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By the mid-18th century, the French Army used the term fusiliers to designate ordinary line infantry, as opposed to specialist or élite infantry, such as grenadiers, voltigeurs, carabiniers or chasseurs. The modern French Army no longer uses the term fusiliers, although a number of its infantry regiments descend from fusilier regiments.
1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos was a Fusiliers marins (Sailor Riflemen) commando unit of the Free French Navy, raised in 1942, which served during the Second World War. Its initial Commandant was then-Lieutenant de Vaisseau ( Captain ) Philippe Kieffer of the Free French Navy , under whose command they participated in the Normandy ...
The Fusiliers marins participated in the campaigns of Free France. They initially formed a battalion then the 1 er Régiment de Fusiliers Marins 1 e RFM at the corps of the 1st Free French Division (1 er DFL) and the 1 er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos ( 1 er BFMC ) who served in 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando .
The 1st Battalion was initially formed in summer 1940 in Great Britain, with 400 sailors who had espoused the cause of Charles de Gaulle. On September 24, 1943, the Fusiliers Marins Battalion increased its effective strength by integrating naval volunteers from North Africa (particularly radio and mechanic specialists), accordingly being designated as the 1st Régiment de fusiliers marins (1 ...
FORFUSCO is a syllabic abbreviation for the Force maritime des fusiliers marins et commandos, headquartered in Lorient, is the French Navy organisation responsible for and in command of the Fusiliers Marins and Commandos Marine.
Fusiliers de l'air on the Champs-Élysées on the 60th anniversary of VE day. The Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air (English: Fusilier Commandos of the Air Force) of the French Air and Space Force are equivalent to the United Kingdom's RAF Regiment, German Air Force Regiment or the United States Air Force Security Forces.
When war was declared in August 1914, the French Navy housed idle Fusiliers Marins on board naval ships, due to the principal combats being conducted on land. To make use of these men, it was decided on August 7, 1914, to create a strong brigade of 6,000 men organized into two regiments which would become the 1st and 2nd Regiment of Fusiliers Marins.
The RBFM was not a unit of the Free French Forces nor was it part of the Free French Naval Forces, accordingly, their members couldn't wear the insignia of the Free French. The Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers-Marins was decorated with the fourragère de la Légion d'Honneur des Fusiliers Marins de Dixmude, awarded in May 1944.