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12th Foreign Infantry Regiment

Summary

The 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: 12e Régiment étranger d'infanterie, 12e REI) was an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army which existed from 1939 to 1940 at the beginning of World War II.

12th Foreign Infantry Regiment
(12e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie)
Regimental insignia
Active6 November 1939 - 1940
Country France
Branch French Army
TypeInfantry
Size3,000 men
Each year, the Foreign Legion commemorates and celebrates Camarón in its headquarters in Aubagne and Bastille Day military parade in Paris; featuring the Pionniers leading and opening the way.

History edit

The regiment was sent from its training camp at La Valbonne straight into action at Soissons, Picardy on 11 May 1940.[1] After fighting its way out of encirclement it was broken as a unit by 6 June 1940.[2] By the Armistice the remaining men, only 300 of the 2,800 men that had completed training, had reached Limoges in central France.[3]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Boyd, Douglas (2006). The French Foreign Legion. p. 251.
  2. ^ Geraghty, Tony (1986). March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion. p. 183.
  3. ^ Boyd, Douglas (2006). The French Foreign Legion. p. 252.

References edit

  • Geraghty, Tony (1986). March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion. London: Grafton Books. ISBN 0-246-11975-6.
  • Boyd, Douglas (2006). The French Foreign Legion. England: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3939-7.