French Colonial Troops, 1940

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by Imperial War Museums
published on 27 February 2025

French Colonial Troops, 1940 — A photograph of captured French colonial troops from Africa during the Fall of France to Nazi Germany in June 1940 during the Second World War (1939-45).

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