8th Infantry Division (France) Army, French Third Army, French Fourth Army, French Fifth Army, French Sixth Army and French Tenth Army. During the Battle of France in May 1940 the division was made up of the following units: It was a newly created division. The 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment was mainly made up of Spanish Republican Soldiers who had fled to France after the Spanish Civil War. The other regiments were made up of reservists. The 8th Motorised Infantry Brigade was absorbed by the 7th Light Armoured Division, creating the 7th Armoured Division in 1963. In 1977, the 7th Armoured Division was dissolved and
10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) 3 June 1943, left 11 April 1944") 23rd Armoured Brigade ("from 1 June 1944, left 14 June 1944") 7th Motor Brigade ("from 12 September 1942, left 23 September 1942") 133rd Lorried Infantry Brigade ("from 29 September 1942, left 25 November 1942") 201st Guards Motor Brigade ("from 9 January 1943, left 1 February 1943") Divisional Troops Royal Armoured Corps Royal Engineers Royal Corps of Signals 10th Armoured Divisional Signals Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals Royal Artillery 10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) The 10th Armoured Division was an armoured formation of division-size of the British Army, raised during World War II and