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French colonial soldiers in German captivity during World War II /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scheck, Raffael, 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoners of war > Germany > History > 20th century.
Prisoners of war > France > History > 20th century.
France. > Armée. > Troupes coloniales > History > World War, 1939-1945.
France > Colonies > Africa > History, Military > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The start of captivity
  • The colonial prisoners in Franco-German diplomacy
  • The German treatment of the colonial prisoners in France
  • French guards for colonial prisoners
  • German propaganda for Muslim prisoners
  • The labor of colonial prisoners
  • The physical and mental state of the prisoners
  • Human relations: co-prisoners and civilians
  • Colonial prisoners and the end of the war.