Image: French military build-up in Djibouti 1938
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Description: Pictures related to the French military build-up in Djibouti following Fascist Italy's demand in November 1938 that it be ceded French Somaliland. The top photograph shows African colonial troops marching in front of recently-built concrete gun positions. In the photo below, light tanks are rolling down in front of civilians and government officials.
Title: French military build-up in Djibouti 1938
Credit: J. Trampont, Djibouti Hier, de 1887 à 1939, Hatier, Paris, 1990.
Author: AnonymousUnknown author
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