3rd Algerian Infantry Division

3rd Algerian Infantry Division
3rd Algerian Infantry Division
3e Division d'Infanterie Algérienne
	The insignia of the 3e DIA represents the winged statuette of the Victory of Cirta; Victoire de Cirta with three crescents
Active	1 May 1943 - 15 April 1946
Country	France
Allegiance	French Army
Type	Infantry Division
Size	16,840 personnel (1943) 40% Europeans; 60% Maghrebis;
Motto(s)	It crescendo
Engagements	Italian Campaign; Southern France; Vosges Mountains; Gambsheim Bridgehead; Bienwald; Baden
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert; Augustin Guillaume

The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (French: 3^e Division d'Infanterie Algérienne, 3^e DIA) was an infantry division of the Army of Africa (French: Armée d'Afrique) which participated in World War II.

Following the liberation of French North Africa, the division fought in Tunisia, Italy, metropolitan France and in Germany. As part of the French Expeditionary Corps (French: corps expéditionnaire français) led by the Marshal Alphonse Juin by landing in Provence, liberating Toulon and Marseille, fighting in the Vosges during the difficult battles for the liberation of Basse-sur-le-Rupt and Cornimont, and in Alsace as part of the French 1st Army under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny.

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