Division Leclerc - Free French 2nd Armoured Division 1943-46

Merlin Robinson; Thomas Seignon; Raffaele Ruggeri (Illustrator)

"General Leclerc" was the nom de guerre adopted by the Gaullist officer Philippe de Hautcloque, to protect his family in occupied France. He became France's foremost fighting commander, and his armored division (the '2e DB') its most famous formation. Starting as a small scratch force of mostly African ...