72nd Infantry Division (France)

The 72nd Infantry Division (French: 72e Division d'Infanterie, 72e DI) was a French Army formation during World War I.^[1]

The division was a reserve formation of the French Army, based at Verdun. It was mobilised on 2 August 1914. On mobilisation it commanded the 351st, 362nd, 364th, 365th, and 366th Infantry Regiments and the 56th and 59th Battalions of Chasseurs à Pied. It formed part of the garrison of the Verdun fortress and was subordinated to the French 3rd Army.

The division remained in the Verdun region until August 1916 (during which it participated in the Battle of Verdun), when it was then moved north, where it then participated in the Battle of the Somme. In 1918 the division took part in the Second Battle of the Marne.

At the end of the war, only the 365th Infantry Regiment of the original force remained with the division, the other units having been posted away, amalgamated, or disbanded. In addition to this, the 1st Mixed Regiment of Zouaves and Tirailleurs, and the 31st Territorial Infantry Regiment formed part of the division.

At various times, it was part of the French First Army, French Second Army, French Third Army, French Fourth Army, French Fifth Army, French Sixth Army, French Seventh Army, French Tenth Army, Army of the Lorraine, GQGA and the Fortified Region of Verdun.

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^ historique, France Etat-major des armées Service (1923–1924). Les armées françaises dans la Grande guerre. Tome X. 10,2 / Ministère de la guerre, état-major de l'armée, service historique (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-01-29.

Divisions of the French Army

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Cold War period

Infantry	2th Motorized 4th Motorized 9th 9th Marine 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 19th 20th 21st 27th Alpine 29th 109th 152nd
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Light Armored	6th 12th 14th
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Other	Division Daguet

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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

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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)

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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

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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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