9th Motorized Division explained

Unit Name:	9th Motorized Division
Native Name:	9e division d'infanterie motorisée
Dates:	1873 - 1962
Country:	France
Branch:	French Army
Type:	Motorized infantry
Battles:	World War I World War II Algerian War Cold War

The French 9th Motorized Division originally known as the 9th Infantry Division, was a French Army division active during World War I, World War II and the Algerian War.^[1]

World War 2

Battle Of France

During the Battle of France in May 1940, the division contained the following units:

• 13th Infantry Regiment
• 95th Infantry Regiment
• 131st Infantry Regiment
• 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
• 30th Artillery Regiment
• 230th Artillery Regiment

The division was an active division which had existed during peacetime. It was a fully motorized infantry division.

The division was part of the Algiers Corps Area in 1960, during the Algerian War.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Horne, Alistair . To lose a battle; France 1940 . Boston, Little, Brown . 1969 . 399.
2. Book: Charles R.. Shrader. The First Helicopter War: Logistics and Mobility in Algeria 1954-62. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1999. Appendix A: Major French Combat Forces in Algeria in 1960. 237–238.