The French 5th Motorized Division was a

French Army History Early history The first permanent army, paid with regular wages, instead of feudal levies, was established under Charles VII of France, Charles VII in the 1420 to 1430s. The Kings of France needed reliable troops during and after the ...

division active during

World War II 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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

World War 2

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 German invasion of France during the Second Wor ...

in May 1940 the division contained the following units: *88 Infantry Regiment *39 Infantry Regiment *129 Infantry Regiment *1 Reconnaissance Battalion *11 Artillery Regiment *211 Artillery Regiment The

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was an active division which had existed during peacetime. It was a fully motorized Infantry Division.

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