The 17th Army Corps was a French

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, which fought in the Franco-Prussian War and both

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s. During

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, 17th Army Corps formed part of the Fourth Army. The

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of the U.S. Army

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, served with the corps in 1918. The corps was mobilized from 9 September 1939 from the 17th Military Region, and fought the unsuccessful :fr:Bataille de l'Ailette (1940) against the oncoming

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. It was stood down and eventually disestablished after the

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Commanders during World War I and World War II

* 21 August 1914 : Noël Dumas * 20 May 1917 :

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* 11 December 1917 :

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* 29 March 1918 :

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* 10 June 1918 :

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* 27 October 1918 - 17 June 1919 : Frédéric Hellot * 2 September 1939 - 25 June 1940 : Onésime Noël

Notes

Sources

*Service historique de l'état-major des armées, Les Armées françaises dans la Grande guerre,

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, Impr. nationale, 1922–1934, onze tomes subdivisés en 30 volumes (notice BnF no FRBNF41052951) : **AFGG, vol. 1, t. 10 : Ordres de bataille des grandes unités : grands quartiers généraux, groupe d'armées, armées, corps d'armée, 1923, 966 p. *Service historique de l'armée de terre, Inventaire sommaire des archives de la Guerre 1914–1918, Troyes, Imprimerie « la Renaissance », 1969, 691 p., (notice BnF no FRBNF35127448). *les Grandes Unités Françaises - Histoires Succinctes; Ministère des Armées- État-Major de l'Armée de Terre- Service historique *http://www.crid1418.org/doc/bdd_cdd/unites/CA17.html 17 Corps of France in World War I Corps of France in World War II Military units and formations of the Franco-Prussian War {{mil-unit-stub