Forces Françaises à Berlin

Shoulder badge of the Forces Françaises à Berlin with the outlines of the districts of Reinickendorf and Wedding

The four sectors 1945

As French Forces in Berlin or Forces Françaises de Berlin (German: French Forces in Berlin ) the units of were French forces called, according to the agreements of Yalta and Potsdam conference in Berlin were stationed.

history

According to the agreements of the Allies , Greater Berlin was divided into four sectors after the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht in 1945 . Only the victorious powers France , the Soviet Union , the United Kingdom and the United States were allowed to station occupation troops in the city.

Like the United States and the United Kingdom, France had military units stationed in its sector. The US units were called the Berlin Brigade and those of the UK were called the Berlin Infantry Brigade .

During the Cold War , the units of the western allies were supposed to protect West Berlin against Soviet and East German troops . The Federal Republic of Germany , it was because of the demilitarized status of Berlin does not allow units of the Bundeswehr to entertain in Berlin. The French army stationed its first units in Berlin in July 1945; from 1947 its headquarters were in the Napoléon quarter in Wedding .

After the end of the Cold War, the troop contingents of the three Western Allies withdrew from Berlin by July 1994 in accordance with the provisions of the Two-Plus-Four Treaty .

units

Allied parade in 1988 on the Strasse des 17. Juni with French AMX-30 main battle tanks

Combat units

• 11ème Régiment de Chasseurs (40x AMX-30B , 2x AMX-30D )
• 46ème Régiment d'Infanterie
• 110ème Compagnie du Génie
• Center Entrainement de Commando (CEC No 10)

Support units

• 11ème Compagnie de Transmission
• Gendarmerie Berlin
• Louis Pasteur Hospital
• Base Aérienne 165 (1x Max Holste MH1521 Broussard -1988.1x DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 1988-1994) [1]
• Groupement de Soutien
• Quartier Général
• Direction des Transport et de la Circulation de Berlin (TMFB - Train Militaire Français de Berlin)
• Budget major
• Detachment de l'Avitation Legere de l'Armee de Terre (DETALAT) (2x Cessna O-1 Bird Dog 1968–1993, 2x Sud-Ouest Alouette III 1987–1994)

Subordinate unit

• Mission Militaire Française de Liaison- MMFL in Potsdam

See also

• Berlin Brigade
• Court of the French military government in Berlin
• Radio Forces Françaises de Berlin
• List of allied institutions in the western sectors of Berlin

Web links

Commons : Forces Françaises à Berlin  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Les Anciens des Forces françaises à Berlin. Retrieved May 2, 2009 (French / German). 
• Les Forces Françaises à Berlin ( Memento from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Anciens des forces francaises à Berlin ( Memento from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• History of the French, American and British Berlin Brigades ( eng ) 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
• Robert W. Rynerson: Berlin 1969 ( eng ) 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2009.
• Hans-Joachim Strangmann: Berlin 1969 ( eng ) 2007. Retrieved on March 28, 2009.
• West Allies in Berlin eV . Retrieved August 28, 2011.
• The FMLM "Air Recce". In: 16va.be. Retrieved June 14, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Forces Françaises à Berlin. In: western-allies-berlin.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019 . 
2. ^ French Units. In: western-allies-berlin.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019 .