Many of them were of African origin but who they were and ... after having served as a Senegalese tirailleur within the French Army’s colonial infantry. But how these “colonials ...

there was a continued reliance on African soldiers by the French. Senegalese soldiers continued to be in the French army after World War II. This stands in contrast with the British, who ...

In October 1944, after the battle for Normandy was won, US military authorities put 152 soldiers on trial for raping French ...

Aimee Dupre had always chosen not to speak about the rape of her mother by two American soldiers following the Normandy ...

Donald Rose, 109, watched on as two of the iconic aircraft passed over his care home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. The war hero, who received the Legion D'Honneur, was a sniper and former Desert Rat ...

What had been a steady stream of African Americans heading north toward freedom in ... thousand blacks were working in French ports for the American army. In December the first black American ...

Introduction – Beyond de Gaulle and beyond London: the French external ... The Journal of African History, Vol. 64, Issue. 1, p. 62. This volume considers the military, economic, and political ...

After two years of see-saw fighting in the deserts of North Africa, Churchill appoints Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery to command the British army ... comes to an end. WW2: How was D-Day ...

An estimated 100,000 African Americans escaped ... He escaped and again rejoined the army. In October 1781, as Patriot and French ground forces and the French fleet surrounded Cornwallis' men ...

World War II stands as one of the most important events in human history. It shaped much of the current geopolitical landscape and altered the balance of power for the second half of the 20th century, ...

STUTTGART, Germany — A World War II-era ... U.S. military activities across Europe and Africa. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina ...

French police evict migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris ahead of the Olympics, Portugal commemorates the 50th anniversary ...