EVENT INFORMATION

25
Ougùstùs
1944

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

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📅 25 Ougùstùs 1944 📍 Fransia, Senegal

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 troops who served in the French forces. French colonial authorities had also demobilized or excluded many African soldiers from the liberation of Paris, revealing unequal claims to national belonging.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Philippe Leclerc

French Resistance

African and colonial soldiers

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

French 2nd Armored Division

Free French Forces

French Empire