The 152nd Infantry Division () was a

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. It saw service in the

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, and during the Cold War, when it guarded the intercontinental ballistic missile bases on the

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. Before its disestablishment during the 1990s, it included the 152ème R.C.S., the 19ème Régiment de Chasseurs (Draguignan), the 86ème R.I. (Issoire), the 4ème R.I.Ma (Fréjus), the 24ème R.I.Ma (Perpignan), and the 19ème R.A. (Draguignan).

References and external links

*David Isby and Charles Kamps, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company, 1985 *AFGG, vol. 2, t. 10 : Ordres de bataille des grandes unités : divisions d'infanterie, divisions de cavalerie, 1924, 1092 p.
Battle of the Aisne
@ Collectif de Recherche International et de Débat sur la guerre de 1914-1918 Infantry divisions of France Military units and formations established in 1915 {{France-mil-unit-stub