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The French 25th Motorized Division was a French Army division active during World War II.
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The French 25th Motorized Division was a French Army division active during World War II.
In 1873, 25th Infantry Division was created, which participated in World War I.
In 1935, this division was transformed into the 25th Motorized Division.
During the Battle of France in May 1940 the division contained the following units:
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Towards the end of the Second World War, the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) from west-central France (notably those of the Charles Martel brigade, Indre-et-Loire, and Loire-Inférieure), were incorporated into the newly formed 25th Infantry Division, deployed in April 1945 in the Saint-Nazaire region. Equipped mainly with capture weapons, it was engaged against the German Saint-Nazaire pocket. [1]
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