IX Corps (France)

The 9th Army Corps (French: 9^e Corps d'Armée) was a large military formation (military) of the French Army, constituted during the First and the Second French Empire, and during the First and the Second World War.

The 9^e corps d'armée was founded in 1809 under Marshal Bernadotte, regrouping Saxon troops allied with France. The 9^e Corps notably saw action during the Battle of Wagram.

At the mobilisation, the 9^e Army Corps was constituted near Tours as a subunit of the Second Army. The 9^e Corps comprised two infantry divisions, the 17th and 52nd, and the Division Marocaine, a colonial infantry division.

In early September 1939, the 9^e Corps was re-created in Tours, under general Émile Laure, from elements of the 9th military region. It was a part of the Fourth Army, under General Edouard Réquin, itself a part of the French 2nd Army Group which charged with the defence of the Maginot Line.

From late 1939 to May 1940, the 9^e Corps was deployed around the Saint-Avold - Faulquemont sector, in Moselle, with the general staff in Landroff. Two infantry divisions defended the fortified sector.

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