The 53rd Infantry Division was a French Army formation during World War I and World War II.
The Army of Africa was an unofficial but commonly used term for those portions of the French Army stationed in French North Africa from 1830 until the end of the Algerian War in 1962, including units made up of indigenous recruits.
The 19th Army Corps was a corps of the French army. In December 1870, the Tours delegation created the 19th Army Corps which was formed in Alençon. It was recreated by decree of the JO of August 13, 1874, it brought together the various military units of Algeria. It constituted the nucleus of the Army of Africa.
The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Army of Africa which participated in World War II.
The 1st Armored Division is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II that took part in the Liberation of France.
Jean Marcellin Joseph Calixte Gilles was a French Army general who served in World War II and several colonial conflicts. A paratrooper, Gilles led the French defence during the Battle of Na San and the initial paratrooper landings at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the French Indochina War, as well as serving in Algeria. For near the entirety of his career he fought with a glass eye, having lost an eye at 18.
The French 2nd Infantry Division was one of the oldest divisions of the French army.
The 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division was a motorized cavalry unit composed of members of the French Foreign Legion which existed briefly at the beginning of the Second World War. The unit was involved in the Battle of France until France's surrender to Germany; the 97th GRDI remained intact for a few months after the surrender until it was disbanded on September 30, 1940.
The Fortified Sector of the Sarre was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Maginot Line on either side of the Sarre river. The sector's defenses relied primarily on a system of inundations that could be created by fortified dikes and regulating weirs, backed by blockhouses. Weakly defended compared with other sections of the Maginot Line, the sector received a measure of attention and funding from the mid-1930s when the formerly demilitarized Saarland was reintegrated into Germany. However, with a single petit ouvrage it remained a weak point in the Line. In 1940 the Sarre sector was attacked by German forces in the Battle of France. The inundations were only partly successful, and German forces were able to pierce the Maginot Line at the Sarre, allowing German divisions to move behind the main French line.
The Moroccan Division or the 1st Moroccan Division of 1914, initially the Marching Division of Morocco was an infantry division of France's Army of Africa which participated in World War I.
The 1st Moroccan Division created on 27 October 1939, was an infantry division of the Army of Africa which participated in the Battle of France during World War II.
The 8th Zouaves Regiment was an infantry unit of the French Army. Created in 1914, the unit was designated as 8th Marching Zouaves Regiment.
The 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Army of Africa, part of the French Army.
The 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment was an infantry unit of the French Army, part of the Army of Africa.
The Army of the Rhine was a French military unit that fought in the Franco-Prussian War. It was created after the declaration of war on July 18 1870.
The Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers were temporary formations of the Foreign Legion organized from Foreign volunteers during World War II. These regiments were formed on 16 September 1939:
On September 16, 1939, the war minister decided to form special corps of foreign volunteers part of the Foreign Legion. They were part of the Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers.
A regiment de marche is a French temporary, regiment created for a specific campaign or other military purpose.
The Armistice Army or Vichy French Army was the armed forces of Vichy France permitted under the terms of the Armistice of 22 June 1940. It was officially disbanded in 1942 after the German invasion of the "Free Zone" which was directly ruled by the Vichy regime.
The 183rdInfantry Division of Africa was a unit of the French Army formed in Algeria during the French colonial period at the beginning of World War II.
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