9/25/2023 0 Comments World of warships carrier patch![]() ![]() The General Council disagreed with the Government and decided ”to contact General de Gaulle directly on 2 August 1940”. © Noumea City Museumīut ”de Gaulle Committees” were set up all around New Caledonia and support lists were going around. Furthermore, of the 2,290 men of the Bataillon du Pacifique (which, of course, included recruits from all French possessions), 332 were decorated on the front. Ramona CollectionĪccording to the archives of the Amicale des Anciens Combattants de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonia Veterans Association), out of 1,134 Melanesian volunteers who went to France between 19 (or approximately 18% of the men of fighting age), 374 were killed on the front, notably in the Aisne in July-August 1918, and 167 were wounded. The Sontay embarks troops at Noumea, 23 April 1915. Thus, the first convoy of 700 Melanesian soldiers left Noumea on 23 April 1915 on the Sontay, after several weeks of training for the recruits. The Kanaks' participation in the fight earned them France's recognition, ensuring them good land and the means to cultivate it. ![]() The argument developed was quite traditional. Moreover, for the needs of the war, the Kanak people were called upon, notably with the help of a Protestant pastor (the Protestant religion was imported by British explorers and colonists in the 19th century and is very important), Maurice Leenhardt, who took on the role of a mediator and spokesman for ”mobilising” the Kanak populations. Noumea, departure for La Grange, 4 June 1916 © Noumea City Museumįrom the point of view of the contingents involved, according to the official French statistics, one thousand fighters came from Oceania. ![]() But the naval war carried out by the Germans was to last for some time, and later they engaged in submarine warfare. From the start of the Great War, France's possessions in the Pacific were to play a significant role given their strategic position in the great ocean and due to the fact that they are not far from major sea routes for the warring parties' trade, the traffic of their warships and notably because, starting in August 1914, the well-targeted operations carried out by Japan were to eliminate Germany from their Far East possessions in China and the Pacific. ![]()
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