5th Army Corps (France)

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5th Army Corps
CountryFrance
TypeArmy Corps
Garrison/HQOrléans (1906)
Engagements1914 - Battle of the Ardennes
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
Antoine Baucheron de Boissoudy
Maurice Pellé

The 5th Army Corps was a military unit of the French Army which fought in the Franco-Prussian War and both World Wars. It comprised three divisions.[1]

The last commander was René Altmayer (June 1940).

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Weygand, Maxime, "Weygand Memoires, Part I", pg. 471

References[edit]

  • Weygand, Maxime, "Weygand, Memoires, Part I", Paris: Flammarion, 1953