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20 août 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.editionscnrs.13089
- isbn: 9782271081964
- eisbn: 9782271122247
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Le Van Ho Mireille, « World War I: 50,000 Vietnamese nationals in the industry that was the French war », CNRS Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.editionscnrs.13089
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January 2014 World War I inaugurated the first meeting between French citizens and what were known as “colonial subjects” in France. Almost 90,000 Vietnamese nationals enrolled unwillingly in French factories and barracks. 50,000 of them were sent to work in developing industrial warfare. As Michel Goya wrote: “1916 marks a rupture, a turning point, the critical transition from classical to modern warfare.” 900,000 colonial or so-called “exotic” workers, were brought to France from Indochina,...