The 71st Infantry Division (French: 71e Division d'Infanterie, 71e DI) was a French Army formation during both World War I and World War II.
The division served in the Alsace, Verdun and Lorraine sectors during the first half of the war.
It took part in the Battle of Verdun in 1916, and the fighting in Flanders in May to June 1918, (including the Second Battle of the Marne), and then in the French army's advance on the Aisne front in the autumn of 1918 (the Meuse-Argonne Offensive).
During the Battle of France, the Division contained the following units: The division served on the Meuse sector, under the command of the French X Corps, part of the French 2nd Army.
During the early phase of the Battle of France, the 71st Division was largely destroyed in the fighting along the Meuse between 14 May and 17 May 1940.