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2 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
59 mins
The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire looks at the history of how many non-white peoples participated in World War I including four million Indians, Africans, African Americans, Chinese, and Indo-Chinese workers and fighters. It discusses the Indians taken from the British colonial empire that fought on the Western front in Europe. It looks at the Senegalese Tirailleurs who fought for the French.
Episode 2
58 mins
The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire looks at the entry of the Ottomon Empire into World War I and how the colonial empires of Europe drew manpower from their colonies to fight their enemies throughout the world. It looks at German efforts to instigate rebellion in the Muslim colonies of the Allies and examines Mir Mast expedition of Afghanistan. It also looks at the role of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's African Askari in German East Africa. It examines European reactions of Indian and Chinese troops and workers in Dikkebus, Belgium. It also looks at how African American soldiers were used in segregated labor units, but later saw action as part of the French army.