Word: sharis
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...zealot for continuing the fight. After he had pointed out that Equatorial Africa depends for its livelihood on the British-controlled coastline, after he had told the inhabitants what would happen to their economy if they refused, one by one the five colonies (Cameroun, Chad, Gabon, Middle Congo, Ubangi-Shari) voted to put themselves under De Gaulle without reservations. Even so the old pro-Vichy governor at Brazzaville had to be wrapped in a blanket and deposited across the border in Belgian...