Tirailleurs sénégalais

E1010167

French colonial troops colonial infantry units military formation

The Tirailleurs sénégalais were colonial infantry units of the French Army, largely composed of West African soldiers, that played a major role in France’s military campaigns from the late 19th century through both World Wars.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
French Tirailleurs Sénégalais	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French colonial troops ⓘ colonial infantry units ⓘ military formation ⓘ
activeFrom	1857 ⓘ
activeInCentury	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
allegiance	French Fourth Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ French Third Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	French colonialism in Africa ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
demobilizationPeriod	post–World War II ⓘ
ethnicallyComposedMostlyOf	West Africans ⓘ
foundedBy	Louis Faidherbe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	West African soldiers ⓘ
knownFor	bravery in combat ⓘ delayed pensions after decolonization ⓘ discriminatory pay compared to French soldiers ⓘ
languageOfCommand	French ⓘ
memorializedIn	memorials in Senegal ⓘ war memorials in France ⓘ
notableEvent	mass deployment on Western Front in World War I ⓘ massacre of Thiaroye NERFINISHED ⓘ participation in Battle of Verdun ⓘ participation in Battle of the Somme ⓘ
notableEventDate	1944 ⓘ
partOf	Armée coloniale française NERFINISHED ⓘ French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitedFrom	Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ French West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantInConflict	Franco-Prussian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian campaign (World War II) NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberation of France (1944–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ Moroccan campaigns ⓘ Syrian campaign of 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ conquest of West Africa ⓘ
subjectOf	French debates on colonial memory ⓘ films about colonial soldiers ⓘ scholarly works on French Empire ⓘ
usedFor	colonial expansion ⓘ frontline combat ⓘ imperial policing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Troupes coloniales → notableUnit → Tirailleurs sénégalais ⓘ

Colonial Troops → component → Tirailleurs sénégalais ⓘ

Second Franco-Dahomean War → involvedMilitaryUnit → Tirailleurs sénégalais ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Tirailleurs Sénégalais