Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century's two world wars. What is perhap
This volume offers a fresh perspective on Africa's central role in the Allied victory in World War II. Its detailed case studies, from all parts of Africa, enab
This title provides an introduction to almost every aspect of the French experience during World War II by integrating political, diplomatic, military, social,
Before the Vichy regime, there was ostensibly only one France and one form of colonialism for French West Africa (FWA). World War II and the division of France
This book discusses the experience of French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. It illustrates that the colonial prisoners'