French Army

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Land Army
Armée de terre
Founded	26 May 1445 (1445-05-26) (579 years, 5 months ago)
Country	France
Branch	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	118,600 active personnel 23,000 reserve personnel[1]
Part of	French Armed Forces
Motto(s)	Honneur et Patrie "Honour and Fatherland"
Colours on logo:	Blue, white, and red
Engagements	List of conflicts Hundred Years' War Colonial Wars (1534–1980) Italian Wars Thirty Years' War War of the League of Augsburg War of the Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars French intervention in Spain Greek War of Independence Conquest of Algeria Belgian Revolution Franco-Moroccan War Cochinchina Campaign Crimean War Franco-Austrian War Franco-Prussian War Paris Commune French conquest of Tunisia Mandingo Wars First Franco-Dahomean War Second Franco-Dahomean War Ouaddai War First World War Franco-Turkish War Levant Campaign Rif War Second World War Indochina War Malagasy Uprising Suez Crisis Algerian War Lebanese Civil War United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1978–present)[2] Gulf War Kosovo War 1999 East Timorese crisis Operation Enduring Freedom War in Afghanistan Northern Mali Conflict Second Ivorian Civil War Central African Republic conflict
Website	https://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre
Commanders
Chief of the Armed Forces	President Emmanuel Macron
Chief of the Defence Staff	Army General Thierry Burkhard
Chief of the Army Staff	Army General Pierre Schill
Major General of the French Army	Army Corps General Hervé Gomart

The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. 'Army of Land'), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, French Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie.^[3] The Army is commanded by the Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT), who is subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who commands active service Army units and in turn is responsible to the President of France.^[4] CEMAT is also directly responsible to the Ministry of the Armed Forces for administration, preparation, and equipment.

The French Army, following the French Revolution, has generally been composed of a mixed force of conscripts and professional volunteers. It is now considered a professional force, since the French Parliament suspended the conscription of soldiers.

According to British historian Niall Ferguson, out of all recorded conflicts which occurred since the year 387 BC, France has fought in 168 of them, won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10; this makes France the most successful military power in European history in terms of number of fought and won.^{[5][anachronism]}