A member of the Indian Army Services Corps at Dunkirk (1940)
Although often overlooked many Indians and Africans participated in the early fighting in France during WWII as well as the Dunkirk evacuation.
Amongst the British Expeditionary Force, there were around 2,000 Indians as well as several hundred Afrcians. Four contingents of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps were sent to support the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940. Three of them were successfully evacuated at Dunkirk while the 4th was taken prisoner by the Germans. In 1940, the French army included more than 100,000 black French soldiers from France’s African colonies, mainly Senegal, Mauritania, and Niger. More than 75,000 of them served in France before and during the German invasion; the rest of them served guard duty in the various colonies.
On the French side of things in 1940, the French army included more than 100,000 black French soldiers from France’s African colonies, mainly Senegal, Mauritania, and Niger. More than 75,000 of them served in France before and during the German invasion; the rest of them served guard duty in the various colonies. An estimated 40,000 Black-French soldiers took part in the Battle of France, holding off the German Army from the evacuation point, with 10,000 killed and the remained taken as P.O.Ws. Surviving Black regiments would go on to form the backbone of the Free French Army.
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