Expeditionary Force is a generic name sometimes applied to a military force dispatched to fight in a foreign country. The term was particularly common in World War I and World War II. Military formations which have had Expeditionary Force in their title include:
- American Expeditionary Forces
- American North Russia Expeditionary Force
- Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
- Brazilian Expeditionary Force
- British Expeditionary Force (disambiguation)
- Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Chilean Expeditionary Force in War of the Pacific
- Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Egypt, Sinai and Palestine Campaign
- Greek Expeditionary Force to Korea
- Indian Expeditionary Force
- Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia
- Japanese Expeditionary Force to China
- Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force
- Samoan Expeditionary Force from New Zealand in World War I
- Ottoman Hejaz Expeditionary Force
- Ottoman 1st Expeditionary Force
- Ottoman 5th Expeditionary Force
- Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea
- Portuguese Expeditionary Corps
- Russian Expeditionary Force in France
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“Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
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