| At least 3,000 Senegalese Tirailleurs were murdered after being taken prisoner. |
| In 1940 he became a member of the tirailleurs senegalais, the native African infantrymen who fought in Europe and African during the war. |
| The Senegalese Tirailleurs forming the garrison were paraded for their inspection. |
| Tragically, during the hardest-fought period in the French campaign, up to 3,000 of these Tirailleurs Senegalais prisoners were evidently massacred by German soldiers. |
