workingclasshistory:

On this day, 25 August 1944, the liberation of Paris was completed by the Free French forces and the occupying German troops surrendered. However, the Free French unit which recaptured the city had been ethnically cleansed of black soldiers - who made up nearly two thirds of the Free French army, as US and UK military commanders only allowed the French to liberate the city if they excluded black troops. Black servicemen were also excluded from the liberation celebrations. Pictured is resistance hero Georges Dukson, right, who had been shot and wounded in action, near General De Gaulle during the official celebrations. After this photograph was taken, he was removed from the event at gunpoint. This is a short account of this travesty: https://libcom.org/history/whitewashing-french-forces-liberation-paris-steven-johns https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1195828077269007/?type=3