The colonialism that characterized French policy during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries created for the rulers of the French Empire the need for a military force to accomplish the tasks required by colonial adventures in and out of Africa. The first discussions emerge because of various projects needing the use of human resources owned by the colonies, particularly Algeria and its riches. Algeria served as a people, ecological, and economic reservoir for France.
Algeria During the First World War
The colonialism that characterized French policy during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries created for the rulers of the French Empire the need for a military force to accomplish the tasks required by colonial adventures in and out of Africa.
Algeria During the First World War
The colonialism that characterized French policy during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries created for the rulers of the French Empire the need for a military force to accomplish the tasks required by colonial adventures in and out of Africa. The first discussions emerge because of various projects needing the use of human resources owned by the colonies, particularly Algeria and its riches. Algeria served as a people, ecological, and economic reservoir for France.
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