- The
Moroccan Goumiers (French: Les
Goumiers Marocains) were
indigenous Moroccan soldiers who
served in
auxiliary units attached to the
French Army of Africa...
- with a
higher proportion of
officers than the
irregular goumiers. On 14 May 1944 the
Goumiers travelled over
seemingly imp****able
terrain in the Aurunci...
- powers. The
goumiers began to be used by the Allies,
mostly in
mountain areas due to
their effective mountaineering abilities.
Goumiers fought against...
-
equipped for
mountain warfare.
There were some
exclusively Moroccan units of
goumiers (from the
Arabic qaum)
whose soldiers came from the Riff
mountains and...
-
creating a
modern school system.
Several divisions of
Moroccan soldiers (
Goumiers or
regular troops and officers)
served in the
French army in both World...
- XIII Corps, of the
Eighth Army, and the
French Corps (including
Moroccan Goumiers) and the U.S. II Corps, of the
Fifth Army. The
Fifth Army also controlled...
- the
Hitler Line, some 8
miles (13 km) to the rear. On 14 May
Moroccan Goumiers,
travelling through the
mountains parallel to the Liri
valley on ground...
-
mobile would have one or two
goums (informal
groups of
around 200 men) of
goumiers,
irregular tribal auxiliaries,
under the
leadership of a
French intelligence...
-
brothels as so-called "comfort women".
French Moroccan troops,
known as
Goumiers,
committed rapes and
other war
crimes after the
Battle of
Monte C****ino...
- the
Constance area; 600 in Bruchsal; and 500 in Freudenstadt."
French Goumiers were
alleged to have
committed widespread rape in the Höfingen District...
