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Free French Camel Corps
Badge of the Free French Camel Corps with the Cross of Lorraine, symbol of the Free French Forces
ActiveSeptember 1941 to February 1942
CountryFrench Somaliland
AllegianceFree France
BranchCavalry
TypeMéhariste camel cavalry
EngagementsItalian conquest of British Somaliland
East African Campaign
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Captain Edouard Dieffenbach

The Free French Camel Corps (French: Corps de Méharistes Français Libres) was a méhariste camel cavalry unit of the Free French forces, founded by among others Captain Edouard Dieffenbach, under command of General Charles de Gaulle during World War II.

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