colonial army
Occupying power's soldiers
A colonial army is a military force maintained by an imperial power in its overseas territories, typically combining troops from the colonizing nation with locally recruited soldiers.
These armies enforced colonial rule and fought in imperial wars: The British colonial army in India included both English regiments and Indian sepoys.
The term also describes armed forces of colonies themselves, like the Continental Army before American independence.
- regimentsMilitary units under colonels
- red coatsBritish colonial soldiers
- foreign legionMilitary unit of non-citizens
- militiasCivilian defense forces
- native troopsLocal soldiers serving occupiers
imperialism · territorial defense · mercantilism · indigenous resistance · martial law · infantry · cavalry · garrison duty · conscription · fortifications · empire-building · officers · sepoys · trade route · military traditions · resource extraction · uniforms · economic exploitation
- British IndiaBritish Raj, East India Company, viceroy, Raj, governor-general
- colonizersconquistadors, settlers, imperialists, invaders, occupiers
- Portuguese EmpirePortugal, spice trade, Vasco da Gama, Age of Discovery, slave trade
- Spanish coloniesSpanish conquest, Spanish crown, viceroys, viceroyalties, viceroyalty
- colonialismBritish Empire, protectorate, settlers, empire builder, occupier
- Nigerian historyNigeria, Oyo Empire, British rule, Sokoto Caliphate, Biafra
colonial armyindependence movement
Organized push for self-rule
liberation army · resistance fighters · revolutionary army · freedom fighters · independence fighters
colonial, army, colony, colonies, colonist, colonists, colonize, colonized, colonizing