French Colonialism Unmasked: The Vichy Years in French West Africa (France Overseas: Studies in Empire and D)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: May 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780803217461
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); World history; History; History: World; France; History / France; Europe - France
First sentence: On 25 June 1940, immediately after signing the armistice with Germany, the new leader of France, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, made a speech to the nation in which he referred to the French empire: "I was no less concerned about our colonies than about metropolitan France.