The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa, as well as some units of other countries modelled upon them. The zouaves, along with the indigenous Tirailleurs Algeriens, were among the most decorated units of the French Army.
The Troupes coloniales or Armée coloniale, commonly called La Coloniale, were the military forces of the French colonial empire from 1900 until 1961. From 1822 to 1900 these troops were designated Troupes de marine, and in 1961 they readopted this name. They were recruited from mainland France or from the French settler and 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.
A tirailleur, in the Napoleonic era, was a type of light infantry trained to skirmish ahead of the main columns. Subsequently tirailleurs was used by the French Army as a designation for indigenous infantry recruited in the French colonial territories during the 19th and 20th centuries, or for metropolitan units serving in a light infantry role.
The 1st Colonial Infantry Division was a French Army formation prior to World War I and during World War II.
The 1st Moroccan Infantry Division was a French Army formation during World War I and World War II.
The 5th North African Infantry Division was a French Army formation during World War II.
The 3rd North African Infantry Division was a French Army formation during World War II.
The 4th North African Infantry Division was a French Army formation established in 1937.
The Senegalese Tirailleurs were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army. They were initially recruited from Senegal, French West Africa and subsequently throughout Western, Central and Eastern Africa: the main sub-Saharan regions of the French colonial empire. The noun tirailleur, which translates variously as "skirmisher", "rifleman", or "sharpshooter", was a designation given by the French Army to indigenous infantry recruited in the various colonies and overseas possessions of the French Empire during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Army of Africa was an unofficial but commonly used term for those portions of the French Army recruited from or normally stationed in French North Africa from 1830 until the end of the Algerian War in 1962.
The 19th Army Corps was a corps of the French army. In December 1870, the Tours delegation created the 19th Army Corps which was formed in Alençon. Recreated by decree of the JO of August 13, 1874, it brought together the various military units of Algeria. It constituted the nucleus of the Army of Africa.
The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Army of Africa which participated in World War II.
The 1st Armored Division is a unit of the French Army formed during World War II that took part in the Liberation of France.
The Tonkin Expeditionary Corps was an important French military command based in northern Vietnam (Tonkin) from June 1883 to April 1886. The expeditionary corps fought the Tonkin Campaign (1883–86) taking part in campaigns against the Black Flag Army and the Chinese Yunnan and Guangxi Armies during the Sino-French War and the period of undeclared hostilities that preceded it, and in important operations against Vietnamese guerrilla bands during the subsequent 'Pacification of Tonkin'.
The 7th Infantry Division North African was an infantry division of the French Army that participated in the Second World War.
The Moroccan Division or the 1st Moroccan Division of 1914, initially the Marching Division of Morocco was an infantry division of France's Army of Africa which participated in World War I.
The 1st Moroccan Division created on October 27, 1939 was an infantry division of the Army of Africa which participated in the Battle of France during World War II.
The 8th Zouaves Regiment was an infantry unit of the French Army. Created in 1914, the unit was designated as 8th Marching Zouaves Regiment.
The 4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Army of Africa, part of the French Army.
The 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment was an infantry unit of the French Army, part of the Army of Africa.
