Défense opérationnelle du territoire

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In France, the Operational Defence of the Territory (Défense opérationnelle du territoire, DOT) is according to the Code of Defence, the participation of the French Armed Forces "To maintain the freedom and continuity of action of the Government, as well as to safeguard the organs essential to the defense of the nation."[1]

The integrated civil-military concept was first put in place in 1959.[2] It is defined as the mission entrusted to the Armed Forces on French territory:[3]

In 1984, Isby and Kamps wrote that the Défense Opérationnelle du Territoire term remained in use despite the command having been disbanded in the 1970s.[4]

Cold War structure

information is circa 1989

1st Military Region

2nd Military Region

3rd Military Region

4th Military Region

5th Military Region

6th Military Region

See also

References

  1. ^ "Code de la défense. - Article R*1421-1". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ^ Alain Bizard. "La Défense opérationnelle du Territoire (DOT)" (PDF). guerredefrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "L'armée de terre française en janvier 1989 [The French (Land) Army in January 1989]". armee-francaise-1989.wifeo.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  4. ^ Isby and Kamps, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's, 1985, 162.
  5. ^ "Partie " Ordre de Bataille de l'Armée de Terre Française "". Tanaka-World.net (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2023.