France fought on the Axis side, until November, 1942 and then with the Allies during W W 2.
Most combatant nations who fought during WW2 celebrate their achievements, not so, France who had an ambiguous involvement during WW2. The 13e Demi-Brigade Legion Etrangére (13 DBLE) was formed in 1940, too late to aid Finland against the Soviet invasion, instead the 13 DBLE was sent to fight the Wehrmacht at Narvik in Norway alongside British and Free Polish troops. Withdrawn to Britain simultaneously with the fall of France most of its men joined General de Gaulle's Free Fr