9th Army Corps (France)

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The 9th Army Corps (

.

History

First World War

At the mobilisation, the 9^e Army Corps was constituted near

, a colonial infantry division.

Second World War

In early September 1939, the 9^e Corps was re-created in

.

Battle of France

From late 1939 to May 1940, the 9^e Corps was deployed around the Saint-Avold - Faulquemont sector, in Moselle, with the general staff in Landroff. Two infantry divisions defended the fortified sector.

By late May, the Germans had pierced in the Ardennes and, with the military situation degrading, front units on the Maginot Line were gradually brought back and sent on the front on the

. Attempts at organised defence were bypassed by the Germans and these units were forced to fall back.

The remnants of the 9^e Corps were eventually surrounded in

Most of the soldiers were kept in captivity in Germany until 1945.

Commanders

• 1870 :
  général Cousin-Montauban
• 1873 : général de Cissey
• 1874 :
  général du Barail
• 1879 :
  général Galliffet
• .
• 20 January 1912 :
  général Dubail
• 29 April 1913 : général Dubois
• 13 March 1915 : général Curé
• 14 May 1916 : général Pentel
• 29 October 1916 : général Niessel
• 22 August 1917 :
  général Hirschauer
• 17 December 1917 : général Mangin
• 6 June 1918 : général Garnier-Duplessis
• .
• 2 September 1939 : général Laure
• 21 May - 12 June 1940 : général Ihler

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