France

France contributed three fighter groups and four bomber groups to the Allied Expeditionary Air Force on D-Day. Two French cruisers and a destroyer took part in the naval bombardment, and French frigates, corvettes, and submarine chasers performed escort duty. The Maquis, French Forces of the Interior, also made a noteworthy contribution to the D-Day landing by disrupting lines of communication such as bridges, railways, roads, and land lines, as well as sabotaging and destroying Nazi vehicles and equipment.

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