23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers

23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers
Active	1940
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	World War II Battle of France

The 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers (French: 21e Régiment de marche de volontaires étranger, 21e RMVE) was a unit of the French Army which existed briefly during World War II.^[1]

History

The regiment was formed in May 1940.^[1]

References

1 2 Boyd, Douglas (2006). The French Foreign Legion. p. 250.

Boyd, Douglas (2006). The French Foreign Legion. England: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3939-7.

Administrative	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments 1st Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Command Foreign Legion Recruiting Group

Infantry & Parachute Infantry	2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte

Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment

Engineer & Parachute Engineer	6th Foreign Engineer Regiment 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment

Training	4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct
Foreign Legion
Units

Administrative and Training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments

Parachute	Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company

Infantry	1st Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers

Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division

Transport	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion

Disciplinary	Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East

Foreign Legion Brigades	31st Brigade (France)

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23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers

History

References

See also