الفرق العسكرية الجزائرية في جيش الإحتلال الفرنسي (1830-1990)‎

Abstract EN

From the outset, the French policy aimed at achieving a comprehensive occupation in Algeria by winning supporters in the country, working to serve its expansionist military interests.

1830, and for this reason, the French authorities initiated the establishment of local military divisions to strike the popular resistance and incursion into Algerian territory.

The first of these local military divisions were the Zawiya teams, along with the nationalist, Sabaih, and Algerian snipers teams.

Not to mention the Algerian archers corps.

These military divisions were the guide through which the French army became acquainted with the Algerian countryside and tribes.

Besides, these military divisions gained wide fame in the ranks of the occupation army because of their strong presence and fierce fighting against their brothers and their compatriots.

The procedure for recruiting these military divisions into the ranks of the occupation army was the actual launch for exploiting the Algerian human energies and benefiting from them, as these divisions were at the forefront of the army and in its front ranks, a procedure that greatly served the French policy in achieving its colonial project inside and outside Algeria.