Moyen-Congo | African territory

Moyen-Congo , (French:"Middle Kongo"), one of the four regions includes , French - Equatorial Africa , whose origins can be derived from the establishment in 1880 by the researcher Pierre de Savorgnan Brazza of a station in Ntamo. From 1934, Moyen-Congo was administered directly by the Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa. Independent status has been set as Congo Republic in 1960 and later became People's Republic of the Congo renamed , abbreviated Congo (Brazzaville).

Britannica Quiz Destination Africa:Fact or Fiction? Is Africa's northernmost point further north than Europe's southernmost point? See if your geographical knowledge points north or south on this journey through Africa.

Oyo Empire | historical kingdom in West Africa

Avanti | old kingdom, india

Senegalese skirmishers
Senegalese skirmishers are a body of soldiers formed within the French colonial Empire in 1857, the main element of the Black Force. In 1914-1918, around 200,000 Senegalese from the AOF fought in the French ranks, including more than 135,000 in Europe. 30,000 of them died there, and many returned i
Corporal Peugeot
Jules-André Peugeot was a corporal in the French army, born in Étupes on June 11, 1893 and died in Joncherey in the Territoire de Belfort on August 2, 1914. He was the first French soldier to die in the First World War. Coming from a modest background, born in Étupes, in the Doubs, he was destine
Historical context
In July 1940, Great Britain and Germany came face to face. The armistice signed by the French government does not only deprive England of an ally which had undertaken, 3 months before, not to conclude any separate agreement with the Reich, it gives to the Kriegsmarine, at the time when it begins to
Breakthrough of Sedan
The breakthrough of Sedan is a major and decisive offensive during the Second World War, launched on May 10, 1940 by the Wehrmacht from Germany crossing Luxembourg and Belgium (Luxembourg Province) towards Sedan; German troops cross the Ardennes massif, deemed impassable by the French General Staff,