The Overseas Light Infantry Battalion (French: Bataillon d'Infanterie légère d'Outre-Mer, BILOM) was an obscure and little known French formation of German...
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following regiments: 21e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère : 3 battalions, 2100 men in total 61e demi-brigade d'infanterie de ligne : 3 battalions, 1900 men...
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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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List of French Army regiments (section Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine ( Marine Infantry Parachute ))
Etranger d'Infanterie (2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment), 6e Brigade Légère Blindée (6th Light Armoured Brigade) - Nîmes. 3e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie (3rd...
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Régiment d'Infanterie Légère 2nd Brigade – General of Brigade Joseph Laurent Demont 17ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne 30ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne...
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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 Cavalry Division. Formed 1 March 1940 in Tunisia. Some elements later part of the FSEA in the Tunisian Campaign. Division légère mécaniques were...
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the 6th Cavalry Division (French: 6e Division de cavalerie) of 1914, the 6th Light Cavalry Division of 1940 (French: 6e Division Légère de Cavalerie),...
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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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9e Brigade Légère Blindée de Marine, 9e B.L.B.Ma) 2013–present : designated as 9th Marine Infantry Brigade (French: 9e Brigade d'Infanterie de Marine,...
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81éme Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne 2nd Brigade 2éme Régiment Légère 3éme Régiment Légère 28éme Régiment Légère 31éme Régiment Légère 3rd Brigade 12éme...
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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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Division de cavalerie) of 1914, and the 6th Light Cavalry Division of 1940 (French: 6e Division Légère de Cavalerie). It was disbanded in 1957, but reformed...
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Régiment d'Infanterie Légère (1806–1812, joined Grande Armée for the Invasion of Russia) 22nd Regiment of Light Infantry 22éme Régiment d'Infanterie Légère (1806–1809...
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Regiment 6e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, or 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment 6e division légère blindée, or 6th Light Armoured Brigade...
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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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Régiment de Chasseurs (11e RCh) [40x AMX-30B, 2x AMX-30D] 46e Régiment d'Infanterie (46e RI) [70x VAB] 110e Compagnie du Génie (110e CG) Centre Entrainement...
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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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to the inter-arm bureau of the 11th Light Infantry Division (French: 11e Division Légère d’Infanterie, 11e DLI). The 11e DLI rejoined the metropolis at...
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by and for the 11e division légère d'intervention (11e DLI), a Parachute Division created in 1961 from the 10e and 25e divisions parachutistes (DP) d'Algérie...
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and Diving Units of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade (French: 6e Brigade Légère Blindée, 6e BLB) include: 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment (1er REG) PCG Teams...
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129e régiment d'infanterie. Promoted to général de brigade, he took command on 1 June 1940 of the la 238e division d'infanterie légère which had been...
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of infantry: d'infanterie légère, or light infantry, to provide skirmishing cover for the troops that followed, principally d’infanterie de ligne, which...
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The 9th Light Infantry Regiment (9e régiment d’infanterie légère) was a French army regiment. One of the most notable infantry regiments in the Napoleonic...
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Free French Division (French: Première Division Légère Française Libre) and under the command of General Paul Legentilhomme, the division joined the Syria–Lebanon...
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The 3rd Light Armoured Brigade (French: 3e Brigade Légère Blindée, 3e BLB), the previous 3rd Mechanised Brigade, was a unit of the French Army. The brigade...
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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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Bataille, 1792–96 and Demi-brigade d'Infanterie de Ligne, 1796–1803) and light infantry (Demi-brigade d'Infanterie Légère); all lacked uniformity in either...
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