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Tango0130 Sep 2026 1:41 p.m. PST

"A massacre of African World War II riflemen demanding pay for fighting for France in 1944 was premeditated, covered up and its death toll vastly underestimated, according to a paper submitted to the Senegalese president and seen by the news agency AFP.

According to French colonial authorities at the time, at least 35 infantrymen were killed during the massacre at the Thiaroye camp, near the Senegalese capital Dakar…"

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Dagwood30 Sep 2026 2:31 p.m. PST

Links to Fantasy message board ?

Erzherzog Johann30 Sep 2026 5:28 p.m. PST

"Links to Fantasy message board ?"

Well that's unfortunate. I saw the comment and thought, "What? Someone's in denial about this incident???" Then I clicked the link to read the actual story . . .

Here are a couple of links.

The first is to what may have been the original intended by Armand, (the headline being the same as his:

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The second is to a more recent update on the incident and the proceedings:

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79thPA Supporting Member of TMP30 Sep 2026 6:00 p.m. PST

Interesting. Something that I was not aware of.

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