A Black Corps D'Elite

An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion With The French Army In Mexico, 1863-1867, And Its Survivors In Subsequent African History

by Peter Hogg e Richard Hill
language: english
Publisher: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, September of 2024 ‧
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For several years, the armies of Napoleon III deployed some 450 Muslim Sudanese slave soldiers in Veracruz, the port of Mexico City. The Sudanese were imported from Africa in the hopes that they would better survive the tropical diseases that so terribly afflicted European soldiers. The authors provide a thorough account of this exotic interlude.

A Black Corps D'Elite

An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion With The French Army In Mexico, 1863-1867, And Its Survivors In Subsequent African History

by Peter Hogg e Richard Hill

Property Description
ISBN: 9781611865028
Publisher: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: September of 2024
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 259
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Africa
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9781611865028