List of reconnaissance units (section Australian Army)
Brigade (2e BB) 12th Cuirassier Regiment (12e RC) Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron (Escadron d'éclairage et d'investigation de la 2e Brigade blindée (EEI))...
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List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign (redirect from U.S. Divisions Active in the Normandy Campaign)
Normandy campaign between 6 June and 25 August 1944. Primary ground combat divisions and brigades are listed here; unit articles may contain a complete order...
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L Force was then transformed into the 2e Division Blindée, although it was often referred to as La Division Leclerc. It fought under Leclerc's command...
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Non-U.S. recipients of U.S. gallantry awards (section No. 2 and 13 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force)
Presidential Unit Citation.[citation needed] The French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division Blindée) was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for the liberation...
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Brigade Légère Blindée de Marine (9e BLBM), deployed from France Régiment d'Infanterie Chars de Marine (RICM), one squadron with AMX 10 RC 2e Régiment d'Infanterie...
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the 2e Division Blindée and 1er Division Blindée were made up of around 75% Europeans and 25% Mahgrebians, which is why the 2e Division Blindée was selected...
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Boisdron, Mathieu (December 2010). "Le Blindorama : La genèse de la force blindée bulgare 1935 - 1943". Batailles & Blindés (in French). No. 40. Caraktère...
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Allies of World War II (category Military alliances involving Australia)
to the Liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 by the Free French 2e Division Blindée and the installation of the Provisional Government of the French...
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Military history of France during World War II (section 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1943–1945))
equip it with modern American weapons. The French 2nd Armored Division (French: Division Blindée, DB) entered the Battle of Normandy fully equipped with M4A2...
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Tanks of France (section 2nd Armoured Division)
way back to the British lines, The French 2nd Armoured Division (French: 2e Division Blindée, 2e DB), was commanded by General Philippe Leclerc, one of...
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Légère Blindée, 6e BLB), is composed of a mix of cap badges. 9e BIMa is also a light armoured brigade, formed of two Marine infantry regiments (2e RIMa...
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on 23 November 1944, when Leclerc and the French 2e Division Blindée (2e DB, 2nd Armoured Division) liberated Strasbourg. North African campaign timeline...
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making it the fourth largest Allied army in Europe. The 2e Division Blindée (2nd Armoured Division), part of the Free French forces that had participated...
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historique de l'armée. Lescel, François (2009). "Naissance de notre armée blindée" [Birth of our armored army] (PDF). farac.fr (in French). Bulletin de liaison...
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(Highland) Infantry divisions, in IX Corps, in which the 4e DCr was replaced by the 31st (Alpine) Division and the 2e Division cuirassée (2e DCr). The troops...
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Reconnaissance Blindée – 1st ERB) in August 1950 and the 2nd Reconnaissance Squadron (French: 2éme Escadron de Reconnaissance Blindée – 2nd ERB) in July...
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renamed on July 1, 1999 with the creation of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment 2e REG. The regiment is composed of 980 men organized into 8 companies. Compagnie...
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development from the TRC 37L was an armoured personnel carrier, the Voiture blindée de chasseurs portés 38L ("Armoured mounted infantry vehicle 38L"). Like...
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then existing armoured divisions of the Cavalry, the 1re Division Légère Mécanique ("1st Mechanised Light Division") and the 2e DLM. On 26 March 1940 however...
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