1st Armored Division
Military unit
The 1st Armored Division is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II that took part in the Liberation of France.
The unit was dissolved for the first time in 1946, and was recommissioned in 1948. It was dissolved again in 1999 as a... Wikipedia
Active: May 1, 1943 – March 31, 1946; 1948 – July 1, 1999; July 1, 2016 – present
Branch: French Army
Garrison/HQ: Besançon
Motto(s): Nomine et Virtute Prima (First by Name and Valor)
Nickname(s): division Saint-Louis
Size: ~ 25,000