Free French Forces

Chad aligns with Free France under Félix Éboué

📅 26 Augustus 1940

Governor Félix Éboué and military commander Pierre Marchand declared Chad’s alignment with Charles de Gaulle’s Free French movement. Chad became its first African territorial base, and other French...

Allied forces liberate Paris, with colonial soldiers central to the campaign

📅 25 Augustus 1944

The French 2nd Armored Division entered Paris as German forces withdrew. The liberation narrative often centers metropolitan French resistance and overlooks African soldiers and other colonial...