René Chartrand

French Naval & Colonial Troops 1872-1914 (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Stacey, Mark

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472826176
• Artikelnr.: 55001589

Autorenporträt

RENÉ CHARTRAND was born in Montreal and educated in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant. He has written numerous articles and books including over 50 Osprey titles. He lives in Quebec, with his wife and two sons.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
organization of French forces for overseas service/ Chronology/ Campaigns: Indochina, from 1883
West Africa, from 1886
Dahomey, from 1890
Madagascar, from 1885
China, 1900/ Locally raised units: Tirailleurs & Spahis Sénégalais
Tirailleurs Haoussas
Tirailleurs & Spahis Soudanais
Tirailleurs Sakalaves & Malgaches
Tirailleurs Annamites, Tonkinois & Cambodgiens/ Minor island garrisons/ Plate Commentaries