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  1. The Thiaroye massacre (French: Massacre de Thiaroye; pronounced) was a massacre of French West African veterans of the 1940 Battle of France, by French forces on the morning of 1 December 1944.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ThiaroyeThiaroye - Wikipedia

    Thiaroye (or Tiaroye) is the name of a historic town in Sénégal, situated in the suburbs of Dakar, on the southeast coast of the Cap-Vert peninsula, between Pikine and Rufisque.

  3. Sep 9, 2020 · THIAROYE, Senegal — Before the old man dies, he yearns to see his father’s bones. It’s the only way to clear his family’s name, he said, and prove a long-buried truth to the world: Hundreds of...

  4. May 13, 2022 · Wikipedia. 7.1K views 1 year ago #Senegal. Thousands of West African soldiers fought for France against the Nazis in World War II. But on December 1, 1944, scores of them were gunned down in ...

  5. While Thiaroye has been the subject of many cultural reappropriations in Senegaleven before historians studied the events in the late 1990s—its memory has been most persistent in the world of politics.

  6. May 13, 2022 · What really happened on that fateful day at the Thiaroye military camp near the Senegalese capital Dakar? Eighty years on, the documentary "Thiaroye 44" takes a closer look at this dark page...

  7. www.ourhistory.org.uk › the-thiaroye-massacreThe Thiaroye Massacre

    Jun 8, 2024 · On a fateful day in December 1944, a tragic and often overlooked event unfolded in the town of Thiaroye, Senegal, leaving an indelible mark on the history of French West African veterans.