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57th Infantry Division (France)
57th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the French Army during the First World War. It was deployed overseas, seeing action on the Salonika front, fighting alongside British troops. It was sent to the Crimea in December 1918 as part of the Army of the Danube. Commanders * August 1914 - 2 February 1915 : General Bernard * 3 February - 7 May 1915 : General Victor Cordonnier * 8 May - 17 June 1915 : General Marie Eugène Debeney * 18 June - 11 August 1915 : General Demange * 12 August - 22 October 1915 : General de Cadoudal * 23 October 1915 – 15 January 1917 : General Paul Leblois * 16 January - 13 December 1917 : General Jacquemot * 14 December 1917 – 4 March 1918 : General Siben * 5 March 1918 - end of the conflict : General Génin * 1939 : General Barbeyrac de Saint-Maurice * 1940 : General Texier First World War 1914 * 6–9 August : Elements detached to the 7th Army Corps during the offensive in Mulhouse. :: 9–10 August : fighting in Mulhouse then w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infantry
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine infantry. Although disused in modern times, heavy infantry also commonly made up the bulk of many historic armies. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have traditionally made up the core of the combat arms professions of various armies, with the infantry almost always comprising the largest portion of these forces. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French ''infanterie'', from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' īnfāns'' (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets '' infant''. The individual-soldier term ''infantry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
