Editing Zouave (section)

===Post-1945===
As predominantly conscript units the zouaves did not serve in Indochina between 1945 and 1954. They were, however, employed extensively as sector troops during the [[Algerian War]]. Their history as a corps of high-profile elite infantry, closely identified with French Algeria, made for higher morale and effectiveness than that of most conscript units from metropolitan France assigned to Algeria.<ref>{{cite book|first=Martin|last=Windrow|pages=20 & 44|title=The Algerian War 1954–62|date=17 July 1995|publisher=Bloomsbury USA |isbn=1-85532-516-0}}</ref> The 9th Zouaves based in the Casbah,<ref>Gallardo, Pablo. Soldats d'Algerie. p. 6. ISBN 978-2-35250-524-2.</ref> played a major role in the 1957 [[Battle of Algiers (1957)|Battle of Algiers]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Ted|last=Morgan|pages=116, 120, 148, 185, 187, 224, 230 |title=My Battle of Algiers|date=31 January 2006|publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-085224-5}}</ref>

At the end of the Algerian War, the remaining zouave and tirailleur units were incorporated in a short-lived ''Force locale de l'ordre Algérienne'': created under the [[Évian Accords]] of March 1962 and intended to provide a transitional peace-keeping force acceptable to both Muslim and European communities.{{sfn|Huré|1977|p=463}} The remaining zouave regiments (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th and 9th) were finally disbanded in 1962 immediately following [[Algerian independence]].<ref name="Montagnon 2012 426">{{cite book|first=Pierre|last=Montagnon|page=426|title=L'Armee d' Afrique|date=2012|publisher=Pygmalion |isbn=978-2-7564-0574-2}}</ref> This was inevitable<ref name="Montagnon 2012 426"/> since their recruitment base was the European population of Algeria, which dispersed with the ending of French rule.{{sfn|Huré|1977|pp=461-462}}<ref name="Montagnon 2012 426"/>

The traditions of the zouave regiments were maintained until 2006 by the French Army's Commando Training School of [[Givet]] (''Centre d'entrainment commando''),<ref>page 54 Militaria No 462, Mars 2024</ref> which occasionally paraded colour parties and other detachments in zouave dress. With the closure of the CEC school that year and the putting into store of the flag of the 9th Zouaves in 2010, any direct link between the former zouaves and active units of the modern French Army ceased. While other branches of the old French [[Army of Africa (France)|Army of Africa]] have either survived or been reestablished as representative units in recent years (notably the [[French Foreign Legion|Foreign Legion]], [[Chasseurs d'Afrique]], [[Tirailleur]]s, and [[Spahi]]s), France has not recreated one of its most distinctive and best known military corps.<ref name="Montagnon 2012 426"/>