the 1st Armored Division (1st DB) was formed on May 1, 1943. The division was heir to the Light Mechanised Brigade (French: Brigade Légère Mécanique, BLM)...
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Structure of the French Army (section 1st Division)
Formation Initiale des Militaires du rang 6e Brigade Légère Blindée / 4e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine (CFIM 6e BLB - 4e RIMa) - 6th Light Armored...
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light armored divisions (6e Division Légère Blindée, 9e Division d'Infanterie de Marine, 12e Division Légère Blindée and 14e Division Légère Blindée) vary...
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becoming the 7e Division Légère Blindée (7th Light Armoured Division). It became simply the 7e Division Blindée (7th Armoured Division) in 1963 when the...
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11th Parachute Brigade (France) (redirect from 11th Parachute Division (France))
Intervention Division (French: 11e division légère d'intervention) was created from dissolved airborne units of the 10th and 25th Parachute Division. On December...
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List of French Army regiments (section Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine ( Marine Infantry Parachute ))
Brigade) - Charleville 5e Régiment du Génie (5th Engineer Regiment) 6e Régiment du Génie (6th Engineer Regiment), 9e Brigade Légère Blindée de Marine (9th...
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Group Teams). (5th Marine Infantry Parachute Battalion [fr] (5e BPIC, 5e BCCP, 5eBPC, 5e BPIMa - dissolved). 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (6e...
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9e Division d'Infanterie de Marine was reduced in size on 1 July 1999 and became the 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade (France) (9e Brigade Légère Blindée...
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The 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: 2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie, 2e REI) is an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army...
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Light Cavalry Division (1er Division de Cavalerie Légère) was a French Army division active during World War II. The 1st Light Cavalry Division was formed...
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20e Bataillon de Chasseurs 3ème Régiment de Zouaves 95e Régiment d'Infanterie légère Bataillon de Tirailleurs algériens 2x Marine artillery batteries...
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Regiment (French: 13e Régiment d'Infanterie Légère). On 16 October he transferred to the 5th Chasseurs Battalion à Pied (French: 5e Bataillon de Chasseurs à...
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from France on 21 January 9e Brigade Légère Blindée de Marine (9e BLBM), deployed from France Régiment d'Infanterie Chars de Marine (RICM), one squadron...
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battalion of the 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: 5e Regiment Etranger d'Infanterie, 5e REI) on October 31. The 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment participated...
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1914, he joined the 60th Line Infantry Regiment (French: 60e régiment d'infanterie de ligne, 60e RIL) and ended the war with the rank of captain. He was...
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Brigade Légère Mécanique, part of 1e Division Légère Mécanique, which had arrived at Tilburg, retreated to the south. Also, the 25e Division d'Infanterie Motorisée...
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marshal's baton. The corps was reorganised into a strength of five infantry divisions for the invasion of Russia in 1812 and Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout was...
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a tank unit, the Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine) and the Marine Artillery (Artillerie de Marine). The Aviation légère de l'armée de Terre (ALAT...
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was appointed commander of the II Corps. Batavian Division, commanding officer Général de Division Count Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau 1st Batavian Dragoon...
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Staff): Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia. Commander of artillery: General of Division Charles-Étienne-François Ruty. Field commanders under the direct command...
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Mechanized Division (1re DLM), the 25th Motorised Infantry Division (25e Division d'Infanterie Motorisée, or 25e DIM) and the 9th Motorised Infantry Division (9e...
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Division d'Infanterie, the reconnaissance units of the Divisions d'Infanterie Mécaniques, that despite their name were largely motorised infantry divisions. These...
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given the 2nd Light Mechanized Division (2e Division Légère Mécanique, or 2e DLM) and the 3rd Light Mechanized Division (3e DLM), which were allocated...
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made in the Infantry Plan 1926 for a new Char léger d'accompagnement d'infanterie, a "light infantry support tank". Renault immediately tried to offer...
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étrangère, Et quand défilent les képis blancs, Si leur allure n'est pas légère, Ils portent tous tête haute et fière, Et s'élançant dans la fournaise,...
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vehicles. The GRDI (Groupes de Reconnaissance de Division d'Infanterie) of the five DIM (Divisions d'Infanterie Motorisée), each had an antitank-platoon with...
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