The Siamese occupation of Germany was a small enclave within the Rhineland occupation zone of Germany in 1918–1919, controlled by Siam and entirely surrounded by the French occupation zone. The occupa
Major General Phraya Pichai Charnyarit (Phad Devahastin Na Ayudhaya), commander of the Siamese Expeditionary Forces.
Thai World War Volunteers Memorial in Bangkok
Black Horror on the Rhine
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The Black Horror on the Rhine was a moral panic perpetuated in Weimar Germany and elsewhere concerning allegations of widespread crimes, especially sexual crimes, supposedly committed by Senegalese an
Siamese occupation of Germany
…propagandists later cited the presence of dark-skinned troops on German soil as evidence of an assault on German civilisation, a campaign known as the "Black Horror on the Rhine". The relationships with German women mentioned in Siamese soldiers' memoirs were likely part of the wider context of propagandists' allegations of…
"Brutality, Bestiality, Equality". German postcard sent in January 1923, depicting a Senegalese soldier of the French army alongside a Czech one. The verse text reads: The one is from Senegal / The other's name is Dolezal (Doležal is a common Czech surname) / The Negro steals in the Rhineland / The Czech in Prague and Eger / Each in his way looks out for / France's honor, glory and praise.
"To the heroes of the Black Army": Monument to Senegalese soldiers of the French army who successfully defended Reims in July 1918.
Soldiers of the 7th Algerian Tirailleurs Regiment in 1917
Blaise Diagne, Senegalese champion of citizenship for military service