17th Army Corps (France)
17th Army Corps (17e Corps d'Armée)
Active: 1870–1940
Country: France
Branch: French Army
Type: Army Corps
Part of: Fifth Army (1940)
Engagements: Franco-Prussian War; World War I; World War II
Notable commanders: Paul Prosper Henrys; Jean César Graziani; Edmond Buat; Henri Claudel
The 17th Army Corps was a French Army formation that fought in the Franco-Prussian War and in World War I and World War II. In World War I it served as part of the Fourth Army. The U.S. Army’s 9th Balloon Company served with the corps in 1918. The corps was mobilized on 9 September 1939 from the 17th Military Region. In May 1940, during the Battle of France, it was part of the Fifth Army within the Second Army Group, operating in the Vosges and Alsace region. It fought in the Battle of France and was stood down and disbanded after the Armistice of 22 June 1940.
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