Corps Léger d'Intervention
The Corps Léger d'Intervention or C.L.I. (French for "intervention light corps") was a Pacific War interarm corps of the Far East French Expeditionary Forces commanded by General Roger Blaizot and using guerrilla warfare against the Imperial Japanese Army who occupied French Indochina since 1941. It was created by General de Gaulle after the British Chindits Special Forces who fought in the Burma Campaign.
History
The C.L.I. was created in November 4, 1943 in Jijel, French Algeria with 500 commandos under Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Huard. Its purpose was to reinforce the resistance in French Indochina that was led by General Mordant (a.k.a. Narcisse) who came from mainland France in 1941.
While the commandos trained in Kabylie, French Algeria, Commandant de Crevècoeur arrived at Meerut, North West India in November 10, 1943 to introduce the C.L.I. to Special Operations Executive (SOE) Force 136's Mackenzie. The first C.L.I. trainees were sent to Poona (100km from Bombay) for jungle warfare instruction.
On March 15, 1944 the French Indochina guerrillas number 1349 (993 locals and 356 Europeans) including 242 in Laos (195 locals and 47 Europeans).
Following victory day in Europe, 60 SOE Jedburghs members of the French intelligence agency DGER were transfered to Force 136's French Indochina Country Section (FICS).