soldiers from Africa fought for France in African colonial wars, in the trenches of World War I, in the World War II campaign to defeat the Nazis and in French wars in Indochina and Algeria.

France has made a key gesture of remembrance for the dozens of African troops shot dead on French army orders in Senegal during World War II, a government official said Sunday, as Paris seeks to ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France in the World Wars. Their contributions have been mostly overlooked. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 26, 2024.) ...

Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed on Dec. 1 ...

Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by French soldiers after what the French described as a mutiny ...

Those troops were under French command, but hailed mostly from Africa. This year marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. But a lesser-known amphibious landing along France's ...

DAKAR, Senegal — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the ... anniversary of the World War II killings in Thiaroye ...

Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed on Dec. 1, 1944, by French soldiers.