Spahis (French pronunciation: [spa.i]) were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The modern French Army retains one regiment of Spahis as an armoured unit, with personnel now recruited in mainland France. Senegal also maintains a mounted unit with spahiorigins as a presidential escort: the Red Guard.
The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (French: 3e Division d'Infanterie Algérienne, 3e DIA) was an infantry division of the Army of Africa (French: Armée d'Afrique) which participated to World War II.
Following the liberation of the French North Africa, the division illustrated capability particularly in Italy in 1944, at the corps of the French expeditionary corps (French: corps expéditionnaire français) of général Juin, by disembarking in Provence, during the liberation of Toulon and Marseille, in the Vosges, during the difficult combats for the liberation of the Basse-sur-le-Rupt, Cornimont, and in Alsace at the corps of the 1st Army of général Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.
Considered by the generals de Monsabert and Juin as a « digne héritière » of Roman Legions of North Africa Legio III Augusta;[1] the 3e DIA was also referred to as the Division with three Crescents (French: Division des Trois Croissants) representing the 3 Tirailleurs Regiments :
The 3e DIA, was awarded 4 citations at the orders of the armed forces between 1943 and 1945, and along with the 1st Free French Division 1re DFL (4 citations as well), was considered the most decorated division of the second world war, with all forming regiments having been awarded a French Fourragere.
The 3rd Armored Division is an heir to 3rd Algerian Infantry Division. The 3rd Division was recreated in 2016 with the cadre of the reorganization of the French Army.
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