French 9th Armoured Company (World War II)
- French 9th Armoured Company (World War II)
The 9th Company, Regiment of March of Chad (9e Compagnie, du Régiment de Marche du Tchad) was a mechanised force commanded by Raymond Dronne. It was part of the 2nd Armored Division (France). It was manned almost entirely by Spanish veterans from the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War when it spearheaded the 2nd Armored Division's liberation of Paris in August 1944.
Having begun in Chad (1941), it distinguished itself in battles in France and Germany, and was one of a number of allied units to reach the Kehlsteinhaus (Hitler's "Eagle's Nest") in the German Alps (1945).
ee also
* Spain in World War II
* Spanish Maquis
External links
* [http://mondediplo.com/2004/08/13spaniards The Spaniards who liberated Paris. Le Monde Diplomatique, August 2004]
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