French African Soldiers in World War II

Scheck, Raffael

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“…They were deployed mainly on the Western front and were involved in all major battles at the Marne, the Yser, the Somme, and Verdun (Koller 2008: 119). They formed part of the Gallipoli operation, fought in the Balkans, and were involved in the occupation of the Rhineland after WWI (Scheck 2012: 503). While, in the beginning, Black troops were often segregated into separate battalions, they were more and more deployed in regiments consisting of both Senegalese and European soldiers in the course of WWI (Lunn 1999: 20).…”

Section: The Militarization Of British and French Colonies Of West Af...mentioning

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The Great War and the Warfare–Welfare Nexus in British and French West African Colonies

Schmitt,

Shriwise

2023

Soc. sci. hist.

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In the Global North, mass warfare created a huge demand for social protection, pushing governments to provide income for invalids, war victims, and the survivors of fallen soldiers. Most European colonial powers, including France and Great Britain, recruited soldiers and other security forces not only from their metropoles but also from their colonies during both World Wars. However, the question of how mass warfare influenced social reforms in former colonies has not been systematically addressed, particularly with respect to how these influences varied across colonial powers. To begin to address this gap, this paper explores the warfare–welfare nexus in the context of British and French colonies of West Africa around World War I (WWI). The paper finds that, while Britain and France had similar overarching imperial and military objectives in West Africa of securing their colonies, enforcing order within them, and promoting commerce to increase profit, they went about achieving them very differently, with direct and indirect implications for social reforms after WWI. While only a first step, research on the distinct nature of the warfare–welfare nexus in colonial contexts is critical in order to historicize and close research gaps by widening and deepening our understanding of social policy trajectories in countries of the Global South.

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Section: The Militarization Of British and French Colonies Of West Af...mentioning

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The Great War and the Warfare–Welfare Nexus in British and French West African Colonies

Schmitt,

Shriwise

2023

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The Warfare – Welfare Nexus in French African Colonies in the Course of the First and Second World War

Schmitt¹

2020

Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung Vol. 45

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French African Soldiers in World War II

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The Great War and the Warfare–Welfare Nexus in British and French West African Colonies

The Great War and the Warfare–Welfare Nexus in British and French West African Colonies

The Warfare – Welfare Nexus in French African Colonies in the Course of the First and Second World War

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