5th Army Corps (France)

The 5th Army Corps was a military unit of the French Army which fought in the Franco-Prussian War and both World Wars. It comprised three divisions.[1]

5th Army Corps
CountryFrance
TypeArmy Corps
Garrison/HQOrléans (1906)
Engagements1914 - Battle of the Ardennes
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy
Maurice Pellé

The last commander was René Altmayer (June 1940).

Footnotes

  1. Weygand, Maxime, "Weygand Memoires, Part I", pg. 471

References

  • Weygand, Maxime, "Weygand, Memoires, Part I", Paris: Flammarion, 1953


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