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Welcome to @UKinFrance ’s Defence Twitter feed. Bienvenue sur le compte de la section Défense de @UKinFrance 🇫🇷🇬🇧
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A very warm welcome to the British military personnel currently deployed to
#Paris
to support the
#ParisOlympics2024
, along with Luna 🐕, our favourite explosive detection dog! Some solid collaboration showcasing the strong defence & security relationship between 🇬🇧&🇨🇵.
#Pawsome
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Absolutely honoured to host the UK's Defence Minister
@JohnHealey_MP
and
@AdmTonyRadakin_
in
#Paris
. The minister's inaugural visit was a perfect chance to deepen our exceptional ties with 🇨🇵 and engage in productive bilateral discussions.
#EC120
#NotreDefense
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Ce fut un plaisir d'accueillir notre nouveau Ministre de la Défense
@JohnHealey_MP
à Paris pour des entretiens avec
@SebLecornu
.
Il a trouvé le temps de rencontrer nos collègues
@UKDefenceFrance
🙏 et les équipes militaires 🇬🇧 qui soutiennent 🇫🇷 pour assurer la sécurité de
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UK Defence in France Retweeted
Twitter va bien !
Ce Labrador de nos alliés britanniques 🇬🇧 s’est fracturé le coude en chutant lors d’une mission de sécurisation d’un site olympique.
Immédiatement pris en charge par notre vétérinaire 🇫🇷, Twitter a été opéré et devrait retrouver très prochainement le terrain.
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UK Defence in France Retweeted
🇬🇧🇫🇷It is through common procedures, regular training & combat proven skills built together that we increase readiness & operational effectiveness.
The
#GriffinStrike
deployment of both
@Armee_de_lair
🇫🇷 and
@RoyalAirForce
🇬🇧 demonstrate the outstanding performance of the
#CJEF
.
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🚨Ready for Ex Pitch Black!
@RoyalAirForce
Typhoons, Voyager & Atlas have touched down in Australia!🇦🇺
This follows a joint deployment with
@Armee_de_lair
🤝
Pitch Black 24 will be the largest in the exercise’s 43-year history, bringing together aircraft from 20 nations✈️
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UK Defence in France Retweeted
Touchdown! ✈️
RAF &
@Armee_de_lair
aircraft successfully carried out Exercise Griffin Strike to deploy together to Australia. 🇦🇺
This deployment in 2024 also marks the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale.
More 👉
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Spot the Eiffel Tower 👀
An RAF Typhoon flew in a
#BastilleDay
flypast over Paris today in a symbol of the enduring defence and diplomatic partnership between the UK and France. Our year of celebrating
#EntenteCordiale120
continues. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
#BonneFeteNationale
! 🥳
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Joyeuse Fête Nationale à nos alliés 🇨🇵! Ravi d'assister au défilé impressionnant sur l'avenue Foch, avec les cieux rugissant de la puissance des Rafales et Typhoon. Et quel plaisir de terminer un défilé avec les redoutables
#l
égionnaires! Vive la France! Al.
#14JuilletLeD
éfilé
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UK Defence in France Retweeted
Aujourd'hui, entraînement sur la BA 125 d'Istres avec nos alliés britanniques en préparation du défilé du
#14Juillet
. Un A330 MRTT 🇫🇷 a ravitaillé en vol un Typhoon 🇬🇧, illustrant l'importance de l'amitié franco-britannique à l'heure où nous célébrons les 80 ans du Débarquement.
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UK Defence in France Retweeted
🇫🇷
#DDay80
🇬🇧 🇨🇦 Objectif majeur des alliés, qui devaient s'en emparer dès le 6 juin 1944, la ville de
#Caen
est, malgré plusieurs plans d'attaques, un mois après le
#D
ébarquement, toujours farouchement défendue par les Allemands.
Au matin du 8 juillet, 115 000 hommes et 500
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An honour to host HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at Hill 112 today near Caen - his 4th visit here in 20 years. As one of the bloodiest battles of WW2 and often forgotten in the D-Day breakout, the
#Hill112memorialfoundation
and local communities have done a superb job - visit it! Al
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#OTD
6 July 1944,four Special Operation Executive women were brought to
@Struthof_KL
camp deep in the
#Vosges
forest 🇫🇷 and killed.
Honoured & humbled to join a commemoration to pay respects to these courageous women & remember SOE’s vital role in
#WW2
#LestWeForget
@SOEhistory
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UK Defence in France Retweeted
🚨
#PEGASE24
, c’est 2⃣ déploiements simultanés 🌏:
➡️
#PacificSkies
vers l'Ouest avec nos alliés 🇪🇸🇩🇪
➡️
#GriffinStrike
vers l'Est avec notre allié 🇬🇧.
📢 Rendez-vous samedi matin à 7h30 pour suivre le départ en live de l’
@Armee_de_lair
et la
@RoyalAirForce
, cap vers
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At the Ulster Tower Memorial today, on almost the exact site of their heroic charge at the Battle of the Somme 108 years ago, we gathered to honour the 36th (Ulster) Division. Built in 1921, this replica of Helen’s Tower stands as a powerful symbol of their courage and sacrifice.
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Today’s ceremony at the
#Thiepval
Memorial marked 108 years since the Battle of the Somme. This 1932 monument honours the memory of 72,000 soldiers who went missing in
#WWI
. We remember their sacrifice with deep gratitude. Their legacy endures.
#LestWeForget
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Bonjour Paris! 🥐
P2000
@HMSTrumpeter
and
@HMSDasher
sailed into
#Paris
last week to celebrate the anniversary of the long-standing agreement between the UK and France.
It’s the first time Royal Navy has visited the French capital in 20 years.
@MarineNationale
@UKinFrance
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An absolute privilege for ex-para adventurer
@Levisonwood
& Lt Col Hugo Collis to paramotor the length of Gold, Juno & Sword
#DDay
beaches, flying over Pegasus Bridge, Merville Battery, and the Mulberry Harbour at
@VillasArromanch
. A tribute to the brave operations of June 1944.
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The skies over Ver-sur-Mer roared with history today as the
@rafredarrows
soared in formation with a
#Typhoon
from 29 Sqn. A stunning tribute to D-Day heroes at the
@britishmemorial
and a symbolic farewell following our recent loss.
#DDay80
#BBMF
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Today at the
@britishmemorial
in Ver-sur-Mer, His Majesty The King and President Macron led a poignant ceremony honouring the brave souls of D-Day. With military chiefs and
#WWII
veterans in attendance, this event underscores our enduring gratitude.
#DDay80
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