It's one of the untold stories of World War II: how France whitewashed its colonial troops during the liberation from Nazi ...
French police shot and killed two men in New Caledonia on Thursday morning, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups ...
The period in the world’s history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) to the beginning of the Great War (1914) is ...
Historian Anthony Guyon, author of a book on African fighters in the French army, says that while these colonial soldiers were officially listed as volunteers, the reality was more complex ...
The five shortlisted films have been unveiled during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in the ...
The period in the world’s history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815) to the beginning of the Great War (1914) is ...
The West African country’s armed forces said the assault, on a school for military police, was carried out by terrorists.
After the destruction of a French outpost, Florida served the Spanish primarily ... the Spanish stubbornly maintained their presence in the south-east and Spanish missionaries, soldiers and traders ...
led by French-German cooperation. Yet, the past would not vanish. Europe struggled with its so-called white, colonial, and racist record. The burden was tarnished, the mission shameful.
agonizingly discovers that he can no longer fight his country’s colonial wars. Jean de Larsan comes from a family of soldiers. Like many a French officer, he saw war as a duty, a form of ...