It is often said that the RICM de Poitiers, the marine tank infantry regiment based in the Ladmirault district of Poitiers-Ouest, is the most decorated in France.
General Steiger, can you recall the prestigious history of our Porpoises?
PS / The RICM was born in 1915, it was called at the time the colonial infantry regiment of Morocco. He distinguished himself many times during the 1st World War.
– Adeline Delarue (Army)
A regiment which counts 10 citations at the order of the army on the most glorious battlefields*, the battle of the Marne, the Somme, the Chemin des Dames, the Argonne offensive…
PS / There is in particular the heroic capture of Fort Douaumont by a Senegalese battalion and two companies of Somalis. Then will come the wars of the Riff, of 39-45, of Indochina and Algeria. In 44, it will be in particular the landing of Provence and the fall of Toulon.
– Adeline Delarue (Army).
We recall the motto of the RICM, ” Recedit immortalis certamine magno “. Which means in French: He returned immortal from the great battle “. A Latin motto whose first letter of each word takes up the acronym of the regiment…
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And the story continues as the regiment obtained its 19th citation at the orders of the army in 2012 for its actions in Côte d’Ivoire.
*As a reminder, during the First World War alone, the regiment lost around 15,000 porpoises, including 232 officers.