The standard insignia of the "Mixed Moroccan Goumiers": a koummya [de] (a curved Moorish dagger), inscribed in red with the letters G.M.M (Goum Mixte Marocain) and featuring gold North African decorations
Active
1908–1956
Country
France
Type
Infantry and mounted detachments
Part of
French Army
Engagements
Moroccan colonial campaigns, World War II, Indochina 1946-54
Military unit
Goumiers of the 2nd Group of Moroccan Tabors boarding a landing craft in Corsica headed to Elba
The Moroccan Goumiers (French: Les Goumiers Marocains) were indigenous Moroccan soldiers who served in auxiliary units attached to the French Army of Africa, between 1908 and 1956. While nominally in the service of the Sultan of Morocco, they served under French officers, including a period as part of the Free French Forces.
Employed initially as tribal irregulars, then in regular contingents, the goumiers were employed extensively during the French occupation of Morocco from 1908 to the early 1930s. They then served in North Africa, Italy, and France during World War II between 1942 and 1945. During this period four Moroccan Tabors Groupments (GTM) were created, each comprising three Tabors (battalions), and each Tabor comprising three or four Goums (companies). Goumiers subsequently served in Indochina from 1946 to 1954.
The MoroccanGoumiers (French: Les Goumiers Marocains) were indigenous Moroccan soldiers who served in auxiliary units attached to the French Army of...
Southern and Northern Morocco, in an attempt to prevent German control of the country. The Goumiers were the indigenous Moroccan soldiers who fought during...
during World War I. During World War II more than 300,000 Moroccan troops (including goumier auxiliaries) served with the Free French forces in North Africa...
Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. These were committed mainly by the MoroccanGoumiers, colonial troops of the French Expeditionary Corps (FEC), commanded...
was home to an active Maquis cell. French Moroccan troops of the French Expeditionary Corps, known as Goumiers, committed mass crimes in Italy during and...
during World War I. During World War II more than 300,000 Moroccan troops (including goumier auxiliaries) served with the Free French forces in North Africa...
tribute to the Goumiers and the Moroccan regulars of the Tirailleur units: In spite of the stiffening enemy resistance, the 2nd Moroccan Division penetrated...
languages are Arabic and Berber; French and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber...
in 1930, it increased support for the independence movement. Many MoroccanGoumiers, or indigenous soldiers in the French army, assisted the Allies in...
British XIII Corps, of the Eighth Army, and the French Corps (including MoroccanGoumiers) and the U.S. II Corps, of the Fifth Army. The Fifth Army also controlled...
Moroccangoumier who liberated Corsica joins his brothers in arms". Yabiladi. Retrieved 23 September 2023. "Mort d'Ali Nadi, le dernier des goumiers qui...
from the Germans by the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, supported by MoroccanGoumier's. The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, under the command of General...
was sent to Indochina where he commanded a tabor (battalion) of Moroccangoumiers. He was wounded and spent a year recuperating in France before returning...
breakthrough over the mountain trails, but felt that the 4th Moroccan Mountain Division and MoroccanGoumiers could do it. According to Clark: Meantime, the French...
Marins (Naval Infantry) MoroccanGoumier Paris Fire Brigade Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine (Colonial Infantry Regiment of Morocco). Book of the regiment...
in Morocco, he returned to Saint-Cyr as an instructor. He was awarded the croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures for leading goumiers in...
Marizot, Le Chant des Africains is a testimony to the bravery of a Moroccangoumier regiment disbanded after suffering severe losses in Meaux, northeast...
On the way, the two are gang-raped inside a church by a group of MoroccanGoumiers – soldiers attached to the invading Allied Armies in Italy. Rosetta...
the 1st Regiment of Moroccan Tirailleurs was created. At the end of the period of French rule in 1956 six regiments of Moroccan tirailleurs were still...
history: The native Senegalese infantry, The Indochinese paratroops, The MoroccanGoumiers: a series of three documentaries Paris: GMT Productions: France 3...
French Army of Africa. During World War II more than 300,000 Moroccan troops (including goumier auxiliaries) served with the Free French forces in North Africa...
Tiradores Regulares - indigenous infantry recruited in Spanish MoroccoGoumier - Moroccan irregulars in the French service Spanish Legion - equivalent of...
seasoned warriors by the Moroccans), battalions of Tirailleurs sénégalais and Tirailleurs marocains, as well as irregular Moroccangoumiers. With 200,000 men...
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