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Unit 4
Grades 9-10
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The Tirailleurs Senegalais: Africa's Soldiers in France's War

The tirailleurs senegalais, French for "Senegalese riflemen," originated as a colonial infantry corps formally established in 1857 under Louis Faidherbe, military governor of Senegal, initially recruited to serve French colonial conquest and security operations across West…

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