The 4th Light Cavalry Division () was a
French Army
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division active during
World War II
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.
World War 2
Battle Of France
During the
Battle of France
The Battle of France (; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (), the French Campaign (, ) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the Nazi Germany, German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembour ...
in May 1940 the
division contained the following units:
* 4th Cavalry Brigade
**
8th Dragoon Regiment ''(8e Régiment de Dragons)''
**
31st Dragoon Regiment ''(31e Régiment de Dragons)''
* 14th Light Mechanized Brigade
**4th Armoured Car Regiment ''(4ème Régiment de Véhicules Blindés)''
**
14th Dragoon Regiment ''(14e Régiment de Dragons Mécanisés)''
* 77th Divisionary Light Cavalry Artillery Regiment (
77e Régiment d’Artillerie de Division Légère de Cavalerie)
It was a newly formed division.
References
Light Cavalry Division, 04
Cavalry divisions of France
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