Armoured Division (French: 3e Division Blindée, 3e DB) is a unit of the French Army. The Division is the heir of the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (3e DIA)...
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The French 2nd Light Cavalry Division (2e Division de Cavalerie Légère) was a French Army division active during World War II. During the Battle of France...
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List of French Army regiments (section Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre (ALAT) ( Land Force Light Aviation ))
Corse (Corsica Island). 1er Régiment Etranger de Cavalerie (1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment), 6e Brigade Légère Blindée (6th Light Armoured Brigade) - Orange...
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Outline of the French Army at the end of the Cold War (redirect from Régiment de Soutien Aéromobile)
light armored divisions (6e Division Légère Blindée, 9e Division d'Infanterie de Marine, 12e Division Légère Blindée and 14e Division Légère Blindée) vary...
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Cavalry Division (French: 6e Division de cavalerie) of 1914, the 6th Light Cavalry Division of 1940 (French: 6e Division Légère de Cavalerie), and the...
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As 7e Division Blindée 3e Régiment de Cuiriassiers (3e RC) Armoured Regiment 1er Régiment de Dragons (1er RD) Armoured Regiment 5e Régiment de Dragons...
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Structure of the French Army (section 1st Division)
Détachement avions de l'Armée de terre (DAAT) - Army Planes Detachment, in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande École de l'Aviation légère de l’Armée de terre (EALAT)...
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RCAP (Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique Portés) of the 6e DLC (Division Légère de Cavalerie). The Germans seem not to have taken into use any captured P...
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12th Cuirassier Regiment (France) (redirect from 12e Régiment de Cuirassiers)
January 1940 : Régiment de Découverte (Discovery Regiment) in the 3e division légère mécanique (3rd Light Mechanised Division), equipped with Panhard...
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Operation Serval (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
RG), one company 6e Brigade Légère Blindée (6e BLB), redeployed from Opération Épervier 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie (1er REC), one platoon with...
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Division Légère de Cavalerie (DLC)) advanced into Luxembourg in an attempt to spoil the attack before it was ordered back to French territory. The division, composed...
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d'Infanterie Légère d'Afrique, of the Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa), and a cavalry regiment. The Oran, Constantine, and Algiers Divisions existed...
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French Army (redirect from Armée de Terre)
blindée cavalerie) Artillery (Artillerie) Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère) Troupes de Marine French Army Light Aviation (Aviation légére de l'armée de terre...
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both then existing armoured divisions of the Cavalry, the 1re Division Légère Mécanique ("1st Mechanised Light Division") and the 2e DLM. On 26 March...
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Divisions Légères de Cavalerie ("Cavalry Light Divisions"). It was first decided that these within each of the two battalions of their Régiment de Dragons Portés...
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Battle of Arras (1940) (section 3e DLM)
of the 3ième Division Légère Mécanique (3e DLM). The attack had been intended to be made by two French and two British infantry divisions but Frankforce...
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Corps de Cavalerie with 239 Hotchkiss light tanks and 176 Somua S35s had faced the 3rd Panzer Division with 280 tanks and the 4th Panzer Division with...
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Order of battle of the Waterloo campaign (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Staff): Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia. Commander of artillery: General of Division Charles-Étienne-François Ruty. Field commanders under the direct command...
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matériel reserve. At the end of 1939 1e DC was changed into the 1re Division Légère de Cavalerie. In the Battle of France 120 AMR 33's and 187 ZT's were available...
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in these mechanised light divisions. The Light (i.e. motorised) Divisions of the Cavalry, the Divisions Légères de Cavalerie, had a squadron of twelve...
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Battle of France (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Chasseurs Ardennais, the 1st Cavalry Division, reinforced by engineers and the French 5e Division Légère de Cavalerie (5th DLC). The Belgian troops blocked...
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Battle of Abbeville (category Charles de Gaulle in World War II)
attack were issued, the 2nd Armoured Brigade came under the 2e Division Légère de Cavalerie (2e DLC, Colonel Berniquet) to take high ground from Bray to...
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de la France, Est un emblème des plus glorieux. Refrain Vive la Légion étrangère, Et quand défilent les képis blancs, Si leur allure n'est pas légère...
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Gen de Division Honoré Charles Reille Gen de Corps d'Armee François Étienne de Kellermann, Comte de Valmy Order of Battle of the Waterloo Campaign De Bas...
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Jean Baptiste Alexandre Strolz (category Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe)
Corps de cavalerie) of Napoleon's Armée du Nord. Strolz's Division was formed from the 1st Cavalry Brigade under Maréchal de Camp (General de Brigade)...
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