At the Elysée, the President of the Republic, François HOLLANDE, paid tribute to the Senegalese infantrymen who had volunteered in the French army by reconciling French nationality to 28 of them, who had lost it following the independence of their country of origin. Commentary on factual images, INA archive images alternating with the interview of veterans Daouda FAYE BADJI, Massamba NDIAYE and Yoro DIAO and an excerpt from the speech delivered by François HOLLANDE.
In the mountains of the Atlas, report on the recruitment of Moroccan goumiers by the French army during the Second World War. Shepherds of the Atlas for the majority, they will, once recruited, join units called Goums and be trained by French officers, before being sent to the front to fight alongside the Free French Forces.
Testimonies of Senegalese veterans requesting recognition of their status by France. It was in November 2001 that the French Council of State asked the government to recognize them the same rights as French fighters...
Rabah KHELIFF, president of the Union Nationale des Anciens Combattants Français Musulmans (UNACFM) evokes the lack of recognition of the soldiers of the French colonial troops in 14-18 in particular regarding the amount of their remuneration or their disability pension.
Report on the role played by French colonial troops during the Second World War on the occasion of an exhibition at the Grand Palais entitled "La France d'Outre-Mer dans la guerre" and inaugurated by Mr Paul GIACCOBI, Minister of the Colonies, and by Admiral André LEMONNIER.
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