Editing Zouave (section)

===Zouave regiments===
Initially constituted as battalion sized units, the zouaves were reorganized as separate regiments in 1852:<ref>{{cite book|first=Pierre|last=Montagnon|page=19|title=L'Armee d'Afrique|date=2012 |publisher=Pygmalion |isbn=978-2-7564-0574-2}}</ref>

*The 1st Zouaves were linked to [[Algiers]] and central [[Algeria]]. The 1st Zouaves had a continuous existence from 1852 to 1949. After disbandment the regiment was recreated between 1956 and 1960
*The 2nd Zouaves were linked to [[Oran]] and western [[Algeria]], 1852–1962
*The 3rd Zouaves were linked to [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]] and eastern [[Algeria]], 1852–1962
*The 4th Zouaves were linked to [[Tunis]] and [[Tunisia]]. They were first formed as the Zouaves of the [[Imperial Guard (Napoleon III)|Imperial Guard]] in 1854, and became the 4th Zouves on the establishment of the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]] in 1870. They remained in existence under this title until 1962.<ref>{{cite book|first=Pierre|last=Montagnon|page=426|title=L'Armee d'Afrique|date=2012 |publisher=Pygmalion |isbn=978-2-7564-0574-2}}</ref>

[[File:Zouaves de la Garde pendant la campagne d'Italie.jpg|thumb|left|Guard Zouaves (''Zouaves de la Garde'') during the [[Second Italian War of Independence]] in 1859.]]

At the end of the Algerian War six zouave regiments were in existence, of which the ''1er'' was disbanded in 1960 and the remainder in 1962.{{sfn|Huré|1977|p=462}}

Other provisional regiments of zouaves were raised in 1914 and 1939 for the First and Second World Wars respectively. During World War I nine ''regiments de marche'' of zouaves were created; comprising active, reserve, and new battalions seconded from other regiments.{{sfn|Sumner|1995|p=8}} In World War II the number reached fourteen.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ian|last=Sumner|page=11|title=The French Army 1939-45 (1)|date=15 April 1998|publisher=Bloomsbury USA |isbn=1-85532-666-3}}</ref>

The zouave regiments raised in 1914 for the First World War were the 8th and 9th. The 13th Zouaves were raised in 1919 and dissolved in 1940. The zouave regiments raised in 1939 for the Second World War were the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 21st, all of which were dissolved after the [[fall of France]] in 1940. Other regiments raised later in the Second World War were the 9th ('reactivated'), 22nd, 23rd, and 29th.{{sfn|Huré|1977|page=324}}
[[File:Attaque du mamelon vert et des ouvrages blancs, 7 juin 1855.jpg|thumb|Zouaves attack Russian positions in the [[Battle of Malakoff]] during the Crimean War, 1855]]
[[File:Battle of Solferino, 1859.jpg|thumb|Zouaves with [[French Foreign Legion]] at [[Battle of Solferino|Solferino]], 1859]]
In addition, four mixed zouave and ''tirailleur'' regiments (''régiments mixtes de zouaves et tirailleurs'') were raised for the First World War, all of which were redesignated Algerian ''tirailleur'' regiments in 1918 or 1920.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The 9th Zouaves were the last French zouave unit. The first 9th Zouave regiment existed from 1914 until the fall of France in 1940, a second 9th Zouaves was raised in the Second World War and disbanded after the Algerian War (1954–1962), and a third 9th Zouaves existed as a nominal unit from 1982 to 2006 (representing a commando training school). There was no zouave regiment in existence between 1962–1982 and none now survive in the French Army.<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Gallic|page=88|title=Officers et Soldats de L'Armee Francaise 1943-1956, d'apres le TTA 148|year=2012|publisher=Histoire & Collections |isbn=9-782352-50195-4}}</ref>