Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century\'s two World wars.
Territorially, Free France spanned from the Libyan border with Chad down to the Congo River, and to the scattered tin.
What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is how much General de Gaulle\'s Free France drew its strength from 1940 to the middle of 1943 from fighting men, resources, and operations in French Equatorial Africa rather than London.
Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century\'s two World wars