2nd Armoured Division (France)

E91492

Free French Forces unit armoured division military unit

The 2nd Armoured Division (France) was a famed Free French armoured unit of World War II that played a key role in the liberation of Paris and the advance into Germany.

Aliases (4)

2nd Armored Division (France) ×2
2e Division Blindée ×1
2nd Armoured Brigade (France) ×1
2nd Armoured Division of the Free French Forces ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Free French Forces unit → armoured division → military unit →
allegiance	Free France →
alsoKnownAs	2e DB → 2e Division Blindée →
branch	Armoured forces →
commander	Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque →
conflict	Second World War →
country	France →
decoratedWith	Croix de la Libération →
disbandedIn	post-World War II period →
enteredCity	Paris →
enteredCityDate	24 August 1944 →
equipment	M10 tank destroyer → M4 Sherman tank → half-tracks →
formedAt	North Africa →
formedIn	1943 →
garrisonAfterWar	France →
honorificTitle	Division Leclerc →
liberated	Paris →
namedAfter	Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque →
notableCommander	Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque →
notableUnit	12e Régiment de cuirassiers → 501e Régiment de chars de combat → Régiment blindé de fusiliers-marins → Régiment de marche du Tchad →
notableVehicle	tank "Champaubert" → tank "Montmirail" → tank "Romilly" →
participatedIn	Allied invasion of France → Battle of Dompaire → Battle of Normandy → Battle of Royan → Campaign in Alsace → Invasion of Germany (1945) → Liberation of Paris → Liberation of Strasbourg → Operation Cobra →
partOf	Free French Forces → French Army →
personnelOrigin	Forces françaises libres → Free French volunteers → North African troops →
subordinateTo	General George S. Patton → U.S. Third Army →
successorUnit	2nd Armoured Brigade (France) →
theatre	Western Front (World War II) →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2nd Armoured Division (France) ("2e Division Blindée") →	alsoKnownAs
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque →	commanded
Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris ("2nd Armored Division (France)") →	focusesOn
Liberation of Paris ("2nd Armored Division (France)") →	involves
Leclerc ("2nd Armoured Division of the Free French Forces") →	notableCommand
2nd Armoured Division (France) ("2nd Armoured Brigade (France)") →	successorUnit