Marine Troops (Troupes de marine)

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French Army corps military formation

Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) are a historic French Army corps specialized in overseas, amphibious, and expeditionary operations, often serving as elite infantry in foreign deployments.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Troupes de marine 1
3e Régiment d’infanterie de marine 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French Army corps ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
alternativeName Colonial Troops ⓘ
Marine Troops ⓘ
Troupes coloniales ⓘ
branch Armée de terre ⓘ
surface form: Armée de Terre
commandLanguage French ⓘ
country France ⓘ
doctrine combined arms operations ⓘ
interoperability with French Navy ⓘ
rapid deployment ⓘ
engagedIn Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War

First Indochina War ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
operations in Afghanistan ⓘ
operations in the Sahel ⓘ
peacekeeping operations ⓘ
garrison French overseas territories ⓘ
various bases in metropolitan France ⓘ
hasComponent armoured units ⓘ
artillery regiments ⓘ
command and support units ⓘ
infantry regiments ⓘ
logistics units ⓘ
parachute units ⓘ
historicalRole garrisoning overseas territories ⓘ
participation in colonial campaigns ⓘ
service in French colonial empire ⓘ
motto Et par Saint Michel, vive la Coloniale ! ⓘ
nativeName Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) self-link ⓘ
surface form: Troupes de marine
notableUnit 11e Régiment d’artillerie de marine ⓘ
1er régiment de parachutistes d’infanterie de marine ⓘ
surface form: 1er Régiment de parachutistes d’infanterie de marine

Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 3e Régiment d’infanterie de marine
partOf French Army ⓘ
patronSaint Saint Michael ⓘ
role participation in external operations ⓘ
projection of forces abroad ⓘ
specialization amphibious operations ⓘ
elite infantry ⓘ
expeditionary warfare ⓘ
overseas operations ⓘ
subordinateTo Commandement des forces terrestres ⓘ
symbol golden anchor ⓘ
tradition service outside metropolitan France ⓘ
trainingFocus amphibious assault ⓘ
desert warfare ⓘ
jungle warfare ⓘ
uniformFeature anchor insignia ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

French Armed Forces → hasBranch → Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) ⓘ
Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) → nativeName → Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Troupes de marine
this entity surface form: Troupes de marine
Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) → notableUnit → Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Troupes de marine
this entity surface form: 3e Régiment d’infanterie de marine