9th Motorized Division

The French 9th Motorized Division originally known as the 9th Infantry Division, was a French Army division active during World War I, World War II and the Algerian War.^[1]

9th Motorized Division
9e division d'infanterie motorisée
Unit insignia
Active	1873 - 1962
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Motorized infantry
Engagements	World War I World War II Algerian War Cold War

Battle Of France 1940

During the Battle of France in May 1940, the division contained the following units:^{[citation needed]}

• 13th Infantry Regiment
• 95th Infantry Regiment
• 131st Infantry Regiment
• 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
• 30th Artillery Regiment
• 230th Artillery Regiment

The division was an active division which had existed during peacetime. It was a fully motorized infantry division.

Algerian War

The 9th Infantry Division was recreated within the 1st Military Region (Île-de-France, Paris region), with headquarters in Versailles, as part of the Valmy Plan (by calling up the contingent during the Algerian War and recalling the liberated classes).^[2] It arrived in Algeria in June 1956.

It took part in operations in the Orléansville area, west of Algiers.^[3] It formed part of the Algiers military division (which became the Algiers army corps in 1958 and then the 23rd Army Corps in 1962).^[4] It was dissolved on 31 December 1962.^[3]

The division was part of the Algiers Corps Area in 1960, during the Algerian War.^[5]