Faction: The French Army The First World War In January 1914 the French Army had 47 divisions. The strength of the army consisted of 777,000 French and 46,000 colonial troops, in 21 regional corps.

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...

The soldiers had fought alongside the French during World War II, but were killed by their French ... African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed ...

He saw Pétain's rise to power as a coup d'état. Other Free French units were directly attached to Allied forces, including the British SAS and RAF, and the Soviet Air Forces. The US Army also supplied ...

The horrors of large-caliber machine guns and artillery warfare ushered in a new age of gruesome deaths and injuries.

On Dec. 1, 1944, likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France during World War II were killed by the French ...

World War II U.S. Army veteran Ray Terwillegar and Consul General of France Yannick Tagand shared a heartfelt embrace as a captive audience of over 100 people cheered on Tuesday afternoon at Ingersoll ...

Macron's move, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the World War II killings in Thiaroye ... West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the Battle of France in 1940 were killed ...

Does China have a military presence in Senegal ... said he had received a letter from Macron admitting French culpability for a World War II-era massacre at Thiaroye on December 1, 1944.

French President Emmanuel Macron has officially recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army in 1944 as a massacre ... involved the killing of between 35 and 400 West African ...