The 2nd Light Mechanized Division () was a

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed For ...

division active during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

Second World War

Battle Of France

During the

Battle of France The Battle of France (french: bataille de France) (10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ('), the French Campaign (german: Frankreichfeldzug, ) and the Fall of France, was the Nazi Germany, German invasion of French Third Rep ...

in May 1940, the division contained the following units: *3rd Light Mechanized Brigade ** 13th Dragoon Armoured Regiment **29th Dragoon Armoured Regiment *4th Light Mechanized Brigade ** 4th Dragoon Mechanized Infantry Regiment **8th Cuirassier Reconnaissance Cavalry Regiment *71st Artillery Regiment

References

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