World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations
Last Updated 13.05.2013
French Armed Forces
Complete
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
France, June 1941
Army of Vichy
Pacific Theater of Operations
French Indochina — 8 December 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
[2]
(Infantry Division)
•
Division Infanterie Motorisée
[2]
(Motorized Infantry Division)
•
Division Légère de Cavalerie
[2]
(Light Cavalry Division)
•
Division Légère Mécanique
[2]
(Light Mechanized Division)
•
Division Cuirassée de Réserve
[2]
(Reserve Armored Division)
[2]
Linked to
"En Pointe Toujours"
by Stephane Commans
Fact Files
AFV Strengths, 10.05.40
French World War II Military Symbols
Army Ranks
Navy Ranks
Air Force
Military Aircraft
Sources and References