5th Light Cavalry Division (France)

The French 5th Light Cavalry Division was a French Army division active during World War II. It was led by Lieut. General Baron Subervie.

World War 2

Battle Of France

During the Battle of France in May 1940 the division contained the following units:

6th Cavalry Brigade^[1]
- 11th Cuirassier Regiment
- 12th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment
15th Light Mechanized Brigade^[2]
- 5th Armoured Car Regiment
- 15th Mechanized Dragoon Regiment
78th Artillery Regiment

It was a newly formed division.

Divisions of the French Army

Active
1st 3rd

Cold War (1945–1991)

Infantry	2nd Motorized 4th Motorized 9th 9th Marine 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 19th 20th 21st 27th Alpine 29th 109th 152nd
Armored	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 10th
Light Armored	6th 12th 14th
Airborne	4th Airmobile 10th 11th Light Intervention 24th 25th
Other	Division Daguet

World War II (1939–1945) (list)

1939–1940

Tank

Armoured	1 2 3 4

Light Mechanized	1 2 3 4 7

Cavalry

1
2
3
4
5
6

Colonial

Colonial	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Moroccan	1 2 3

North African	1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Indochina	Cochinchina and Cambodia Tonkin

Infantry

1st – 9th	1st Motorized 2 3rd Motorized 4 5th Motorized 6 7 8 9th Motorized

10th – 19th	10 11 12th Motorized 13 14 15th Motorized 16 17 18 19

20th – 29th

20
21
22
23
24
25th Motorized
26

Mountain	27 28 29

30th – 39th

Mountain	30 31

32
35
36

40th – 49th	40 41 42 43 44 45 47

50th – 59th	51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

60th – 69th

60
61
62
63
67
68

Mountain	64 65 66

70th – 89th

70
71

African	81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88

100th – 199th

Fortress	101 102 103 104 105

African	180 181 182 183

191
192

Light Division of Infantry

3

17

43

59

235th – 241st	235 236 237 238 239 240 241

Burtaire
1st North African

Colonial	2 8

Chasseurs	1 2

March

Besse
Chastanet
Poisot
Regard
Senselme

Polish

1
2

Metropolitan	7 9 12 13 14 15 16 17
Africa and Asia	Algiers Territorial Casablanca Cochinchina and Cambodia Constantine Territorial Fez Marrakech Meknes Oran Territorial Tunisian Forces Command Tonkin
Related	33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French)

Free France/
Army of Liberation

Infantry

1st Free French Division
1
2 (Moroccan)
3 (Algerian)
4 (Moroccan Mountain)
6 (Moroccan Mountain)
7 (Algerian)
9 (Colonial)
10 (Colonial)
10
14
19
23
25
27 (Alpine)
36

Far East Colonial	1 2

Armour

1
2
3
5

Temporary

Constantine March
Algerian March
Oran March
Morocco March
Southeast Algerian Front

World War I (1914–1918) (list)

Infantry

1st – 9th	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10th – 19th	10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20th – 29th	20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30th – 39th	30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

40th – 49th	40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

50th – 59th	50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

60th – 69th	60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

70th – 79th	70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77

80th – 99th	81 87 88 97

Territorial Infantry

81st – 89th	81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89

90th – 99th	90 91 92 94 96 97 99

100th – 105th	100 101 102 103 104 105

120th – 129th	120 121 122 123 125 126 127 128 129

130th – 149th	132 133 134

150th – 159th	151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158

160th – 170th	161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170

Cavalry

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Foot Cavalry	1 2

Colonial

2
3
10
11
15
16
17

Moroccan	1 2

References

^ The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II: Volume VI Italy and France Including the Neutral Countries of San Marino, Vatican City (Holy See), Andorra, and Monaco. p. 484.
^ The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II: Volume VI Italy and France Including the Neutral Countries of San Marino, Vatican City (Holy See), Andorra, and Monaco. p. 481.