The 1st Armoured Division (French: 1re Division Cuirassée, 1re DCR) is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II that took part in the May-June...
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2e Division cuirassée of the 2e Escadre de ligne as a replacement for the destroyed battleship. She was transferred to the 1re Division cuirassée of the...
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4th, and 5th Army Corps, as well as the 1re Division Cuirassée (1st DCR, effectively an armoured division with four battalions of tanks and one of infantry...
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Spain, Italy and Russia. In October 1901, the 1st Battleship Division (1re Division cuirassée), comprising Charlemagne and her sisters Gaulois and Saint...
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counter-attack on 14 May alongside the powerful, armoured, 1re division cuirassée (1st Division of Cuirassers). On 14 May Perwez was abandoned by the Belgian...
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France the B1 tanks of the 3rd Division Cuirassée played a key role in delaying the advance of the 10th Panzer Division for two days. Three are owned by...
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Toulon on 30 July. The ship was assigned to the 2e Division cuirassée (Second Battleship Division) of the Escadre de la Méditerranée in mid-September...
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Military history of France during World War II (section 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1943–1945))
further weakening of his position. An armoured division (3rd Division Cuirassée) and a motorized division blocked further German advances around his flank...
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Wavre. The First Army, reinforced by two DLM and with a Division Cuirassée (DCR, Armoured Division) in reserve, would defend the Gembloux Gap between Wavre...
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the (single) mechanised infantry battalion within the Division Cuirassée, or armoured division of the Infantry. However, on 10 May, they had not yet been...
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