What impact did African colonial troops have in World War II? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

What impact did African colonial troops have in World War II?

by windisch

I'm especially interested in their role in Europe after watching this speech by Thomas Sankara. It seems obvious that France and the United Kingdom would use African soldiers, but was their impact as big as Sankara claims?

OldWorldGlory

While you wait for answers better tailored to your question, you may be interested in reading a comment about some of the wartime accomplishments of the King's African Rifles:

In "In WWII, why didn't Britain use more of its colonial armies in Europe?" /u/khosikulu highlighted this group and in a following comment /r/Bernardito elaborated on their combat history.