Colonial Troops

Colonial troops or colonial army refers to various military units recruited from, or used as garrison troops in, colonial territories.

Read more about Colonial Troops:  Colonial Background, Origins, Basis of Recruitment, Settler Militia, Advantages of Colonial Troops, Disadvantages, Use Outside Areas of Origin, Symbolism, End of Empires

Famous quotes containing the words colonial and/or troops:

    “The North will at least preserve your flesh for you; Northerners are pale for good and all. There’s very little difference between a dead Swede and a young man who’s had a bad night. But the Colonial is full of maggots the day after he gets off the boat.”
    —Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)

    “A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”
    —Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)