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title: French Colonial Troops, 1940
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20116/french-colonial-troops-1940/
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updated: 2025-02-27
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# French Colonial Troops, 1940
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20116.png)
## Image Caption
A photograph of captured French colonial troops from [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/) during the Fall of France to Nazi Germany in June 1940 during the Second World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1939-45).
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## Cite This Work
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Museums, I. W. (2025, February 27). French Colonial Troops, 1940. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205225862) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 27 February 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.