77th Infantry Regiment (France)
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The 77th Infantry Regiment (77e régiment d’infanterie de ligne) is a regiment
of the French Army
. It traces its origins to both the 2nd Light Royal-Italian Regiment (1671) and the Kônigsmarck Regiment (1680). It was dissolved in 1940.
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
of the French Army
French Army
The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
. It traces its origins to both the 2nd Light Royal-Italian Regiment (1671) and the Kônigsmarck Regiment (1680). It was dissolved in 1940.