12th Foreign Infantry Regiment
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| unit_name = 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment
(12e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie)
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| dates = 6 November 1939 - 1940
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| branch = 23px French Army
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The 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment ({{langx|fr|12e Régiment étranger d'infanterie, 12e REI}}) was an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army which existed from 1939 to 1940 at the beginning of World War II.
History
The regiment was sent from its training camp at La Valbonne straight into action at Soissons, Picardy on 11 May 1940.{{cite book|last=Boyd|first=Douglas|title=The French Foreign Legion|year=2006|pages=251}} After fighting its way out of encirclement it was broken as a unit by 6 June 1940.{{cite book|last=Geraghty|first=Tony|title=March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion|year=1986|pages=183}} By the Armistice the remaining men, only 300 of the 2,800 men that had completed training, had reached Limoges in central France.{{cite book|last=Boyd|first=Douglas|title=The French Foreign Legion|year=2006|pages=252}}
See also
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References
- {{cite book|last=Geraghty|first=Tony|title=March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion|year=1986|publisher=Grafton Books|location=London|isbn=0-246-11975-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Boyd|first=Douglas|title=The French Foreign Legion|year=2006|publisher=Sutton Publishing|location=England|isbn=0-7509-3939-7}}
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Category:Infantry regiments of the French Foreign Legion
Category:Regiments of France in World War II
Category:Military units and formations established in 1939
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1940
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