In January 1945 , each French division of North Africa substituted one of its brigades with that of the French Forces of the Interior .
The three North African divisions had one brigade of North African soldiers in each division replaced with a brigade of French Forces of the Interior in January 1945.Brahim Senouci , Préface de Stéphane Hessel , Algérie , une mémoire à vif : Ou le caméléon albinos , L'Harmattan , 2008 , page 84 The Free French units in the Royal Air Force , Soviet Air Force , and British SAS were mainly composed of men from metropolitan France .
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