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2nd French Armored Division
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/2nd_French_Armored_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:alliedWith
gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:awarded
gptkb:Croix_de_la_Libération
gptkb:Légion_d'honneur
gptkb:Croix_de_Guerre_1939–1945
gptkb:Médaille_de_la_Résistance
gptkbp:branch
gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:country
gptkb:France
gptkbp:disbanded
1999
March 31, 1946
gptkbp:equipment
gptkb:M3_Half-track
M4 Sherman tank
M10 Wolverine tank destroyer
gptkbp:formed
August 24, 1943
gptkbp:garrison
gptkb:Versailles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
2nd French Armored Division
gptkbp:motto
"Ne pas subir"
gptkbp:nativeName
gptkb:2e_Division_Blindée
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Division_Leclerc
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hauteclocque
gptkb:Jacques_Massu
gptkbp:notableEngagement
gptkb:Battle_of_Alsace
gptkb:Liberation_of_Strasbourg
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
gptkb:Battle_of_Dompaire
gptkb:Invasion_of_Germany
gptkbp:notableEvent
First Allied unit to enter Paris in 1944
Participated in the liberation of Dachau concentration camp
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Amado_Granell
gptkb:Raymond_Dronne
Rafael Gómez Nieto
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:reformed
1948
gptkbp:size
gptkb:division
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:2nd_Armored_Brigade_(France)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:1944_Liberation_of_Paris
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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