The Troupes coloniales ("Colonial Troops") or Armée coloniale ("Colonial Army"), commonly called La Coloniale, were the colonial troops of the French colonial...
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title of Troupes d' Outre-Mer (Overseas Troops) replaced that of Troupes Coloniales. Finally, on 4 May 1961, the historic designation of "Troupes de marine"...
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Henri-Nicolas Frey was a French major general of the Troupes coloniales. He led the French troops at the Battle of Peking in August 1900 where a multinational...
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Army's 11th Infantry Regiment, The Troupes de la Marine were transferred to the French Army and renamed Troupes coloniales from 1900 - 1960 See also: French...
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Troupes Coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg. In December 1831, Duc de Rovigo arrived in Algiers to establish the French colonial power...
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of service overseas 1900–1958: Troupes de marine 1900–1958: Troupes coloniales Tirailleurs Spahis Zouaves French colonial flags French colonisation of the...
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24th Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment (category Colonial regiments of France)
ISBN 9781472824462. "La 4e D.I.C. dans la Bataille de France". Revue des Troupes Coloniales (282): 17. November 1946. "Récit d'un officier du 24ème RTS qui a...
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Issers in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under General Perrégaux and Colonel Schauenburg against the troops...
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la marine (previously known as Troupes de la marine, later renamed and reorganized as Troupes coloniales and then Troupes de Marine) were an ensemble of...
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Belonging to Mandja, Nado was born in 1933 or 1934. He then enlisted Troupes coloniales and participated at First Indochina War and Algerian War. He joined...
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École du Pharo (section Colonial conquest)
granted autonomy to the Troupes Coloniales (the new name for the Troupes de Marine). On November 4, 1903, a decree created the Colonial Troops Health Service...
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25–26 May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg against the troops of...
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are assigned to. Troupes métropolitaines ("from the French mainland") units wear blue, Troupes de marine (the former troupes coloniales') wear red, and...
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Tirailleurs malgaches (category Colonial regiments of France)
similar lines to the Senegalese Tirailleurs, forming part of the Troupes coloniales of the French Armed Forces. In 1905, there were three regiments, each...
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In the French army the Marine units are the old Colonial Infantry, Troupes coloniales, renamed Troupes de marine in 1961, and not amphibious units. "Trade...
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grandfather, M'Balanga, and Father Grüner, by joining the Troupes coloniales (French colonial troops) as a tirailleur on 19 May 1939. The Second World...
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troupes coloniales (282). November 1946. "La 4e division d'infanterie coloniale dans la campagne de France (1939-1940)". Revue des troupes coloniales...
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eight were supplied to the Dutch Naval Aviation Service. Troupes Coloniales, the French colonial service, purchased six Sea Otters, which were operated...
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Educated in the French style, he served in the Armée de l'air and Troupes coloniales before accepting a role in the army of the new State of Vietnam within...
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and took the name of Troupes Coloniales (Colonial Forces). In 1958 the designation of Troupes Coloniales was changed to Troupes d'Outre-Mer (Overseas...
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1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs (category Colonial regiments of France)
Somali Battalion from Douaumont to Djibouti]. Les troupes coloniales durant la Grande guerre [The colonial troops during the Great War] (in French) (Paris ed...
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painting depicts an assistant to a quartermaster-corporal of the Troupes coloniales, the colonial French army. The painting has been cited as being one of Marquet's...
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Senegalese Tirailleurs (category 1857 establishments in the French colonial empire)
of the Ministry of the Navy and Colonies, but were reclassified as Troupes coloniales, different from the mainland elements Metropolitan army and separate...
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French and Indian War (category 18th century in the French colonial empire)
Military history of the Acadians Military history of the Mi'kmaq Troupes coloniales#List of regiments in New France 1755–59 Brumwell, pp. 26–31, documents...
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Indochina War. It ended in a resounding defeat of the French Colonial Troops (Troupes coloniales) by the People's Army of Vietnam at Dien Bien Phu. In the...
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1917, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served with the Troupes coloniales in the French colonies of Algeria, Morocco, Levant and Somaliland...
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May 1830, during the French conquest of Algeria. It involved French troupes coloniales, under captains Félix-Ariel d'Assigny (1794-1846) and Armand Joseph...
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journalist and woman of letters. The daughter of an officer of the troupes coloniales, Nita Rousseau grew up in Indochina and Africa. She was a documentalist...
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simultaneously to formations of the French Air Force, mainland infantry, Troupes coloniales and Troupes de marine. September 15, 1940, the 1st Air Infantry Company...
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military life, he re-enlisted in the ranks and transferred to the Troupes coloniales in search of adventure abroad. He saw service in the French Congo...
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