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The Law of 13 July 2018 relating to military planning propelled the Order of Liberation into the future by conferring on it a new global mission (while retaining its traditional missions): to develop the spirit of defence through the commitment of the Companions of the Liberation.

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Nantes

Nantes was the first city to receive the Cross of Liberation, on 11 November 1941.

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Grenoble

Grenoble received the Cross of Liberation on 4 May 1944.

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Vassieux-en-Vercors

The village of Vassieux-en-Vercors received the Cross of Liberation on 4 August 1945. Seventy-two of its inhabitants were slaughtered and all its houses burned down by a ruthless enemy.

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Île de Sein

Île de Sein received the Cross of Liberation on 1 January 1946. In June 1940, virtually every man of fighting age chose to leave the island to join the Free French Forces in England.

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Army

Army units began to form following the appeal of 18 June 1940. These were mainly simple battalions or even simple companies, which, as the territories rallied and new volunteers came in, were gradually transformed into regiments.

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Air Force

Free France's air arm – the Free French Air Forces (FAFL) – was officially created on 1 July 1940. But its structured units, which each bore the name of a French province, did not truly emerge until the summer of 1941. Six of them bear the title of Companion of the Liberation.

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Navy

Free France's naval arm – the Free French Naval Forces (FAFL) – was created on 1 July 1940. For exceptional feats in action, three of its units, two vessels and the First Regiment of Fusiliers Marins received the Cross of Liberation.

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