101st Infantry Division (France)

101st Infantry Division
Active	25 May 1914 – 26 November 1916 16 March–May 1940
Allegiance	France
Type	Infantry
Engagements	World War I World War II

The 101st Infantry Division was a Territorial division (French: 101e Division d'Infanterie Territoriale, 101e DIT) during World War I, and a Fortress division (French: 101e Division d'Infanterie de Forteresse, 101e DIF) during World War II.

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History

World War I

During World War I, the division comprised:

223rd Territorial Infantry Regiment.
259th Territorial Infantry Regiment.
268th Territorial Infantry Regiment.
279th Territorial Infantry Regiment.

The division was formed on 25 May 1914, and was dissolved on 26 November 1916. During this time, it was part of the French 3rd, 8th, 31st and 33rd Corps (Corps d'Armée (CA)), which in turn were part of the French 1st and 2nd Armies.^[1]

World War II

During the Battle of France in May 1940 the division was made up of the following units:

84th Fortress Infantry Regiment.
87th Fortress Infantry Regiment.
161st Artillery Regiment.

It was a Series B reserve division containing older reservists. It was a Fortress Division meant to defend the French border with Belgium.

At the start of the German offensive on 10 May 1940, the 101st was assigned to the 5th Army Corps (motorized), 1st Army, 1st Army Group.^[2] The division held a section of the Maginot Line near Clairfayts. The 7th Panzer Division broke through the sector of the 84th Regiment in a night assault on 16 May after "considerable resistance".^[3]

References

^ "101e Division d'Infanterie Territoriale" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
^ "Ve Corps d'Armée motorisé (Ve CA)". French Army Order of Battle, 10 May 1940. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
^ Frieser, Karl-Heinz; John T. Greenwood (2005). The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West. U.S. Naval Institute Press. p. 267. ISBN 1-59114-294-6. Retrieved 2008-12-20.

Divisions of the French Army

Active
1st 3rd

Cold War period

Infantry	2th Motorized 4th Motorized 9th 9th Marine 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 19th 20th 21st 27th Alpine 29th 109th 152nd
Armored	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 10th
Light Armored	6th 12th 14th
Airborne	4th Airmobile 10th 11th Light Intervention 24th 25th
Other	Division Daguet

Second World War (list)

1939-1940

Armour	1st Armored 1st Light 2nd Armored 2nd Light 3rd Armored 3rd Light 4th Armored 4th Light 7th Light
Cavalry	1st Light 2nd Light 3rd Light 4th Light 5th Light 6th Light
Colonial and African	1st Colonial 1st Moroccan 1st North African 1st North African Light 2nd Colonial 2nd Colonial Light 2nd Moroccan 2nd North African 3rd Colonial 3rd Moroccan 3rd North African 4th Colonial 4th North African 5th Colonial 5th North African 6th North African 6th Colonial 7th Colonial 7th North African 8th Colonial 8th Colonial Light 81st African 82nd African 83rd African 84th African 85th African 86th African 87th African 88th African 180th African 181st African 182nd African 183rd African Cochinchina and Cambodia Tonkin
Infantry	1st Motorized 2nd 3rd Motorized 4th 5th Motorized 6th 7th 8th 9th Motorized 10th 11th 12th Motorized 13th 14th 15th Motorized 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th Motorized 26th 32nd 35th 36th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 47th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 67th 68th 70th 71st 101st Fortress 102nd Fortress 103rd Fortress 104th Fortress 105th Fortress 191st 192nd
Mountain	1st Light Chasseurs 2nd Light Chasseurs 3rd Light 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 64th 65th 66th
Light	1st 17th 32nd 43rd 59th 235th 236th 237th 238th 239th 240th 241st Burtaire
Provisional	Besse March Chastanet March Poisot March Regard March Senselme March
Other	1st Polish 2nd Polish

Vichy France

Metropolitan	7th Military 9th Military 12th Military 13th Military 14th Military 15th Military 16th Military 17th Military
Africa and Asia	Algiers Territorial Casablanca Cochinchina and Cambodia Constantine Territorial Fez Marrakech Meknes Oran Territorial Tunisian Forces Command Tonkin
Related	33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French)

Free France/
Army of Liberation

Infantry	1st Alpine 1st Free French Division 1st Infantry 1st Far East Colonial 2nd Moroccan 3rd Algerian 3rd Colonial 4th Moroccan Mountain 9th Colonial 10th Infantry 14th Infantry 19th Infantry 23rd Infantry 25th Infantry 27th Alpine
Never in combat	1st Algerian 1st Colonial 1st Moroccan 2nd Algerian 2nd Colonial 2nd Far East Colonial 3rd Moroccan 6th Moroccan Mountain 7th Algerian 8th Algerian 10th Colonial 36th Infantry 3rd Armored
Armour	1st Armored 2nd Armored 5th Armored
Temporary	Constantine March Algerian March Oran March Morocco March Southeast Algerian Front

First World War (list)

Infantry	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 51st 52nd 53rd 55th 56th 57th 58th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 74th 76th 77th 81st 81st Territorial 82nd Territorial 83rd Territorial 84th Territorial 85th Territorial 86th Territorial 87th 87th Territorial 88th 88th Territorial 89th Territorial 90th Territorial 91st Territorial 92nd Territorial 94th Territorial 96th Territorial 97th 97th Territorial 99th Territorial 100th Territorial 101st Territorial 102nd Territorial 103th Territorial 104th Territorial 105th Territorial 120th 121st 122nd 123rd 125th 126th 127th 128th 129th 132nd 133rd 152nd 153rd 154th 155th 156th 157th 158th 164th 165th 166th 169th 170th
Cavalry	1st 1st Foot 2nd 2nd Foot 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Colonial	Moroccan 2nd Moroccan 2nd Colonial 3rd Colonial 10th Colonial 11th Colonial 15th Colonial 16th Colonial 17th Colonial

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