18th Army Corps (France)

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18e Corps de Armée
Active1870-1940
Country Flag of France.svg France
Type Army Corps
Engagements World War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Charles-Denis Bourbaki
Louis de Maud'huy
Auguste Hirschauer
Jean César Graziani

The French 18th Army Corps was a French military unit created in November 1870 by the vice admiral Fourichon.

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History

The 18th Army Corps (18e Corps d’Armée) was formally organised by the decrees of 28 September 1873 and 2 August 1874, issued under the presidency of the French Third Republic to complete the post-war reorganisation of the army into eighteen metropolitan corps and one in Algeria. [1]

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1870s

World War I

World War II

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