Empire et colonies
VISITE du MUSEE de L'ARMEE (hotel des invalides )
Durant cette visite les élèves découvrent des soldats venus d'ailleurs , combattants dans les tranchées boueuses du Nord de la France......
L'EMPIRE COLONIAL FRANCAIS
Au début des années 1930, l'Empire s'étendait sur 12347000 kilomètres carrès soit 22 fois la superficie de la France (soit une soixantaine de pays ou de territoires colonisés)
LES COLONIES FRANCAISES: FIERTE affichée
Visite du Musée de l'armée: Les colonies françaises engagées dans la guerre.
Dès 1857, des bataillons de tirailleurs sénégalais recrutés parmi les anciens esclaves récemment libérés(1848) étaient immédiatement enrolés (que la France a colonisé dès 1854) et ont été des acteurs majeurs de l'empire colonial français contribuant à sa richesse économique.
Propagande pour recruter dans les colonies: affiches et cartes postales mettent en avant l'impétuosité, l'endurance et la vocation guerrière de ses soldats venus d'ailleurs....
Et du coté Anglais .....
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DECOLONISATION ET NATIONS UNIS
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Adopted by General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960
The General Assembly, (
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1. The subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and is an impediment to the promotion of world peace and co-operation.
2. All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
3. Inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence.
4. All armed action or repressive measures of all kinds directed against dependent peoples shall cease in order to enable them to exercise peacefully and freely their right to complete independence, and the integrity of their national territory shall be respected.
5. Immediate steps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or colour, in order to enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom.
6. Any attempt aimed at the partial or total disruption of the national unity and the territorial integrity of a country is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
7. All States shall observe faithfully and strictly the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the present Declaration on the basis of equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of all States, and respect for the sovereign rights of all peoples and their territorial integrity.