7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment

The 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment was an infantry unit of the French Army, part of the Army of Africa.

7th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
Regimental insignia
Active1913–1964
CountryFrance
BranchFrench Army
TypeTirailleurs
Motto(s)" La victoire ou la mort " (Victory or Death)
EngagementsWorld War I
World War II
Indochina War
Battle honours
  • Artois 1915
  • Champagne 1915
  • Verdun 1915
  • Soissonnais 1918
  • Picardy 1918
  • Aisne 1918
  • Levant 1920–1921
  • Morocco 1925–1926
  • Fondouk El Okbi (Tunisia) 1943
  • Rome 1944
  • Marseille 1944
  • Vosges 1944
  • Indochina 1947–1954
  • AFN 1952–1962

Active between 1913 and 1946, the unit is one of the most decorated of the French Army. The regiment distinguished itself in World War I, when the unit was cited six times at the orders of the armed forces and awarded the Légion d'honneur. During World War II, it was part of the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (3e DIA), notably in the Italian campaign with the French Expeditionary Corps of General Alphonse Juin, and was cited three times at the orders of the armed forces

Dissolved in 1964, the regiment became the 170th Infantry Regiment (French: 170e RI).

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