major role in the liberation of Corsica (September–October 1943) and the Italian Campaign (1943–44), with about 130,000 men engaged. During the French and German campaigns of 1944-45, these troops formed the core of the First Army. In Autumn 1944, First Army comprised about 250,000 men, half of them Indigenes (Mahgrebian and Black African) and half Europeans from North Africa. From September 1944 onward, 114,000 men of the French Forces of the Interior were added to the First Army, replacing many African troops. Eventually, more than 320,000 men would form the First Army during its final advances in Germany and Austria. 1st Free French Division (1st DFL, later became the 1st Motorized Infantry Division and finally the 1st March Infantry Division) 2nd Armoured Division (2nd DB, former 2nd Light Division) only for a short time in late 1944 2nd Moroccan Infantry Division (2nd DIM) 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (3rd DIA) 4th Moroccan Mountain Division (4th DMM) 9th Colonial Infantry Division (9th DIC) 1st Armoured Division (1st DB) 5th Armoured Division (5th DB) Moroccan Goums (Four groups of Tabors, equivalent to one brigade) 10th Infantry Division (Colmar Pocket only) 14th Infantry Division (Germany and Austria campaigns) From 26 September 1944, André Malraux's Alsace-Lorraine Independent Brigade, formed from the FFI, formed part of the army's reserves. Like other units formed from FFI personnel, Malraux's brigade was subsequently incorporated into the French Army as a regular unit (and was retitled the 3rd Demi-Brigade of Chasseurs). Cold War During the Cold War the First Army was again active. Army headquarters was at Strasbourg, and may have also been at Metz for a period. For a time the army commander was also the Military Governor of Strasbourg (see Hôtel des Deux-Ponts). Among army commanders were Generals (1969–72), (1977–79) and (1979–80). In 1970 the Army appears to have controlled I Corps (HQ Nancy, France) with the 4th Armoured Division with its headquarters at Verdun, the 7th Infantry Division with headquarters at Mulhouse, and the 8th Armoured Division with headquarters at Compiègne (2nd, 4th, and 14th Brigades). II Corps was at Koblenz with the 1st Armoured Division at Treves (1st, 3rd, and 11th Brigades), and the 3rd Division at Freiburg (5th, 12th, and 13th Brigades). The Army controlled the I Corps, the II Corps, and the III Corps as well as Army troops, including Pluton artillery, and three anti-aircraft artillery regiments, the 401, 402, and 403 Regiments d'Artillerie,