(Redirected from 2e Division cuirassée )
Not to be confused with 2nd Armoured Division (France) .
Military unit
The 2nd Armoured Division (French : 2 Division Cuirassée, 2 DCR ) is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II that took part in the May-June 1940 Battle of France .
History
Formed 16 January 1940 at Haute Moivre . Campaigns: Battle of the Meuse , Fronts of the Aisne and the Somme , Somme Front , Battle of the Somme and Retreat of the Center. Final command post at Saint-Pierre Cherignat , northeast of Limoges . Division subsequently disbanded. Subordination: I Corps of 7th Army until 29 May and then various, including 10th Army , VII Corps , IX Corps , X Corps , 51st British Infantry Division and the Groupement Cuirassée .
Composition
B1 bis tank of the 8th Battalion, lost in Guise , Northern France, in May 1940. In May 1940:
8th Tank Battalion (B1 bis tanks )
15th Tank Battalion (B1 bis tanks)
14th Tank Battalion (H39 tanks)
27th Tank Battalion (H39 tanks)
17th Motorized Rifle Battalion (bataillon de chasseurs portés )
309th Artillery Regiment References
Bibliography
(GUF) Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre. Guerre 1939–1945 Les Grandes Unités Françaises . Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1967.
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Badge of the division.
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