Creating and Naming Different
- The term colonial or colonial army troops or troops of the French colonies has several meanings:
- This is the first French troops to defend the colonies.
- Then, fairly quickly, this term designated the troops recruited in the French colonies, excluding North Africa French and Breton part of the troops at the first World War.
- The colonial troops appeared in 1900, when all the ground troops of the Ministry of the Navy, called the Marines, were transferred under the orders of the War Department. They disappeared in 1958 when the colonies had gained their independence, the mission of these troops was redefined. They renewed the name of the Marines, while staying in the Army.
Read more about this topic: French Colonial Forces
Famous quotes containing the words creating and/or naming:
“Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention.”
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“The night is itself sleep
And what goes on in it, the naming of the wind,
Our notes to each other, always repeated, always the same.”
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