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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Division Vaubois: 4000 men of 3e bataillon de la 7e demi-brigade d'infanterie légère: 1 battalion, totalling 1150 men 19e demi-brigade d'infanterie de...
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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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Div. Blindée 7e Div. Blindée 12e Div. Légère Blindée 14e Div. Légère Blindée II Corps 3e Div. Blindée 5e Div. Blindée 15e Div. d'Infanterie III Corps 2e...
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List of French Army regiments (section Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine ( Marine Infantry Parachute ))
Regiment), 7e Brigade Blindée (7th Armoured Brigade) - Belfort 44e Régiment d'Infanterie (44th Infantry Regiment) 92e Régiment d'Infanterie (92nd Infantry...
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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...
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parachutiste d'infanterie de marine) (6e BCCP, 6e GCCP then 6e BPC, then 6e R.P.C - 6e R.P.I.Ma). 7th Colonial Parachute Commando Battalion (7e BCCP, 7e GCCP...
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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 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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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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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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Armored Division (French: 7e Division Blindée Légère) in 1959, he was also the commandant of the 14th Infantry Division (French: 14e Division d'Infanterie) of...
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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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d'Infanterie Légère d'Afrique, of the Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa), and a cavalry regiment. The Oran, Constantine, and Algiers Divisions existed...
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Bataillon de Chasseurs 2e Régiment de Zouaves 99e Régiment d'Infanterie légère 2e Brigade (GdB Berthier) 7e Bataillon de Chasseurs 51e Régiment de Ligne 62e Régiment...
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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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du Levant), the 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment (6e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie, 6e REI) has existed through history on two occasions, in the Levant...
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Military history of France during World War II (section French Army of Africa's 7e RCA at Württemberg (1945))
again would cost them even more. The most powerful allied division, the 1st DLM (Division Légère Mécanique), deployed near Dunkirk on the 10th, had moved...
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taken from 6e GAM, four from 7e Chasseurs, two from 3e GAM, two from 9e Dragons and three from the 1re BLM (Brigade Légère Mécanique). From photographic...
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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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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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