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Coëtquidan

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Académie militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan (French pronunciation:[akademimilitɛʁdəsɛ̃siʁkwɛtkidɑ̃],lit. 'Military Academy of Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan', abbr.AMSCC) is a French military educational facility located in the Morbihan department of Brittany in France. It forms a part of the commune ofGuer and covers an area of approximately 64 km².

It comprises:

Beginning in June–July 1917 the camp was temporarily transferred to theAmerican Expeditionary Forces for use as an artillery training center.^[1] Field artillery brigades trained there included the3rd (3rd Division),51st (26th Division),55th (30th Division),56th (31st Division),57th (32nd Division),60th (35th Division),61st (36th Division),64th (39th Division),67th (42nd Division),158th (83rd Division), and the160th (85th Division).^[2]

During the war, Coëtquidan was the main army camp used by thePolish Army formed on French soil in September 1939.^[3] It furnished thePolish Independent Highland Rifle Brigade^[4] that operated in Norway and then briefly in Brittany under GeneralBohusz-Szyszko in April–June 1940.^[5] It also furnished the1st Grenadier Division that operated on the Lorraine front under GeneralDuch in May–June 1940.^[6] In addition it began the training of armoured units that would be sent to theBollène area in the south of France before being used to form the10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade that operated in theMarne–Côte-d’Or area under GeneralMaczek in June 1940.^[7]

^United States Army 1948, p. 7.
^Historical Section, Army War College 1931, pp. 49, 119, 165, 175, 181, 215, 225, 251, 275, 363, 379.
^Barbarski, Krzysztof,Polish Armour 1939–45 (Osprey, London, 1982), p. 11
^Komisja Historyczna Polskiego Sztabu Głownego w Londynie,Polskie Siły Zbrojne w Drugiej Wojnie Światowej, vol. 2, part 1 (Instytut Historyczny im. Gen. Sikorskiego, London, 1959), p. 45
^Zaloga, Steven J.,The Polish Army 1939–45 (Osprey, London, 1982), p. 14
^Ministère des Armées, État-Major de l’Armée de Terre, Service Historique,Guerre 1939–1945: Les Grandes Unités Françaises: Historiques Succincts (Paris, 1967), vol. 3, p. 293–300
^Barbarski,Op. cit., p.11, 13–14

Historical Section, Army War College (1931).Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; Divisions(PDF) (Reprint, 1988 ed.). Washington: Government Printing Office. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on September 24, 2015.
United States Army (1948).Reports of the Commander-in-Chief, Staff Sections and Services(PDF). United States Army in the World War, 1917–1919. Vol. 14 (Reprint, 1988 ed.). Washington: Government Printing Office. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on December 20, 2016.