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File AR/SB-871 Class open state Accessioned 21 February 2026

France

Declassified

Invoked Article 42.7 and joined a combined wartime command with the United Kingdom under the Lancaster House Treaties.

Also: Paris · French Republic

In the record

  1. 19 January 2026 The walkoutTwenty minutes into an Article 4 session the shouting starts. When France and Britain call a vote on mutual de…
  2. 31 January 2026 Allies garrison IcelandFive heavy transports land at Keflavik in sleet. Royal Marines, French fusiliers, a SAMP/T battery on the Reyk…
  3. 9 February 2026 Operation Northern HingeAster interceptors light the sky over Reykjanes at 02:40 UTC. By 11:20 the British commander surrenders with h…
  4. 11 February 2026 Lakenheath, and the combined commandBritish sappers cut the barrier interlocks at Gate 2 and 1,150 American airmen are interned in their own base …
  5. 19 February 2026 Phase II: the North SeaThe largest surface action between Western powers in eighty years. Gettysburg goes down with thirty-two dead. …
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