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[Archive] What place for Africa in the Second World War?

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On July 14, 1939, the colonial troops, massively made up of Senegalese skirmishers, marched on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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By: Jean-François Cadet Follow

1 min

May 8 marks the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. What was Africa's place during the Second World War and its importance in the Allied victory?

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Guests:

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch

, Emeritus Professor of African History at Paris Diderot University and author of 

A Little History of Africa

published by La Découverte.

Samuel Mbajum

, historian specializing in the history of Senegalese skirmishers.

Dominique Lormier

, historian, specialist in the Second World War, author of 

C'est nous les Africains

 published by Calmann-Lévy, and of

Koenig, l'homme de Bir-Hakeim

 published by Du Toucan.

This show originally aired on 08/05/2012.

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