1st Armored Division (France)
The 1st Armored Division (french: 1re Division Blindée, 1re DB) is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II that took part in the Liberation of France. The unit was dissolved for the first time in 1946, and was recommissioned in 1948. It was dissolved again in 1999 as a consequence of the professionalization of the French military. The 1st Mechanised Brigade (1re BM), created on July 1, 1999, inherited the traditions of the 1re DB. The 1re BM was again dissolved on July 21, 2015. The 1st Division (1re DIV) was recreated in 2016. Creation and different nomenclatures * The 1st Armored Division (1re DB) was created on May 1, 1943. * It was dissolved on March 31, 1946. * The 1st Armored Division was recreated in 1948. * On July 1, 1999, the 1st Mechanised Brigade (1re BM) inherited the traditions of the division. * The 1st Mechanised Brigade was dissolved on July 21, 2015. * The 1st Division (1re DIV) was recreated on July 1, 2016, part of the Scorpion Force alo ...
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Flag Of France
The national flag of France (french: link=no, drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue ( hoist side), white, and red. It is known to English speakers as the ''Tricolour'' (), although the flag of Ireland and others are also so known. The design was adopted after the French Revolution; while not the first tricolour, it became one of the most influential flags in history. The tricolour scheme was later adopted by many other nations in Europe and elsewhere, and, according to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' has historically stood "in symbolic opposition to the autocratic and clericalist royal standards of the past". Before the tricolour was adopted the royal government used many flags, the best known being a blue shield and gold fleur-de-lis (the Royal Arms of France) on a white background, or state flag. Early in the French Revolution, the Paris militia, which played a prominent role in the storming of the Bastille, wore a cockade of ...
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