3rd Algerian Infantry Division | |
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3e Division d'Infanterie Algérienne | |
Active | 1 May 1943 - 15 April 1946 |
Country | ![]() |
Type | Infantry Division |
Size | 16,840 personnel (1943) |
Motto(s) | It crescendo |
Engagements | Italian Campaign Southern France Vosges Mountains Gambsheim Bridgehead Bienwald Baden |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert Augustin Guillaume |
The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (French: 3e Division d'Infanterie Algérienne, 3e DIA) was an infantry division of the Army of Africa which participated in World War II.
Following the liberation of French North Africa, the division fought in Tunisia, Italy, metropolitan France and in Germany. As part of the French Expeditionary Corps led by the Marshal Alphonse Juin by landing in Provence, liberating Toulon and Marseille, fighting in the Vosges during the difficult battles for the liberation of Basse-sur-le-Rupt and Cornimont, and in Alsace as part of the French 1st Army under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.