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Date of Dissolution[edit]

The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 article states that the French were represented by the 2nd ID. This states the division was dissolved in 1940. Thoughts? MWFwiki (talk) 08:15, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (fr:2e division d'infanterie marocaine)? -- Le Petit Chat (talk) 22:31, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I checked an article by Paul Gaujac in the French magazine Militaria Magazine and The French Army 1939–45 (2) (Osprey Men-at-Arms 318), the divisions in May 1945 are the following:

Divisions formed in North Africa in 1942-1943:
- 1st Marching Infantry Division (former 1st Free French Division), in the Alps
- 2nd Moroccan ID, in Germany/Austria
- 3rd Algerian ID, in Germany/Austria
- 4th Moroccan Mountain Div, in Germany/Austria
- 9th Colonial ID (fr), in Germany/Austria
- 1st Armoured Div, in Germany/Austria
- 2nd Armoured Div, in Germany/Austria
- 5th Armoured Div, in Germany/Austria
Divisions formed in France:
- 1st (motorized) ID (fr), in Germany
- 10th ID, on the Atlantic front (some units in Germany)
- 14th ID (fr), in Germany
- 19th ID (fr), on the Atlantic front
- 27th Alpine Div, in the Alps
- 23rd ID (fr), on the Atlantic front
- 25th ID (fr), on the Atlantic front
- 36th ID (fr), training in South-East France
- 3rd Armoured Div (fr), training in South-West France
Planned divisions:
- 1st Far-East Colonial Division
- 2nd Far-East Colonial Division
- 29th ID (fr)
- 24th Airborne

-- Le Petit Chat (talk) 23:03, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]