Talk:Troupes coloniales

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Troupes coloniales disambiguation

The Troupes coloniales in a general sense include all French Colonial Forces:

The Troupes coloniales (limited acceptation), renamed Troupes de marine after the decolonization
Colonial Tirailleurs
The French Foreign Legion
The Zouaves
The Spahis
Ect.

Blaue Max (talk) 13:25, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's incorrect. The "Troupes coloniales" only included the infanterie coloniale, the artillerie coloniale and the tirailleurs raised from colonies (+ one squadron of spahis raised in Senegal).

Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco were not colonies. Units raised there were part of the Armée d'Afrique which was part of the metropolitan army of France, not of the colonial forces. That includes zouaves, tirailleurs algériens, tirailleurs tunisiens, spahis, chasseurs d'afrique, légion étrangère and the infanterie légère d'Afrique. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Don Durandal (talk • contribs) 17:38, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect image

There is a famous picture of a French artillery crew at Gallipoli manning a soixante-quinze artillery piece, sourced from the IWM collection. They were gunners of the metropolitan French Army. There were no artillery units of the Troupes Coloniale present during the Gallipoli campaign, so it is incorrect to use the image in this article. Keith H99 (talk) 21:37, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]