France was the last of four Courbet-class battleships, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. The ship was completed just before the start of World War I in August 1914. Even though France
France in Toulon harbour
Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1912
France anchored in Toulon during World War I
The occupation of Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, by British, French, Italian, and Greek forces, took place in accordance with the Armistice of Mudros, which ended Ottoman participa
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey marching in Beyoğlu, 8 February 1919
Greek aviators at the San Stefano airfield, after the Mudros armistice
The armored cruiser Averof of the Greek Navy in the Bosphorus, 1919
Constantinople, 23 May 1919: Sultanahmet demonstrations against the Occupation of Smyrna by the Kingdom of Greece