French Army Order of Battle, 10 May 1940

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Supreme Headquarters (GQG) [ SHQ Reserve ]
North-Eastern Theatre of Operations [ Army Group 1 (GA 1) ] [ Army Group 2 (GA 2) ] [ Army Group 3 (GA 3) ]
South-Eastern Theatre of Operations [ Army of the Alps ]
French Expeditionary Force to Scandinavia [ French Expeditionary Force to Scandinavia (CEFS) ]
North African Theatre of Operations [ Algeria ] [ Tunisia Command ] [ Morroco]
Eastern mediterranean Theatre of Operations [ Middle-East Mobile Forces Command ]
Colonies [ French West Africa ] [ French Equatorial Africa
[ Indochina ] [ Madagascar ]

While a full orbat for 10 may 1940 shouldn't be too difficult to put together, it's not quite as straightforward as it first seems. The French army's historical branch still hasn't released a complete "official" history of the campaign. Instead, there is a massive 3-volume work of about 2,500 pages of Corps and Divisional histories on which this orbat is based. However, it does not give any information on units below division level held in the general reserve nor on those overseas units which were not sent to mainland France during the campaign. The orbat below reflects these limits. Finally, this orbat is for 10 May 1940 only, much reshuffling of units took place in the following days.

The BEF is included in this OB because it was integrated into the 1er Groupe d'Armées. It was, of course, never part of the French Army. The letter W in the abbreviated unit designation was used by the French army to distinguish British from French units, e.g. 48e DI is the French 48e Division d'Infanterie while 48e DIW is the British 48th Infantry Division.

Finally, for the time being, this orbat only gives the corps assets and attached units and divisions will be added as I type them up. Once a corps' divisions are typed in and the page updated, I'll change the abbreviated corps designation to a hyperlink.

Supreme Headquarters (GQG)  [ Top of Page ]

SHQ Reserves
1er Groupement Cuirassé (GC 1)
XXIe Corps d'Armée (XXIe CA)
XXIIIe Corps d'Armée (XXIIIe CA)

North-Eastern Theatre of Operations (TONE)  [ Haut de la page ]

Amiral Nord
68e Division d'infanterie (68e DI)


Army Group 1 (GA 1)  [ Top of Page ]
7e Armée
*British Expeditionary Force*
(BEF)
on Dr. Leo Niehorster's 
Armed Forces of World War 2 site 
1re Armée
Army assets
Corps de Cavalerie (CC)
Ier Corps d'Armée (motorisé) (Ier CA)
IIIe Corps d'Armée (IIIe CA)
  XVIe Corps d'Armée (XVIe CA)
IVe Corps d'Armée (IVe CA)
 Ve Corps d'Armée (motorisé) (Ve CA)
9e Armée
IIe Corps d'Armée (motorisé) (IIe CA)
2e Armée
XIe Corps d'Armée (XIe CA)
Xe Corps d'Armée (Xe CA)
XLIe Corps d'Armée de Foreresse (XLIe CAF)
XVIIIe Corps d'Armée (XVIIIe CA)


Army Group 2 (GA 2)  [ Top of Page ]
Army Group Reserves
3e Armée
4e Armée
5e Armée
Corps d'Armée Colonial ( CAC)
IXe Corps d'Armée (IXe CA)
VIIIe Corps d'Armée (VIIIe CA) 
VIe Corps d'Armée (VIe CA)
XXe Corps d'Armée (XXe CA)
XIIe Corps d'Armée (XIIe CA)
XXIVe Corps d'Armée (XXIVe CA)
XVIIe Corps d'Armée (XVIIe CA))
XLIIe Corps d'Armée de Forteresse
 (XLIIe CAF)
XLIIIe Corps d'Armée de Forteresse
(XLIIIe CAF)


Army Group 3 (GA 3)  [ Top of Page ]
8e Armée
Army Group Reserves
VIIe Corps d'Armée (VIIe CA)
XLVe Corps d'Armée de Forteresse  (XLVe CAF)
XIIIe Corps d'Armée (XIIIe CA)
XLIVe Corps d'Armée de Forteresse (XLIVe CAF)

South-Eastern Theatre of Operations (TOSE)  [ Top of Page ]

Armée des Alpes
XIVe Corps d'Armée (XIVe CA)
XVe Corps d'Armée (XVe CA)

French Expeditionary Force to Scandinavia (CEFS)  [ Top of Page ]

Corps Expéditionnaire Français en Scandinavie (CEFS)
1re Division Légère d'Infanterie (1re DLI)
1re Division Légère de Chasseurs (1re DLCh)
2e Division Légère de Chasseurs (2e DLCh)

North African Theatre of Operations (TOAFN)  [ Top of Page ]

Algeria (XIXe RM)
Tunisia Command (CSTT) Morroco

Eastern mediterranean Theatre of Operations (TOMO)  [ Top of Page ]

Middle-East Mobile Forces Command (GFML)

Colonies  [ Top of Page ]

French West Africa (AOF)
French Equatorial Africa (AEF)
Indochine
Madagascar


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