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Army of Africa (France)
Term for portions of French Army in French North Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Army of Africa (Spain).
The Army of Africa (French: Armée d’Afrique [aʁme d‿afʁik]) was an unofficial but commonly used term for those portions of the French Army stationed in French North Africa (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia) from 1830 until the end of the Algerian War in 1962, including units made up of indigenous recruits.
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