France's colonial wars in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia were very largely fought by an organization completely separate from both the home-defence Metropolitan Army and the Arm???e d'Afrique in Algeria. The Naval Troops (Troupes de la Marine) were volunteers, and earned a reputation for greater toughness and hardiness than the conscripted Metropolitan Army. Spread throughout the French Empire, Naval Troops in this period were characterized by very large infantry and artillery regiments based in France, mixed race ...
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France's colonial wars in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia were very largely fought by an organization completely separate from both the home-defence Metropolitan Army and the Arm???e d'Afrique in Algeria. The Naval Troops (Troupes de la Marine) were volunteers, and earned a reputation for greater toughness and hardiness than the conscripted Metropolitan Army. Spread throughout the French Empire, Naval Troops in this period were characterized by very large infantry and artillery regiments based in France, mixed race regiments (R???giments Mixtes), and entire native regiments raised in West Africa, Madagascar and Indochina. The latter, the so-called 'Tirailleurs' were organized and led by officers and cadres from the Naval Troops, and wore very varied and colourful uniforms based on formalized versions of traditional local costumes. French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914 uses rich and detailed full colour plates as well as thorough analysis to detail the story of these tough colonial units which bore the brunt of French colonial campaigns in Africa and Vietnam.
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Stacey, Mark. Fiine. 1472826191 48pp including index Osprey--Men-at-Arms series No. 517 Between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the outbreak of World War I, France threw itself into conquering an African and a sian colonial empire The man tools employed were the Navy's expeditionary units, which were entitled 'Colonial' in 1900, but during many harsh campaigns these 'marsouins' also raised and led up to 50, 000 overseas troops The Tirailleurs Senegalais became famous-but, for the first time in English, this book also details dozens of other units raised to pacify and garrison the French empire, and illustrates their varied and colourful uniforms.
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