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French Colonial Forces
Troupes coloniales
French regulars of the Colonial Infantry disembarking in Madagascar 1895.
World War I World War II First Indochina War Algerian War
Military unit
French marines ('marsouins') of the Infanterie Coloniale, from a Régiment Mixte Coloniale, practising an advance at Mudros in May 1915, prior to deployment to Gallipoli.Recruitment poster of the Colonial Forces for the Free French Forces.Vichy regime poster: "We must rebuild the empire: Madagascar, Syria, French Equatorial Africa. Enlist in La Coloniale."
The Troupes coloniales ("Colonial Troops") or Armée coloniale ("Colonial Army"), commonly called La Coloniale, were the colonial troops of the French colonial empire from 1900 until 1961. From 1822 to 1900 these troops were designated Troupes de marine ("Marine Troops" or just "Marines"), and in 1961 they readopted this name. They were recruited from mainland France and from the French settler as well as indigenous populations of the empire. This force played a substantial role in the conquest of the empire, in World War I, World War II, the First Indochina War and the Algerian War.
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The Troupescoloniales ("Colonial Troops") or Armée coloniale ("Colonial Army"), commonly called La Coloniale, were the colonial troops of the French colonial...
title of Troupes d' Outre-Mer (Overseas Troops) replaced that of TroupesColoniales. Finally, on 4 May 1961, the historic designation of "Troupes de marine"...
TroupesColoniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg. In December 1831, Duc de Rovigo arrived in Algiers to establish the French colonial power...
Army's 11th Infantry Regiment, The Troupes de la Marine were transferred to the French Army and renamed Troupescoloniales from 1900 - 1960 See also: French...
of service overseas 1900–1958: Troupes de marine 1900–1958: Troupescoloniales Tirailleurs Spahis Zouaves French colonial flags French colonisation of the...
Issers in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupescoloniales under General Perrégaux and Colonel Schauenburg against the troops...
are assigned to. Troupes métropolitaines ("from the French mainland") units wear blue, Troupes de marine (the former troupescoloniales') wear red, and...
25–26 May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupescoloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg against the troops of...
eight were supplied to the Dutch Naval Aviation Service. TroupesColoniales, the French colonial service, purchased six Sea Otters, which were operated...
In the French army the Marine units are the old Colonial Infantry, Troupescoloniales, renamed Troupes de marine in 1961, and not amphibious units. "Trade...
similar lines to the Senegalese Tirailleurs, forming part of the Troupescoloniales of the French Armed Forces. In 1905, there were three regiments, each...
of the Ministry of the Navy and Colonies, but were reclassified as Troupescoloniales, different from the mainland elements Metropolitan army and separate...
military life, he re-enlisted in the ranks and transferred to the Troupescoloniales in search of adventure abroad. He saw service in the French Congo...
1917, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served with the Troupescoloniales in the French colonies of Algeria, Morocco, Levant and Somaliland...
September 1873 (see Région militaire [fr]). In 1905, the strength of the Troupescoloniales stationed in the 19 military districts of metropolitan France was...
Indochina War. It ended in a resounding defeat of the French Colonial Troops (Troupescoloniales) by the People's Army of Vietnam at Dien Bien Phu. In the...
Dellys in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, opposed the troupescoloniales under Corvette captain Félix-Ariel d'Assigny (1794–1846) to the resistance...
May 1830, during the French conquest of Algeria. It involved French troupescoloniales, under captains Félix-Ariel d'Assigny (1794-1846) and Armand Joseph...
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simultaneously to formations of the French Air Force, mainland infantry, Troupescoloniales and Troupes de marine. September 15, 1940, the 1st Air Infantry Company...
initially 250,000 men strong, including at a peak 40,000 African colonial troops (Troupescoloniales). By 1923, the French occupation force had decreased to roughly...
The Second Assault of Dellys was an assault by troupescoloniales under General Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784–1849) against the Algerian resistance fighters...
journalist and woman of letters. The daughter of an officer of the troupescoloniales, Nita Rousseau grew up in Indochina and Africa. She was a documentalist...
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