World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 15.11.2004

French Armed Forces

 

Administrative Orders of Battle 3 September 1939   French Navy May 1940   France (1) (1) Linked to      "France 1940" by Nowfel Leulliot   Free French Forces   Government and High Command   Army   Air Forces   Naval Forces

Operational Orders of Battle European Theater of Operations Norway - April - June 1940   C.E.F.S. France, May 1940   Battle for France Pacific Theater of Operations French Indochina - 8.12.1941   Army of Indochina Mediterranean Theater of Operations Middle East   Vichy France (2) North Africa - 8 November 1942   Torch (2) Linked to     "France 194... something"    by Nowfel Leulliot

Military Organizations May 1940     • Division Infanterie (3)        (Infantry Division)     • Division Infanterie Motorisée (3)        (Motorized Infantry Division)     • Division Légère de Cavalerie (3)        (Light Cavalry Division)     • Division Légère Mécanique (3)        (Light Mechanized Division)     • Division Cuirassée de Réserve (3)        (Reserve Armored Division) (3) Linked to     "En Pointe Toujours"    by Stephane Commans