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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

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

I just don't understand why France was allowed to have its african colonies/neocolonies back after WWII instead of yanks simply taking over the reins. Lack of francophone CIA maggots?

[-] nandos_house_of_glues@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

france gets some occasional good press for pushing back on the us but people tend to overlook that it's usually in service of being euro disney, not any kind of anti imperialism

[-] Vingst@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago
[-] Spike@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

The film was banned in France for a decade and censored in Senegal as well

Incredible

[-] Lemister@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah they did that in ww1, like with their senegalese troops.

[-] sisatici@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

I remember a france ordered massacre on African veterans after said veterans demanded pension like French veterans I can't find it. Maybe I remember incorrectly

[-] ComradeMonotreme@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

I think that might have happened after WW1

[-] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Setif and Guelma massacres

[-] miz@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Koupe Tet, Boule Kay

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