101st Infantry Division (France)
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The 101st Infantry Division (French: 101e Division d'Infanterie de Forteresse, 101e DIF) 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:
- 84th Fortress Infantry Regiment
- 87th Fortress Infantry Regiment
- 161st Artillery Regiment
It was a Series B reserve division containing older reservists. It was a Fortress Division meant to defend the French border with Belgium.
At the start of the German offensive on 10 May 1940, the 101st was assigned to the 5th Army Corps (motorized), 1st Army, 1st Army Group.[1] The division held a section of the Maginot Line near Clairfayts. The 7th Panzer Division broke through the sector of the 84th Regiment in a night assault on 16 May after "considerable resistance".[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Ve Corps d'Armée motorisé (Ve CA)". French Army Order of Battle, 10 May 1940. Retrieved on 2008-12-20.
- ^ Frieser, Karl-Heinz; John T. Greenwood (2005). The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West. U.S. Naval Institute Press. p. 267. ISBN 1591142946. http://books.google.com/books?id=7Y0MxdP-ws4C&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=french+army+1940+5th+corps&source=web&ots=d9x86B26KI&sig=3u3ljHuw6yyUWJgsnouEhzU-jHo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=15&ct=result. Retrieved on 20 December 2008.
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