1. Africa and World War One
While Algerians were he most heavily represented areas of Africa to see action in France, other nations mainly French Black Africa nations like Morocco and Senegal sent to France over 150,000 themselves . ... The idea of conscription was not popular at all in the French colonies. ... In Senegal for instance the French were offering French citizenship to all the originaires . However despite this the French had only sent 90,000 men to France by November 1917, of which 50,000 had come in the month of October 1916. After November 1917, new measures were taken up and another 72,000 men were raised...
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