Russian President Vladimir Putin recently praised the contributions of Burkina Faso’s World War II heroes during a diplomatic ...

Ceremonies in the cities of Guelma, Kherrata and Setif on Thursday paid homage to the thousands of Algerians killed by French ...

As Europe celebrates the 80th anniversary of its triumph over fascism and the end of World War II, Algeria is remembering a ...

Israeli society became aware of the events of World War II in North ... extended to North Africa following the establishment of the Vichy regime. In Algeria, where Jews had held French citizenship ...

Conflict began in 1935 when Italy invaded and then occupied Ethiopia. The Emperor went into exile in Britain. This invasion led to a widespread willingness on the part of people in Africa to fight ...

Men brought over from the French colonies in North Africa and West Africa to fight and to die for France, the nation that had taken over their own countries by military force in the 19th century.

More than 500,000 tirailleurs from North Africa, West Africa and Madagascar fought for France during WWII ... French statistics. The war's ending sparked similar disenchantment in Britain’s ...