12th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (12e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie) | |
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Active | November 6, 1939 - 1940 |
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Type | Infantry |
Size | 3,000 men |
The 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment (French) was an infantry regiment of the French Foreign Legion which existed from 1939 to 1940 at the beginning of the World War II.
History[]
The regiment was sent from its training camp at La Valbonne straight into action at Soissons, Picardy on 11 May 1940.[1] After fighting its way out of encirclement it was broken as a unit by 6 June 1940.[2] By the Armistice the remaining men, only 300 of the 2,800 men that had completed training, had reached Limoges in central France.[3]
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References[]
- Geraghty, Tony (1986). March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion. London: Grafton Books. ISBN 0-246-11975-6.
- Boyd, Douglas (2006). The French Foreign Legion. England: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3939-7.
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