French 2nd Armored Division

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1943-1945
gptkbp:affiliation Allied Forces
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:celebrates French_military_history
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:M4_Sherman_tank
gptkb:M26_Pershing_tank
Half-track vehicles
gptkbp:established 1943
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:Germany
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Annual commemorative events
Military parades
Documentaries and books
Veterans_associations
Key_role_in_the_liberation_of_France
Monuments_and_memorials_in_France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French 2nd Armored Division
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_modern_French_armored_units
gptkbp:motto The 2nd Armored Division
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Fighting_French
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Liberation_of_Paris
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Strasbourg
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Jacques-Philippe_Leclerc
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:operationalStatus Veteran unit
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:French_Army
gptkbp:postWarCareer Participation in peacekeeping missions
Training of new armored units
Integration_into_NATO
gptkbp:role Armored warfare
gptkbp:size approximately 15,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:French_2nd_Armored_Brigade
gptkbp:supports Logistics units
Reconnaissance units
Artillery regiments
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Cross_of_Lorraine
gptkbp:training Combined arms tactics
gptkbp:type gptkb:Armored_Division
gptkbp:unitAwards Cross of Lorraine emblem