A fully illustrated study of the colourful regiments raised for France's late 19th-century colonial wars in Africa and Vietnam.
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 Armée 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 (Régiments 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.
| ISBN: | 9781472826190 |
| Publication date: | 23rd August 2018 |
| Author: | René Chartrand |
| Illustrator: | M Stacey |
| Publisher: | Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Series: | Men-at-Arms |
| Genres: |
Military history Military uniforms / insignia Colonialism and imperialism Weapons and equipment Military institutions |
A fully illustrated study of the colourful regiments raised for France's late 19th-century colonial wars in Africa and Vietnam.
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 Armée 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 (Régiments 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.
French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914 features in the following genres: Military history, Military uniforms / insignia, Colonialism and imperialism, Weapons and equipment, Military institutions
French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914 is available in Paperback
French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914 was written by René Chartrand and published by Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914 has 48 pages
Yes it is part of Men-at-Arms series
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