THEY FOUGHT FOR FRANCE IN WORLD WAR II, RETURNED TO AFRICA DEMANDING THEIR UNPAID WAGES, AND FRENCH SOLDIERS OPENED FIRE ON THEM.
THEY FOUGHT FOR FRANCE IN WORLD WAR II, RETURNED TO AFRICA DEMANDING THEIR UNPAID WAGES, AND FRENCH SOLDIERS OPENED FIRE ON THEM. On 1 December 1944, African soldiers who had fought for France during the Second World War were massacred by the very army they had served. Their crime? Demanding the money they had earned. […] The post THEY FOUGHT FOR FRANCE IN WORLD WAR II, RETURNED TO AFRICA DEMANDING THEIR UNPAID WAGES, AND FRENCH SOLDIERS OPENED FIRE ON THEM. first appeared on The Zambian Observer .