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The 53rd Infantry Division (
French : 53e Division d'Infanterie, 53e DI )was a
French Army formation during
World War I and
World War II .
World War 1
During World War I, the division comprised:
205th Infantry Regiment
224th Infantry Regiment (to August 1916)
228th Infantry Regiment (to August 1916)
236th Infantry Regiment (to July 1918)
319th Infantry Regiment
329th Infantry Regiment (to August 1916)
25th Territorial Infantry Regiment (from August 1918)
It was part of the French
1st ,
2nd ,
5th ,
9th ,
11th ,
13th ,
20th ,
33rd ,
35th and
40th Corps, during which it participated in the
Battle of Charleroi , the
Battle of Guise , the
First Battle of the Marne , the
First Battle of the Aisne , the
Second Battle of Artois , the
Second Battle of Champagne , the
Battle of the Somme , the
Battle of the Lys , the Battle of Matz, and the
Meuse-Argonne Offensive .
At various times, it was part of the
French First Army ,
French Second Army ,
French Third Army ,
French Fourth Army ,
French Fifth Army ,
French Sixth Army ,
French Seventh Army and
French Tenth Army .
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World War 2
During the
Battle of France in May 1940, the division contained the following units:
208th Infantry Regiment
239th Infantry Regiment
329th Infantry Regiment
66th Reconnaissance Battalion
22nd Artillery Regiment
222nd Artillery Regiment
It was a Series B Reserve
division containing older
reservists .
Commanders
World War I
Gen.
Georges Pierre Louis Perruchon (August 2, 1914 – September 7, 1914)
Gen. Day (September 7, 1914 – October 18, 1914)
Div. Gen.
Louis Loyzeau de Grandmaison (October 18, 1914 – January 23, 1915)
Div. Gen.
Henri Mathias Berthelot (January 23, 1915 – August 3, 1915)
Brig. Gen.
Joseph Alfred Micheler (August 3, 1915 – March 25, 1916)
Gen.
Georges Pierre Louis Lebouc (March 25, 1916 – January 15, 1917)
Div. Gen.
Henri André Mesplé (January 15, 1917 – April 5, 1917)
Div. Gen.
Amédée Henri Guillemin (April 5, 1917 – February 20, 1919)
World War II
References
Bibliography
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