French Text The crucial question of armored divisions initiated by Colonel de Gaulle in 1934 has overshadowed, vis- -vis the general public, a major element of the development of the French Army during the period of rearmament: Yes, France had, prior to the war, light mechanized divisions (DLM) who had light tanks in name only and who, with their 300 armored vehicles, three dragoon battalions and their 36 guns, were more or less, the French equivalent...