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7th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
Regimental insignia
Active
1913–1964
Country
France
Branch
French Army
Type
Tirailleurs
Motto(s)
" La victoire ou la mort " (Victory or Death)
Engagements
World War I World War II Indochina War
Battle honours
Artois 1915
Champagne 1915
Verdun 1915
Soissonnais 1918
Picardy 1918
Aisne 1918
Levant 1920–1921
Morocco 1925–1926
Fondouk El Okbi (Tunisia) 1943
Rome 1944
Marseille 1944
Vosges 1944
Indochina 1947–1954
AFN 1952–1962
Military unit
The 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment[1] was an infantry unit of the French Army, part of the Army of Africa.
Active between 1913 and 1946, the unit is one of the most decorated of the French Army. The regiment distinguished itself in World War I, when the unit was cited six times at the orders of the armed forces and awarded the Légion d'honneur. During World War II, it was part of the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (3e DIA), notably in the Italian campaign with the French Expeditionary Corps of General Alphonse Juin, and was cited three times at the orders of the armed forces
Dissolved in 1964, the regiment became the 170th Infantry Regiment (French: 170e RI).
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