World War I: Asians on the European Front

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World War I: Asians on the European Front

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Nearly 2 million Asians came to the battlefields of Europe and the Middle East during the First World War. From soldiers to factory workers and labourers—some tasked with cleaning the trenches from the horrors of war—their lives were forever changed and would eventually help trigger the onset of decolonization. An overview with the historian Claire Tran.
https://news.cnrs.fr/opinions/world-war ... pean-front
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How are they defining Asian? The Turks were Asians. The majority of the grunts in the Russian army were Asian. All of the British Indian troops were Asian. Is she Vietnamese? That'll be the French, then.
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cptrelentless wrote: Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:16 pm How are they defining Asian? The Turks were Asians. The majority of the grunts in the Russian army were Asian. All of the British Indian troops were Asian. Is she Vietnamese? That'll be the French, then.
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