and Commandos include the following Forces Fusiliers Marins and Commandos Marine FORFUSCO Aeronautical Naval Parachute Commando (dissolved). Commando Ponchardier...
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Freikorps (redirect from Corps Francs d'Afrique)
early member of the Corps Francs d'Afrique. They functioned as the Free French equivalent to the British Commandos. The Corps also included many Spanish...
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Green beret (redirect from Commando Green Beret)
that have a connection with the British Commandos. These include the Australian, French and Dutch commandos. It is the norm in the armed forces of the...
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was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique with the prior Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres or FFL) during...
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Invasion of Elba (category World War II British Commando raids)
(Colonel Pierre Boyer de Latour). Two Commandos, the Bataillon de Choc (Colonel Fernand Gambiez) and the Commandos d’Afrique (Lieutenant-Colonel Georges-Régis...
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Army of Africa (France) (redirect from Armee d'Afrique)
The Army of Africa (French: Armée d’Afrique [aʁme d‿afʁik]) was an unofficial but commonly used term for those portions of the French Army stationed in...
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US-Canadian 1st Special Service Force(-) French Groupe de Commandos(-) Commandos d'Afrique (750 men) Groupe Naval d'Assault de la Marine en Corse (67...
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Infantry Division (9e DIC), two battalions of French commandos (Commandos d'Afrique and Commandos de Choc), a battalion and supplementary battery of the...
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from Brindisi and Taranto. The 1st Special Service Force and the Commandos d'Afrique [fr] embarked at Agropoli. Oran was the secondary mounting port where...
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Red beret (section Commando forces)
Indonesian Army Special Forces Commandos KOPASKA – Indonesian Special Naval Frogmen Command Mozambique Special Forces (Commandos) – guerrilla and counter-guerrilla...
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organized in companies. They existed between 1875 and 1924. Infanterie Légère d'Afrique (African Light Infantry) were penal battalions forming part of the French...
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des 27 lions du Sénégal qui vont disputer l'édition 2023 de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations en Côte d'Ivoire" (in French). Senegalese Football Federation...
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French Foreign Legion (category Armée d'Afrique)
allow foreign nationals into the French Army. It formed part of the Armée d’Afrique, the French Army's units associated with France's colonial project in...
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Maroon beret (section Singapore Armed Forces Commandos)
standard red beret; the Commandos Marine of the French Navy retain their legacy green beret; while the Air Parachute Commando n° 10 (CPA 10) of the French...
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camel companies (Compagnies Méharistes Sahariennes), as part of the Armée d'Afrique, in the Sahara in 1902. These units replaced regular units of Algerian...
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National Commando Training Center / 1st Shock Regiment Navy Navy Commandos (Commandos Marine) Commando de Montfort [fr] Commando Hubert Commando Jaubert [fr]...
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Zouave (category Armée d'Afrique)
Montagnon, Pierre (2012). L'Armee d'Afrique. Pygmalion. p. 19. ISBN 978-2-7564-0574-2. Montagnon, Pierre (2012). L'Armee d'Afrique. Pygmalion. p. 426. ISBN 978-2-7564-0574-2...
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Tirailleur (category Armée d'Afrique)
l'armée d'Afrique, les oubliés de l'histoire (in French). Panazol: Lavauzelle Graphic. ISBN 2-7025-0439-6. Huré, Robert, ed. (1977). L'Armée d'Afrique : 1830-1962...
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Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa (Bataillons d'Infanterie Légère d'Afrique) – Penal battalions serving in French North Africa, composed of men with...
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40,000 conscripts, 78,000 Harkis and Moghaznis, 15,000 mobile group commandos and 60,000 civilian self-defense group members. The remaining 50,000 included...
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French Naval Air Service (Aéronavale française libre, AFL) Naval Commandos (Commandos Marine) the French Resistance branch called French Forces of the...
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National Guard Olive Green – National Guard Training Institute Commando Green – 25th Commandos Brigade Dark Green – EOD Army Black – Army Ground Forces and...
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August 1943, Free French Forces united with the Army of Africa (L'Armée d'Afrique) to form the French Liberation Army (Armée française de la Libération...
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and the Republic of the Congo. According to the Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale, the song "seduced Congolese music lovers" and helped "enrich...
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and Tirailleur regiments of the French Army of Africa (French: Armée d'Afrique). Many served during World War I. During World War II more than 300,000...
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Mécanisée (1st Mechanized Brigade) - Valence (26) 1er Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique (1st African "Hunter" Regiment), Unité d'entrainement et de formation...
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U.S. 34th Infantry Divisions, along with two British commando units (No. 1 and No. 6 Commandos), together with the RAF Regiment providing 5 squadrons...
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(GTM) 7th Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique (RCA) 8th Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique (RCA) 64th Regiment d'Artillerie d'Afrique (RAA) (Brigadier general Aaron...
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Cap comforter (category Commandos (United Kingdom))
used by units with links to the original commandos. Troops undertaking the Royal Marines or All Arms Commando Courses at CTCRM still wear them after the...
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Zamalek Handball Club (Arabic: نادي الزمالك لكرة اليد), also called "Commandos" (Arabic: الكوماندوز) commonly known as Zamalek H.C, or simply as Zamalek...
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