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.^[3]

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
Commanders
Commander (May 1940)[1][2]	Général Henri Didelet[1][2]

Battle Of France 1940

The division's structure during the Battle of France in May 1940 was as follows:^[2][1]

• Infantry
  • 13th Infantry Regiment (13e RI)^[1][2]
  • 95th Infantry Regiment (95e RI)^[1][2]
  • 131st Infantry Regiment (131e RI)^[1][2]

• Artillery
  • 30th Divisional Artillery Regiment (30e RADT)^[1][2]
  • 230th Heavy Divisional Artillery Regiment (230e RALDT)^[1][2]

• Reconnaissance
  • 2nd Divisional Reconnaissance Group (2e GRDIm)^[1][2]
  • 18th Corps Reconnaissance Group (18e GRCA) — attached from the 16th Army Corps (16e CA)^[1][2]

• Support Units
  • Divisional Signal, Engineer, and Supply companies

The division was an active division which had existed during peacetime. It was a fully motorized infantry division.)^[1]

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).^[4] It arrived in Algeria in June 1956.

It took part in operations in the Orléansville area, west of Algiers.^[5] It formed part of the Algiers military division (which became the Algiers army corps in 1958 and then the 23rd Army Corps in 1962).^[6] It was dissolved on 31 December 1962.^[5]

The division was part of the Algiers Corps Area in 1960, during the Algerian War.^[7]