Division Combat Casualties
Killed in Action | French | Maghrebis | Total |
Tunisia Campaign (1942–43) | 50 | 72 | 122 |
Italian Campaign (1943–44) | 587 | 1,307 | 1,894 |
Campaign in Southern France (1944–45) | 292 | 599 | 891 |
German campaign (1945) | 52 | 119 | 171 |
Total (1942–1945) | 981 (32%) | 2,097 (68%) | 3,078 |
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