In 2009, in his work on the Free French Forces, Jean-François Muracciole, a French historian specializing in Free France, reevaluated his count with that of Henri Écochard, while considering that Écochard's list had greatly underestimated the number of colonial combatants. According to Muracciole, between the creation of the Free French forces in the Summer 1940 and the merger with the Army of Africa in summer 1943, 73,300 men fought for Free France. This included 39,300 French (from metropolitan France and colonial settlers), 30,000 colonial soldiers (mostly from sub-Saharan Africa) and 3,800 foreigners. They were divided up as follows:Voir les différentes évaluations des FFL .
In 2009 in his work on the Free French Forces Jean-François Muracciole a French historian specializing in Free France reevaluated his count with that of Henri Écochard while considering that Écochard's list had greatly underestimated the number of colonial combatants According to Muracciole between the creation of the Free French forces in the Summer 1940 and the merger with the Army of Africa in summer 1943 73300 men fought for Free France This included 39300 French (from metropolitan France and colonial settlers) 30000 colonial soldiers (mostly from sub-Saharan Africa) and 3800 foreigners They were divided up as followsVoir les différentes évaluations des FFL 