Dn uhlaka lomlando wethu ocashile, ngukucwaswa kwabantu ngokobuhlanga kwabantu baseSenegal tirailleurs ababefunwa yiFrance, ngesikhathi sempi ka-1939-45. Emnyango osenyakatho weLyon naseGolden Mountains, ngoJuni 19 no-20, 1940, ngamabomu abizelwa lapho impi yalahleka khona ngaphambili, izibhamu zaseSenegal zabulawa ngesihluku ngamaJalimane. Enkanjini yaseThiaroye, ngaseDakar, eSenegal, kwakuyibutho laseFrance elibadubula ngobusuku bukaDisemba 1 kuya ku-2, 1944.
Emlandweni weMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba, umlando wabashayeli bezempi baseSenegal awukho, yize isenzo sabo besithathe isinqumo. Ukungabikho ezincwadini zesikole, akukho lutho noma cishe akukho okufakazela ubukhona obunqumayo be-Afrika enkululekweni yaseFrance. Kwakuse-Afrika lapho u-de Gaulle ahlela khona ukuphikiswa futhi, ngenxa yokuntuleka kokwesekwa ngabantu bakubo, kwakusemhlabathini wase-Afrika lapho agcina khona ukuthola iningi lamabutho akhululekileyo aseFrance. Kepha, njengasemikhakheni eminingi, iFrance iphinde futhi yakhetha ukukhohlisa okungokomlando.