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Date of Dissolution

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The Berlin Victory Parade of 1945 article states that the French were represented by the 2nd ID. This states the division was dissolved in 1940. Thoughts? MWFwiki (talk) 08:15, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (fr:2e division d'infanterie marocaine)? -- Le Petit Chat (talk) 22:31, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I checked an article by Paul Gaujac in the French magazine Militaria Magazine and The French Army 1939–45 (2) (Osprey Men-at-Arms 318), the divisions in May 1945 are the following:
  • Divisions formed in North Africa in 1942-1943:
  • Divisions formed in France:
    • 1st (motorized) ID (fr), in Germany
    • 10th ID, on the Atlantic front (some units in Germany)
    • 14th ID (fr), in Germany
    • 19th ID (fr), on the Atlantic front
    • 27th Alpine Div, in the Alps
    • 23rd ID (fr), on the Atlantic front
    • 25th ID (fr), on the Atlantic front
    • 36th ID (fr), training in South-East France
    • 3rd Armoured Div (fr), training in South-West France
  • Planned divisions:
    • 1st Far-East Colonial Division
    • 2nd Far-East Colonial Division
    • 29th ID (fr)
    • 24th Airborne
-- Le Petit Chat (talk) 23:03, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]