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The Corps of Colonial Marines were two different Royal Marine units raised from former black slaves for service in the Americas at the behest of Alexander Cochrane. [1] The units were created at two separate periods: 1808-1810 during the Napoleonic Wars; and then again during the War of 1812; both units being disbanded once the military threat had passed.
Continental Marines, the naval infantry corps of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War; Corps of Colonial Marines, two British military units made up of freed American slaves which fought during the War of 1812; Troupes de marine, a corps of the French Army intended for amphibious and overseas operations
Some of the reserve colonial units, especially in the strategically important imperial fortress colonies (consisting of Halifax, Gibraltar, Bermuda and Malta), were funded by the War Department out of Army Funds and considered part of the British Army (by example, the Bermuda Militia Artillery was grouped with the Royal Artillery and the ...
Groups such as the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign organised mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War and British support for American military action. [4] Demonstrations were held outside the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square on March 17 and October 27, 1968, drawing thousands of protestors and culminating in violent clashes with the police.
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Loyalist military units in the American Revolution (38 P) Pages in category "British colonial regiments" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total.
A Colonial Marine in their fatigue uniform. The Merikins or Merikens [1] [2] were formerly enslaved African Americans who gained freedom, enlisted in the Corps of Colonial Marines, and fought for the British against the United States in the War of 1812.
The 1945–1946 War in Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom [4] by the British, and also known as the Southern Resistance War (Vietnamese: Nam Bộ kháng chiến) [5] [6] by the Vietnamese, was a post–World War II armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement ...