6th Engineers Regiment
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6th Engineers Regiment is a French
engineer regiment created under the French Third Republic
in 1894. Its garrison is in Angers
, where it has been located since 1946.
From 1945-1954 the regiment participated in the French Far East Expeditionary Corps
during the First Indochina War
.
The regiment was part of the 4th Armoured Division from 1977 to 1984. After the 4th Armoured Division was disbanded in 1984, the regiment was reassigned to the III Corps.
From 1993, it was part of the 9th Marine Infantry Division (9e DIMa), which became the 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade
(9e BLBMa) after 1996.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
engineer regiment created under the French Third Republic
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...
in 1894. Its garrison is in Angers
Angers
Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
, where it has been located since 1946.
From 1945-1954 the regiment participated in the French Far East Expeditionary Corps
French Far East Expeditionary Corps
The French Far East Expeditionary Corps was a colonial expeditionary force of the French Union Army sent in French Indochina in 1945 during the Pacific War.-Pacific War :...
during the First Indochina War
First Indochina War
The First Indochina War was fought in French Indochina from December 19, 1946, until August 1, 1954, between the French Union's French Far East...
.
The regiment was part of the 4th Armoured Division from 1977 to 1984. After the 4th Armoured Division was disbanded in 1984, the regiment was reassigned to the III Corps.
From 1993, it was part of the 9th Marine Infantry Division (9e DIMa), which became the 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade
9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade (France)
The 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade is a light armoured, amphibious unit of the Troupes de marine of the French Army.- Composition :*Headquarters Poitiers...
(9e BLBMa) after 1996.