Thiaroye massacre
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The Thiaroye massacre (French: Massacre de Thiaroye; pronounced [tja.ʁwa]) was a massacre of French West African veterans of the 1940 Battle of France, by French forces on the morning of 1 December 1944. These Tirailleurs Sénégalais units had been recently liberated from prisoner camps and after being repatriated to West Africa, they mutinied against poor conditions and defaulted pay at the Thiaroye military camp, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal. Between 35 and over 300 people were killed.
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Part of French West Africa in World War II | |
Location | Thiaroye, Dakar, French West Africa |
Coordinates | 14.756°N 17.377°W / 14.756; -17.377 |
Date | 1 December 1944 9 a.m. (GMT) |
Attack type | Massacre of Tirailleurs Sénégalais mutinying against poor conditions and defaulted pay |
Deaths | up to 300 (claimed by veterans) 35 (French government claim) |
Injured | hundreds |
Perpetrator | French Army (1st Regiment of Senegalese Tirailleurs, 7th Regiment of Senegalese Tirailleurs, National Gendarmerie, 6th Regiment of Colonial Artillery) |
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