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World War II in Colonial Africa

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This book does a good job of summarizing ALL of the action in ALL of Africa during WWII. I found the information about the conflicts between Vichy French and Free French forces in the French colonial possessions to be very interesting. There is also a lot of information about the combat forces the Free French contributed to the Allies.

In World War II In Colonial Africa: The Death Knell Of Colonialism, Richard Osborne provides a history of the entire continent of Africa during World War II. This era comprised several African theaters of war and Osborne reveals how they related to each other as well as to the conflicts taking place in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the oceans surrounding the African continent. A unique and invaluable edition to World War II histories as well as highly recommended for African and 20th Century international studies reading lists, World War II In Colonial Africa also examines the wartime experiences of the native African populations, and how those experiences influenced the eventual post-war decolonization of the continent.