1st Moroccan Infantry Division (France)

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The French 1st Moroccan Infantry Division was a French Army formation during World War II.

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

  • 1 Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
  • 2 Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
  • 7 Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment
  • 80 Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 64 Artillery Regiment
  • 264 Artillery Regiment

It was an active division which existed during peacetime. It mainly contained native troops from French Morocco.

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