16th Army Corps (France)

Last updated
16e Corps de Armée
Active1870–1940
Country Flag of France.svg France
Type Army Corps
Engagements World War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Antoine Chanzy
Paul François Grossetti

The French 16th Army Corps was a French military unit created in November 1870 by the vice admiral Fourichon, which fought in the Franco-Prussian War, the First and Second World War.

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History

World War Two

In June 1940, the French 16th Army Corps, led by Général Fagalde, was deployed in Normandy and Brittany to defend the Dives and Orne rivers. [1]

Commanders

Franco-Prussian War

World War I

World War II

References

  1. Fagalde 1952, p. 528.

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