| 126st Infantry Regiment | |
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| 126e Régiment d'Infanterie | |
 Regimental insignia | |
| Active | August 1793 - present |
| Country | France  |
| Branch | French Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Part of | 9th Marine Infantry Brigade 1st Division |
| Motto(s) | "Fier et vaillant" (Proud and valiant). |
| Engagements | French Revolutionary War Napoleonic Wars World War I World War II Mali War |
The 126th Infantry Regiment is a regiment first constituted during the French Revolution.
1874: garrison at Lyon.
Garrison: Brive-la-Gaillarde, 48th Infantry Brigade, 12th Army Corps.
Assigned to the 24th Infantry Division (French : 24e Division d'Infanterie ) from August 1914 to November 1918.
Meuse and Argonne : Regniéville, Réménauville, Wooden Forest d'Ailly
The 126e RI was in garrison at Brive-la-Gaillarde in January 1939, and recalled to apply the "barrage plan" in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
The regiment illustrated capability in June 1940 to halt offensives, while record marching 350 km in two weeks.
The regiment was reconstituted in 1944 from marquis of Corrèze and Périgord and participated in the liberation of Alsace, then entered the Black Forest. In January 1945, the 126th Infantry Regiment was integrated into the First Army, which was first at the disposition of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Free French Division 1re DFL, where the 126th reinforced the 2nd Brigade during the period of the defensive mounted on Strasbourg, and the surveillance of left wing of the Rhin. Then, with the 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division 2e DIM, and participating with the 9th Colonial Infantry Division 9e DIC to campaign battles, combat of Karlsruhe, Ruppur, Rastadt with the 23e RIC and 6e RIC.
White Buffalo since 1937, on the background of a blue Cross of Lorraine since 1944.
Lieutenant-colonel Godefroy, regimental commander of the 126e RI endowed the regiment with an insignia featuring the ruins of Oradour, to evoke the 134th Infantry Regiment (French : 134e Régiment d'Infanterie, 134e RI) which was integrated to the 126e RI in October 1945.
The actual insignia of the regiment was endowed by colonel Mestelan, regimental commander from 1979 to 1981.
The regimental colors of the 126e RI are decorated with:
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