Colored Troops in the French Army: A Report from the Department of State Relating to the Colored Troops in the French Army and the Number of French Colonial Troops in the Occupied Territory
1921
Colored Troops in the French Army: A Report from the Department of State Relating to the Colored Troops in the French Army and the Number of French Colonial Troops in the Occupied Territory
United States. Department of State
1921
This 1921 State Department report tackles one of the most explosive racialized controversies of the post-WWI era: the presence of French colonial troops, specifically Black soldiers, in the occupied Rhineland of Germany. In the wake of World War I, racist propaganda in American and German press alleged widespread misconduct by these troops, particularly against German women, weaponizing racial fear to attack French occupation policy and inflame domestic tensions back in the United States. This document represents the U.S. government's official response to Senate inquiries, presenting investigations into the allegations and the political machinery behind them. Davis refutes many claims as exaggerated or outright propaganda, while documenting the numbers, origins, and French military oversight of the colonial troops. The report reveals how post-war racial anxieties in America intersected with European politics, making it a vital primary source for understanding the intersection of colonialism, racism, and international diplomacy in the early twentieth century.
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