1st Armoured Division (France, 1940)

The 1st Armoured Division (French: 1re Division Cuirassée, 1re DCR) is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II that took part in the May-June 1940 Battle of France.

Missing half of its motorcycles and artillery caissons on 10 May 1940.

[1] Division took serious losses on 15-16 May and lost all of its tanks.

Division disbanded in July and August 1940.

Final command post at Le Dognon, northeast of Limoges.

B1 bis tank of the 37th Battalion, lost in Beaumont, Belgium , in May 1940.