The French 9th Motorized Division originally known as the 9th Infantry Division, was a French Army division active during World War I, World War II and the Algerian War.

Battle Of France 1940

The division's structure during the Battle of France in May 1940 was as follows:

  • Infantry 13th Infantry Regiment (13e RI) 95th Infantry Regiment (95e RI) 131st Infantry Regiment (131e RI)
  • Artillery 30th Divisional Artillery Regiment (30e RADT) 230th Heavy Divisional Artillery Regiment (230e RALDT)
  • Reconnaissance 2nd Divisional Reconnaissance Group (2e GRDIm) 18th Corps Reconnaissance Group (18e GRCA) — attached from the 16th Army Corps (16e CA)
  • Support Units Divisional Signal, Engineer, and Supply companies

The division was an active division which had existed during peacetime. It was a fully motorized infantry division.)

Algerian War

The 9th Infantry Division was recreated within the 1st Military Region (Île-de-France, Paris region), with headquarters in Versailles, as part of the Valmy Plan (by calling up the contingent during the Algerian War and recalling the liberated classes). It arrived in Algeria in June 1956.

It took part in operations in the Orléansville area, west of Algiers. It formed part of the Algiers military division (which became the Algiers army corps in 1958 and then the 23rd Army Corps in 1962). It was dissolved on 31 December 1962.

The division was part of the Algiers Corps Area in 1960, during the Algerian War.