French unit abbrev.

[alexgariepy]

Hello, just a question here to satisfy my curiousity.

I checked the unit encyclopedia for France and they had different infantry units with properly-named abbreviations for each type. I know basically most of them. FR = France (before its fall in 1940) FF = Free France, VF = Vichy France.

The one I don't know is the one which says FC. If you know, please tell me. I wanna find out.

Until then,
Alex Gariepy

[Bing]

The one I don't know is the one which says FC. If you know, please tell me. I wanna find out.

Until then,
Alex Gariepy
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FC = French Colonial, perhaps? Some Colonial (African) units fought in France in 1940, I think elsewhere, too, though not off top of old bean.

Byron Inglesh

[alexgariepy]

Originally posted by Bing:

FC = French Colonial, perhaps? Some Colonial (African) units fought in France in 1940, I think elsewhere, too, though not off top of old bean.

Byron Inglesh

No, I don't think so. It had the units start from mid-1942 to 1943.

I think it could mean 'French conquered' units, taking a guess here. Maybe they're French units that served in German-controlled France, apart from the Vichy regime which fell soon after Germany took complete military control of France after Operation Torch.

Just a guess though. *shrugs*

Until then,
Alex Gariepy