What the records say
- When
- 1 Dec 1944
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 35
- Coordinates
- 14.76° N, 17.38° W
- Description
- massacre of French West African troops by French forces
Thiaroye massacre
Massacre of French West African troops by French forces
The Thiaroye massacre was a massacre of black African soldiers serving in French West Africa, committed by the French Army on the morning of 1 December 1944 near Dakar, French Senegal. Those killed were members of the Tirailleurs Sénégalais, and were veterans of the 1940 Battle of France who had been recently liberated from prison camps in Europe.
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