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    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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    (French: Armée française de la Libération [aʁme fʁɑ̃sɛz də la libeʁasjɔ̃] or AFL) was the reunified French Army that arose from the merging of the Armée d'Afrique...
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    The Chasseurs d'Afrique were a light cavalry corps of chasseurs in the French Armée d'Afrique (Army of Africa). First raised in 1831 from regular French...
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    French Army (redirect from Armée de Terre)
    The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. 'Army of Land'), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the...
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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...
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    Spahi (category Armée d'Afrique)
    for French troopers. From 1915, in common with other units of the Armée d'Afrique, a more practical khaki uniform was adopted for service, but the classic...
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    Spahi 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...
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    Military interpreters in the French Army translate into and out of foreign languages for the French military. A sous-officier or interpreter officer serves...
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    Tirailleur (category Armée d'Afrique)
    Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2000. ISBN 1-85367-413-3. régiments de tirailleurs algériens, tunisiens et marocains, de 1842 à 1962 Armée d'Afrique...
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    cavalry (Spahi) and infantry (Tirailleur) regiments of the French Armée d'Afrique. After 1870 the Algerian goums were replaced by the permanent indigenous...
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    Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa (category Armée d'Afrique)
    Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa (French: Bataillons d'Infanterie Légère d'Afrique or BILA), better known under the acronym Bat' d'Af', were French infantry...
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    Zouave (category Armée d'Afrique)
    khaki uniform from 1915 onwards, in common with other units of the Armée d'Afrique. From 1927 to 1939 the "oriental dress" of red fez ("chéchia"), blue...
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    3rd Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment (category Armée d’Afrique)
    3rd Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment (3ème Régiment de Tirailleurs Marocains) was an infantry regiment belonging to the Army of Africa which was part of the...
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    1st Spahi Regiment (category Armée d’Afrique)
    Algerian War in 1962, although most of the other units of the former Armee d'Afrique were disbanded. Reportedly during a cabinet meeting, one of General...
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    feldgrau to be hard to detect by photography or the naked eye. The Armée d’Afrique initially adopted uniforms made from khaki cloth manufactured in Britain...
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    desert. France created a méhariste camel corps in 1912 as part of the Armée d'Afrique in the Sahara in order to exercise greater control over the camel-riding...
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    3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (category Armée d’Afrique)
    The 3rd Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (3e R.T.A) was an infantry unit of the Army of Africa in the French Army. Recruited primarily from Algerian Muslims...
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    Spahi 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...
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  • Army (French: Armée française de la Libération, AFL) a reunified French Army, is created in 1943 when the Army of Africa (Armée d'Afrique) led by General...
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    Marocaine, 2e DIM) was an infantry division of the Army of Africa (French: Armée d'Afrique) which participated in World War II. Created in Morocco following the...
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    was posted to the 1er Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique [fr], the senior cavalry regiment of the Armée d'Afrique, based at Rabat. In February 1931, Hauteclocque...
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    4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment (category Armée d’Afrique)
    the 84th African Infantry Division (French: 84e Division d'Infanterie d'Afrique), 63 soldiers were killed in Ablis. A commemorative plaque honors the...
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    were not reformed. On 1 May 1994, in the presence of veterans of the armée d'Afrique, légionnaires, spahis, zouaves and artilleurs, the 170e Régiment d'Infanterie...
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    to capture the French fleet at Toulon (Operation Lila), the French Armée d'Afrique sided with the Allies, providing a third corps (XIX Corps) for Anderson...
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    Français Tirailleur (category Armée d'Afrique)
    Petit nègre (French pronunciation: [pəti nɛɡʁ]), also known as Français tirailleur (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sɛ tiʁajœʁ]) or Petinègue or Forofifon naspa...
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    7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment (category Armée d’Afrique)
    de l'Armée française en Afrique 1830–1962, Albin Michel, 1994 L'Armée d'Afrique: 1830–1962, Charles-Lavauzelle, 1977 De Sétif à Marseille, par Cassino...
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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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    1st Battalion of Somali Tirailleurs (category Armée d'Afrique)
    l'armée de terre, du service de santé des armées et du service des essences des armées, Bulletin officiel des armées, No. 27, 9 novembre 2007 Bouet 1931, p...
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    montagne, 4e DMM) was an infantry division of the Army of Africa (French: Armée d'Afrique) which participated in World War II. Created in Morocco following the...
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    the French army went on wearing 1940 uniforms, in particular in the armée d'Afrique (Army of Africa). Some new equipment was introduced by Vichy for the...
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