So apparently the French, after being saved by African troops during WW2 cut off their pensions (of their African troops)? (x.com)

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Also to avoid hurting the feelings of the French, they brought in white people instead for parades dressed as French troops rather than the African troops who saved them.

And as a side note, Africa's reward for being instrumental in France's liberation was having the French overthrow many, many of their leaders.

I'm beginning to realize i really don't want to learn as much about Western history any more. Stalin shouldn't have stopped at Berlin.

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[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I can’t entirely remember but I think also there was this historical narrative about French African soldiers doing war crimes and SA in Europe during WW2, but it was actually something more commonly attributed to the Pied Noirs who came across in WW2, white French settlers born in Algeria who fought for France in the civil war after WW2. So basically projection.

[-] Lemister@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

The nazis made great use of the "black french soliders doing a SA crime spree in the Rhineland" during the 20s - A high-ranking member of the british government even supported this lol