African Colonial Prisoners of the Germans
Subtitle: A Pictorial History of Captive Soldiers in the World Wars
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781476665450
Subjects: France, armee; World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, german; World war, 1914-1918, prisoners and prisons; Prisoners of war; France, colonies, africa; France, history, military
Description: "Through both world wars, young African conscripts from Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, the Congo and elsewhere found themselves fighting for their colonial rulers, facing unknown enemies in unknown lands. This book, featuring a collection of never before published photos taken by German soldiers. The author presents the images in the historical context of imperialism and colonialism"--