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Welcome to the French military history task force of the Military history WikiProject and the France WikiProject! The military history task force coordinators are Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk).

Contents 1 Participants 2 Tagging and assessment 3 Templates 4 Categories 5 To-do 5.1 Featured articles to translate 6 Resources 6.1 Annotated bibliography

[edit] Participants

Please remember to also add your name to the main list of project members for Military history and France if you are not yet listed there. This list will be updated periodically and editors who have not edited Wikipedia for six months will be removed. If your name is not here, please simply add it again.

1. Bryson109 (talk · contribs) (French Military 1792-1815)
2. Buistr (talk · contribs) (French North African and colonial military history 1830-1962; French military uniforms; French military history from the ancien regime to 1914)
3. Caranorn (talk · contribs) (Medieval History, Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, WW's I and II, translations)
4. Carl Logan (talk · contribs) (French Regiments from Ancien Régime to present)
5. djwilms (talk · contribs) (Cochinchina campaign, Sino-French War, French colonial history in Indochina generally)
6. Dryzen (talk · contribs) (Mérovingiens to Louis XV)
7. Grimhelm (talk · contribs) (Charlemagne, the Hundred Years War, Vauban fortifications and French warfare in North America)
8. Habap (talk · contribs) (interest, but little knowledge so far - World War II, Indochina)
9. Halibutt (talk · contribs) (Great War, WWII and the Polish trace within the French military history)
10. Harlsbottom (talk · contribs) (WWI Army, Navy – WWII Navy)
11. jschager (talk · contribs) (Seven Years war, wars on the continent: 18th century)
12. Kieran4 (talk · contribs) (French and Indian War, Napoleonic Wars)
13. Kirill Lokshin (talk · contribs) (from the Italian Wars to Napoleon)
14. Knerlo (talk · contribs) (Medieval to Early Modern Time Period)
15. Larry Dunn (talk · contribs) (Merovingians to Louis XIV)
16. Nostalgia of Iran (talk · contribs)
17. Philip Auguste (talk · contribs) (France in the Napoleonic Wars, uniforms, navy,WWII, General.)
18. UberCryxic (talk · contribs) (General French military history; Napoleonic warfare, World War I, World War II)
19. Victor falk (talk · contribs) (this and that, but mainly the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries wars)
20. Zargulon (talk · contribs) (French Resistance during world war II)

[edit] Tagging and assessment

French military history task force assessment statistics French military history articles Importance None Total Quality FA 37 37 A 9 9 GA 56 56 B 217 217 Start 2175 2175 Stub 1898 1898 Assessed 4392 4392 Total 4392 4392 worklist • log • category

Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding parameters to the project banners at the top of its talk page:

• French-task-force=yes to {{WPMILHIST}} (see the instructions for more details on the exact syntax)
• {{WikiProject France}} (currently no separate parameter)

This will automatically place it into Category:French military history task force articles.

[edit] Templates

• For main project templates, see the main project page.
• {{User WPMILHIST French military history task force}} - userbox for participants in the task force.

[edit] Categories

• Category:Military of France
• Category:Military history of France

• Category:Wars involving France
• Category:Battles involving France

• Category:Naval battles involving France
• Category:Sieges involving France

more to be added...

[edit] To-do

• Tag relevant article talk pages with the task force notice.
• Retrieve and translate high-quality material on French military history from non-English Wikipedias.
• Assess the articles using the parameters included in the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner.
• Trim & organize existing categories related to French military history.
• Lend-Lease Sherman tanks - Free French section
• Add things here!

[edit] Featured articles to translate

• From the French-language Wikipedia
  • Bataille de Bir Hakeim (Battle of Bir Hakeim) - Guerre de Trente Ans (Thirty Years' War)
• From the German-language Wikipedia
  • Schlacht bei Ligny (Battle of Ligny) - Schlacht um Verdun (Battle of Verdun) - Schlacht von Trafalgar (Battle of Trafalgar)
• From the Italian-language Wikipedia
  • Pasque Veronesi (Veronese Easters)
• more to be added...

[edit] Resources

[edit] Annotated bibliography

Please use the following format when adding works:

 * <!-- bibliographical infomation --> ** Content: *** <!-- optional content summary --> ** Reviews:  *** <!-- commentary on work by historians & other reputable sources --> ** Editor comments:  *** <!-- personal commentary by editors --> 

Books:

• Chandler, David G. The Campaigns of Napoleon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. ISBN 0025236601
• Clayton, Anthony. Paths of Glory: The French Army 1914-1918. New York: Sterling Publishing Inc., 2003. ISBN 0304366528
• Elting, John R. Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armée. New York: Da Capo Press Inc., 1988. ISBN 0306807572
• Fisher, Todd & Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. The Napoleonic Wars: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1841768316
• de la Gorce, Paul Marie. The French Army: A Military-Political History. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1963. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 6310401
• Jordan, David. The History of the French Foreign Legion. Spellmount Limited, 2005. ISBN 1862272956
• Lynn, John A. Giant of the Grand Siècle: The French Army, 1610-1715. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0521572738
• Lynn, John A. The Wars of Louis XIV. London: Longman, 1999. ISBN 0582056292

Internet:

• Atlases of World War One. A comprehensive collection of atlases from the History Department at the USMA.
• History of France: Primary Documents. A collection of documents pertaining to the history of France, from EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe.