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2 unusual facts about Fusiliers Marins


Fusiliers Marins

Three "reinforcement and Intervention Group" (sized as a Company) in naval stations of Brest, Cherbourg and Toulon to reinforce the protection of any particular building, place, or ship.

M10 tank destroyer

The M10 also equipped units of the Free French Army; one M10 named Sirocco, part of the Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers Marins composed of French sailors, famously disabled a Panther on the Place de la Concorde during the liberation of Paris.


French destroyer Espingole

After Caillard landed two companies of marines that occupied the major ports of the island on 7 November, Sultan Abdul Hamid II agreed to enforce contracts made with French companies and to repay loans made by French banks.


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