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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

wombat showed a good film about that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_de_Thiaroye

[–] Spike@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago

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

Incredible

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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 7 months 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

[–] sisatici@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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 7 months ago

I think that might have happened after WW1

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Setif and Guelma massacres

[–] miz@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

Koupe Tet, Boule Kay