Zouave
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thumb|upright|French zouave, thumb|A small detachment of France's 4th Regiment of Zouaves in M'Sila Province|the M'Sila region during the [[Algerian War, ]]
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- French Armed Forces
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- Etymology
- Zouave units in French service
- Recruitment
- Zouave regiments
- Early history
- The Second Empire
- The Third Republic
- Post-1945
- Zouave units in Papal service
- Zouave units in Polish service
- Zouave units in British service
- Zouave units in American service
- American Civil War
- Union Zouaves
- Confederate Zouaves
- Post-Civil War
- American zouave uniforms
- Zouave units in Spanish service
- Other zouave units
- North African dress influence
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|upright|French zouave, thumb|A small detachment of France's 4th Regiment of Zouaves in M'Sila Province|the M'Sila region during the [[Algerian War, ]]
The Zouaves () were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army and other units modelled on it, which served between 1830 and 1962, mainly in French North Africa. The zouaves were among the most decorated units of the French Army.
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