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FRENCH MILITARY HISTORY
THE FRENCH ARMY 1939 - 1940
ORGANISATION : ORDER OF BATTLE : OPERATIONAL HISTORY
by Lee Sharp
The French Army in 1939 was considered to be the most powerful
military organisation in Europe. This seven volume series
for the first time accurately details the organisation,
formations and units of the French Army of 1939 - 1940.
Volume 1 - The High Command, Military Districts (Régions
Militaire) - including maps. Also Military Governors
& Fortress Cities, the Gendarmeries & Garde
Republicane Legions. The Army Staff (Étate-Major
de l'Armée), Army Council (Conseil Supérieur
de la Guerre), Superior Council of National Defence (Conseil
Supérieur de la Défense National), General
Headquarters (Grand Quartier Général - GQG)
and its organisation. North-East Theatre Command (Théâtre
d'Operations du Nord-Est). Army Group(Groupe d'Armées),
1, 2, 3 Groupe d'Armées. Army (Armée) Includes
Engineer, Signals, Transportation, Quartermaster, Medical,
Veterinary organisations. Army Staff, Army Services, Army
HQ Troops, Army Rear Staff, Army Rear Directorate Organisation.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Armies,
troops compositions, as well as Army of the Alps (Armée
des Alpes).
Army Detachment (Detachment D'Armée)
troops, also Ardennes Army Detachment (Detachment d'Armée
des Ardennes)(DAA) and Pyrenees Army Detachment (Detachment
D) Armée des Pyrenees.
Army Corps (Corps D'Armée) troops, III, IV, VI, VII,
VIII, IX, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XX,
XXI, XXIII, XXIV, XXV Corps, Colonial Army Corps (Corps
d'Armée Colonial), Fortress Army Corps (Corps d'Armée
de Fortresses). Additional Corps sized units - Groupement
Dubuisson, Groupment Duffor, Groupement Molinie.
Cavalry Corps & Motorised Corps (Corps
de Cavalerie et Corps d''Armée Motorisé) Organisation
and Corps Troops. 1 2, 5 Motorised Corps (Corps d'Armée
Motorise).
Cavalry Corps(Corps de Cavalerie) Troops.
Armoured Group (Groupment Cuirassé)
Organisation
French North Africa (L'Afrique Française
du Nord). Military Organisation Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco,
including map. Commander-in-Chief of the North African Theatre
of Operations (Commandent en Chef du Théâtre
d'Operations de l'Afrique du Nord) units. Tunisian Fronts
(Fronts Tunisiens) Troops, East Saharian Front (Front East
Saharien) Troops.
Eastern Mediterranean Theatre of Operations(Theatre
d'Operations de la Mediterranée Oriental) (T.O.M.O.)
Troops and map. Garrison, Occupation Troops, Expeditionary
Force. Army Corps "L" /The Levant Mobile Force
(Corps d'Armée "L" / Groupement des Forces
Mobiles du Levant) Troops.
French Scandinavian Expeditionary Force (Corps
Expeditionaire Français en Scandinave) Troops, Divisions
& units.
Colonial Troops - China, Indo-China, Togo,
Cameroons, Gabon, Madagascar, Reunion, French Somalia, Martinique,
etc. Also Indo-China (inc map) Troops & Formations.
French West Africa (inc map) Troops and units. Air Reconnaissance
& Observation units.
vi + 148 pages, 22 maps, 210 x 295 mm.
ISBN 0-85420-316-8 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-321-4 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 2 - The Organisation of the Division. Includes
alterations, Commanding Generals, Chiefs of Staff, numbers
of men, type and allocation of equipment. Motorised Infantry
Division (Division d'Infanterie Motorisée )(DIM).
Division Organisation. Order of Battle of Division Numbers
1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 15, 25.
Infantry Division type "North-East"
(Division d'Infanterie type NE). Division Organisation.
Order of Battle of Division Numbers 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11,
13, 14, 16, 1791), 17(2), 18, 21, 22, 23, 24,26, 27, 30,
32, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,
56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71. Infantry
Division type Mountain (Division d'Infanterie type Mountagne)
Division Organisation. Order of Battle of Division Numbers
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 64, 65, Light Mountain Division (Division
LégPre de Chasseurs). Division Organisation. Order
of Battle of Division Numbers 1, 2, 3, 40. North African
Infantry Division (Division d'Infanterie Nord Africain)
(DINA). Division Organisation. Order of Battle of Division
Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Colonial Infantry Division (Division d'Infanterie Coloniale)(DIC).
Division Organisation. Order of Battle of Division Numbers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Infantry Division type Overseas
(Division d'Infanterie type Outre-Mer) (Three Categories).
Division Organisation. Order of Battle of Division Numbers
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, Infanterie d'Afrique. 1,
2, 3, Division Marocaine. 87/180, 181, 182, 183, d'Afrique.
191, 192.
Infanterie. Light Infantry Division (Division
LégPre d'Infanterie)(DLI). Division Organisation.
Orders of Battle Division Numbers 1, 17, 59, 235, 236, 237,
238, 239, 240, 241. Foreign Infantry Divisions Polish.(Polonaise)
Division Organisations. Orders of Battle Division Numbers
1, 2 Czech (Tchecoslavaque). Division Organisation. Order
of Battle of Division Numbers 1. Cavalry Division (Division
de Cavalerie) (DC). Division Organisation. Order of Battle
Division Numbers 1, 2, 3, Light Cavalry Division (Division
LégPre de Cavalerie) (DLC). Division Organisation.
Order of Battle Divisions Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Light
Mechanised Division (Division LégPre Mecanique) (DLM)
Division Organisation. Order of Battle Division Number 1,
2, 3, 4, 7.
Reserve Armoured Division (Division Cuiraseé de Reserve)
(DCR). Division Organisation. Order of Battle Division Numbers
1, 2, 3, 4. Tables of symbols, Glossary / Abbreviations,
Comparative Rank Table etc.
vi + 156 pages, 210 x 295 mm
ISBN 0-85420-141-6 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-190-4 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 3 - Maginot Line Organization and Order of
Battle the Commands and Formations.
The Fortified Regions (Region Fortifée)- Metz, Lauter,
Belfort, Sarre. Fortress Army Corps (Corps D'Armée
de Forteresse)(CAF) - Corps Organisation, Troops XLI, XLII,
XLIII, XLIV, XLV, Fortified & Defensive Sector (Secteur
Fortifié & Secteur Défensif)(SF &
SD). Organization & Sector Troops, subordinate units
- Flandres, Lille, L'Escaut, Maubeuge, Montmédy,
Crusnes, Thionville, Boulay, Faulquemont, Saare, Dagnan,
Rohrbach, Vosges, Haguenau,Bas-Rhin, Colmar, Altkirch, Belfort,
Montbééliard, Jura Central, Savoie, Dauphiné,
Alpes-Maritimes. Fortress Infantry Division (Division d'Infanterie)
(DIF) Organization, Order of Battle of Division Numbers
101, 102, 103, 104, 105.Southern Tunisian Fortified Region
(Région Fortifiée du Sud Tunisaien) Organisation,
Order of Battle.
The Infantry
Infantry Brigade(Brigade d'Infanterie). Algerian Infantry
Brigade(Brigade d'Infanteie d'Algérienne) - Numbers
& Composition. Alpine Infantry Brigade(Brigade d'Infanerie
Alpine) - Organisation & Composition. Independent Infantry
Brigade(Brigade Autonome d'Infanterie) - Organisation. Levant
Infantry Brigade (Brigade du Levant) - Numbers 1 & 2,
Composition. Infantry Regiment (Régiment d'Infanterie)
- types. Metropolitan Infantry Regiment/ "North-East"
1940 (Régiment d'Infanterie Métropolitaine)(RI)
- Command, Battalion & Company organisation & composition.
List of Regiments and Division attachment. Infantry Regiment
type Overseas - Organisation & Composition. List of
Regiments & Division attachment. Half-Brigade of Chasseurs
(Demi-Brigade de Chasseurs B Pied) - Command & Organisation.
List of Demi-Brigades, List of Battalions under command
& Division attachments. Zouave Infantry Regiment (Régiment
de Zouaves) - Command & Organisation . List of Regiments,
Division attachments. North African Tirailleur Regiment
(Régiment de Trailleurs Nord Africains) - Organisation
& Organisation. List of Regiments, Division attachments
(includes North-East type, Overseas Motorised, Mountain).
Mountain Infantry Regiment (Régiment d'Infantrie
Montagne) - Organisation & Composition. List of Regiments,
Division attachments. Half-Brigade of Alpine Chasseurs (Demi-Brigade
de Chasseurs Alpins)(DBCA) - Command & Organisation
. List of Regiments, Division attachments.
Pyrenean Chasseur Half-Brigade (Demi-Brigade de Chasseurs
Pyrénéens) - Command & Organisation
Motorised Infantry Regiment (Régiment d'Infanterie
Motorisé) - Command & Organisation(inc Battalion),
List of Regiments, Division attachments. Foreign Legion
(Legion ÉtrangPre) - Command & Organisation(inc
Battalion). List of Regiment, Division attachments. Half-Brigade
& Battalion Light Infantry (Demi-Brigade d'Infanerie
LégPre & Battalion d'Infanterie LégPre)
- Organisation. Half-Brigade of the Southern Tunisian Fortified
Region - Command & Organisation. Fortress Infantry Regiments
(Régiments d'Infanterie de Fortresse)(RIF) - Organization,
List of Regiments, Sector attachments. Alpine Fortress Half-Brigade
(Demi-Brigades Alpine de Fortresse) - Organization, List
of Half-Brigades, Sector attachments. Machine-Gun Battalion
(Battaillon de Mitrailleurs)(BM) - Organisation, Battalion,
Motorised Battalions. Coastal Defence Formations. Order
of Battle, Defence of Corsica, Northern Coastal Group. Local
Defence Regiments (Régiments Régionaux)(RR),
List & Compositions of Regiments. Moroccan Goum (Goum
Marocain) - Organisation, Groupments, Algerian Goums, Tunisian
Goums - Orgasisation, units Training units - Infantry -
Motorised - Mountain Pioneer Regiments (Régiment
du Pioniers)(RP) - Organisation, Command. Anti-Tank units.
Tanks - Armoured Brigade (Brigade Cuirassée), Half-Brigade
of Tanks (Demi-Brigade de Chars), Half-Brigade Light Tanks
(Demi-Brigade LégPre de Chars), Half Brigade Heavy
Tanks (Demi-Brigade Lourde de Chars), Group of Tank Battalions
(Groupe de Bataillons de Chars) (GBC) - Command & Organization.
Tank Battalion (Bataillon de Chars de Combat) - list, tank
type. Tank Battalion types etc.
Tables of symbols, Glossary / Abbreviations, Comparative
Rank Table ec.
ISBN 0-85420-371-0 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-376-1 Softback edition £19.99
Volume 4 - French artillery - General
Reserve Artillery, Corps Artillery, Fortress/Static Artillery,
Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Anti-Tank Artillery, Divisional
Artillery, Independent Artillery units etc.
[in preparation].
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