title: 2nd Moroccan Division
text: # 2nd Moroccan Division
  
  The 2nd Moroccan Division was an infantry division of the French African Army which took part in the First World War in 1918-1919.
  
  ## History
  
  The 2nd Moroccan Division was created on 4 August 1918, following the dissolution of the 65th Infantry Division, and was commanded by General Louis Pierre M Antoine Modelon.
  
  The division participated in the Second Battle of the Somme and advanced towards the Quennevières and Puisaleine farms. On 26 August, it advanced further towards Crécy-au-Mont, crossing the Ailette river and pushing towards the Hindenburg line until 5 September. It then took part in the End offensive and advanced into Germany after the Armistice, reaching the Rhine on 21 November 1918.
  
  On 25 March 1919, the Division was disbanded.
  
  ## Composition
  
  ### Infantery
  
  * Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale du Maroc (RICM)
  * 2e régiment de tirailleurs marocains (2nd RMTM)
  * 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment (transferred from the 1st Moroccan Division)
  
  ### Other Units
  
  * 255e régiment d'artillerie de campagne (artillery unit from the former 65th ID)
  * 4e escadron of the 24e régiment de dragons
  * 6e escadron of the 5e régiment de spahis algériens
  * Engineer units from the former 65th ID
  * Sanity and support units from the former 65th ID
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Jean-Louis Larcade, Zouaves et tirailleurs, les régiments de marche et les régiments mixtes : 1914-1918, Argonautes, 2000
  * Anthony Clayton, Histoire de l'Armée française en Afrique 1830-1962, Albin Michel, 1994.
  * French Wikipedia.
  
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