and possibilities; and parts a-g on the de Gaulle movement.

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