World War II was not 'really white'

According to the article, 'papers unearthed by the BBC reveal that British and American commanders ensured that the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1945 was seen as a 'whites only' victory, adding that 'the BBC's Document programme has seen evidence that black colonial  soldiers - who made up around two-thirds of Free French Forces - were deliberately removed from the unit that led the Allied advance into the French capital. The article further says that by the time France fell more than 17,000 of its black colonial troops lay dead.

Here in Botswana, it is commonplace to see a Motswana World War II veteran being dismissed whenever he tries to narrate his WWII gallantry. It is a sad fact that the efforts of our veterans were never properly documented perhaps as a measure of insuring that none of them gets the glory that they deserve.