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    The Moroccan Goumiers (French: Les Goumiers Marocains) were indigenous Moroccan soldiers who served in auxiliary units attached to the French Army of...
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    Southern and Northern Morocco, in an attempt to prevent German control of the country. The Goumiers were the indigenous Moroccan soldiers who fought during...
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    during World War I. During World War II more than 300,000 Moroccan troops (including goumier auxiliaries) served with the Free French forces in North Africa...
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    Marocchinate (category Italy–Morocco relations)
    Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. These were committed mainly by the Moroccan Goumiers, colonial troops of the French Expeditionary Corps (FEC), commanded...
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  • was home to an active Maquis cell. French Moroccan troops of the French Expeditionary Corps, known as Goumiers, committed mass crimes in Italy during and...
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    during World War I. During World War II more than 300,000 Moroccan troops (including goumier auxiliaries) served with the Free French forces in North Africa...
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    languages are Arabic and Berber; French and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber...
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    tribute to the Goumiers and the Moroccan regulars of the Tirailleur units: In spite of the stiffening enemy resistance, the 2nd Moroccan Division penetrated...
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  • in 1930, it increased support for the independence movement. Many Moroccan Goumiers, or indigenous soldiers in the French army, assisted the Allies in...
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  • Mehalla' Jalifiana, numbering about 5,000 men and modeled on the Moroccan Goumiers attached to the French Army of Africa, was established in 1923 and...
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    British XIII Corps, of the Eighth Army, and the French Corps (including Moroccan Goumiers) and the U.S. II Corps, of the Fifth Army. The Fifth Army also controlled...
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  • Moroccan goumier who liberated Corsica joins his brothers in arms". Yabiladi. Retrieved 23 September 2023. "Mort d'Ali Nadi, le dernier des goumiers qui...
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  • Army of Africa (France) Army of Africa (Spain) Moroccan Goumier for a detailed history of these Moroccan auxiliary units employed by the French colonial...
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    French Expeditionary Corps (1943–44) (category Morocco in World War II)
    and equipped for mountain warfare. There were some exclusively Moroccan units of goumiers (from the Arabic qaum) whose soldiers came from the Riff mountains...
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    breakthrough over the mountain trails, but felt that the 4th Moroccan Mountain Division and Moroccan Goumiers could do it. According to Clark: Meantime, the French...
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  • from the Germans by the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, supported by Moroccan Goumier's. The 3rd Algerian Infantry Division, under the command of General...
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    was sent to Indochina where he commanded a tabor (battalion) of Moroccan goumiers. He was wounded and spent a year recuperating in France before returning...
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    Marins (Naval Infantry) Moroccan Goumier Paris Fire Brigade Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine (Colonial Infantry Regiment of Morocco). Book of the regiment...
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    the 1st Regiment of Moroccan Tirailleurs was created. At the end of the period of French rule in 1956 six regiments of Moroccan tirailleurs were still...
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    in Morocco, he returned to Saint-Cyr as an instructor. He was awarded the croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures for leading goumiers in...
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  • Omar Bradley Corps Francs d'Afrique (three battalions) One Tabor Moroccan Goumiers U.S. 13th Field Artillery Brigade U.S. 2626th Coast Artillery Brigade...
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    of the Moroccan Goumiers. Four regiments of Moroccan and Algerian spahis fought as infantry or halftrack armoured units. With Moroccan and Tunisian independence...
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  • Marizot, Le Chant des Africains is a testimony to the bravery of a Moroccan goumier regiment disbanded after suffering severe losses in Meaux, northeast...
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    history: The native Senegalese infantry, The Indochinese paratroops, The Moroccan Goumiers: a series of three documentaries Paris: GMT Productions: France 3...
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  • On the way, the two are gang-raped inside a church by a group of Moroccan Goumiers – soldiers attached to the invading Allied Armies in Italy. Rosetta...
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  • Bradley Corps Francs d'Afrique (three battalions) 4th and 6th Tabors of Moroccan goumiers U.S. 1st Armored Division (less one regiment) (Major General Ernest...
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  • Tiradores de Ifni (category Military history of Morocco)
    Tiradores Regulares - indigenous infantry recruited in Spanish Morocco Goumier - Moroccan irregulars in the French service Spanish Legion - equivalent of...
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    Hubert Lyautey (category Resident generals of Morocco)
    seasoned warriors by the Moroccans), battalions of Tirailleurs sénégalais and Tirailleurs marocains, as well as irregular Moroccan goumiers. With 200,000 men...
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  • French Army of Africa. During World War II more than 300,000 Moroccan troops (including goumier auxiliaries) served with the Free French forces in North Africa...
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    The next 48 hours on the French front were decisive. The knife-wielding Goumiers swarmed over the hills, particularly at night, and General Juin’s entire...
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