12th Foreign Infantry Regiment

12th Foreign Infantry Regiment(12e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie) 12° Régiment étranger d'Infantrie.JPG Regimental insignia 6 November 1939 - 1940 France 23px French Army Infantry 3,000 men thumb|right|Each year, the Foreign Legion commemorates and celebrates Camarón in its headquarters in Aubagne and Bastille Day military parade in Paris; featuring the Pionniers leading and opening the way. The 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment (fr 12e Régiment étranger d'infanterie, 12e REI) was an infantry regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army which existed from 1939 to 1940 at the beginning of World War II. History The regiment was sent from its training camp at La Valbonne straight into action at Soissons, Picardy on 11 May 1940.Boyd Douglas The French Foreign Legion 2006 251 After fighting its way out of encirclement it was broken as a unit by 6 June 1940.Geraghty Tony March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion 1986 183 By the Armistice the remaining men, only 300 of the 2,800 men that had completed training, had reached Limoges in central France.Boyd Douglas The French Foreign Legion 2006 252 See also Major (France) Music of the Foreign Legion (MLE) 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment Notes References Geraghty Tony March or Die: France and the Foreign Legion 1986 Grafton Books London 0-246-11975-6 Boyd Douglas The French Foreign Legion 2006 Sutton Publishing England 0-7509-3939-7 Category:Infantry regiments of the French Foreign Legion Category:Regiments of France in World War II Category:Military units and formations established in 1939 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1940