The French First Army helped the British troops in the north, while eight French field armies formed the center of the offensive.

As time passed and Anthoine proved his worth in military tactics, he was eventually promoted to commander of the French First Army.

The French First Army had redistributed and spread its tank battalions behind the infantry.

The History of the French First Army.

On 15 September 1944, the Division was attached to the French First Army.

Two months later as part of the French First Army it landed in southern France and liberated Toulon.

Rommel pressed his forces on, capturing Lille and trapping half of the French First Army.

As German forces moved into contact, the French First Army suffered the attentions of the Luftwaffe.

A fifth crossing on a much smaller scale was later achieved by the French First Army at Speyer.

Rochonvillers was reactivated in 1980 as the wartime command center for the French First Army, operating in that role until 1998.