Faransanci Yammacin Afirka a Yaƙin Duniya na II
 Faransanci Yammacin Afirka a Yaƙin Duniya na II | |
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| Bangare na | Yakin Duniya na II |
A yakin duniya na biyu, Afirka ta Yammacin Faransa (Afrique occidentale française, AOF) ba wuri ne na manyan fada ba. Wani babban mataki ne kawai ya faru a can: Yaƙin Dakar (23-25 Satumba 1940). Yankin ya kasance a ƙarƙashin ikon Vichy Faransa bayan faduwar Faransa (25 Yuni 1940) har zuwa mamayewar Allied na Arewacin Afirka (8-16 Nuwamba 1942). Gabon na Faransa, mulkin mallaka na Faransa na Equatorial Afirka da ba ta shiga Free France ba bayan armistice, ta fadi ga mamaye Free French Forces daga yankuna makwabta bayan Yaƙin Gabon (8-12 Nuwamba 1940), ta kara ware Afirka ta Yamma.
Ba kamar a cikin babban birnin Faransa ba, Sojojin mulkin mallaka na Faransa a Yammacin Afirka ba a rage su ba bayan armistice na 1940 kuma 'yanci bai shiga tsakani da ikon Axis ba, yana ba da ƙarin mahimmanci ga sojojin Free France bayan an sake shi. Kafin wannan ya faru, akwai wasu tashin hankali tsakanin Faransa da yankunan Burtaniya masu makwabta, musamman Saliyo, wanda ya haifar da kafa Freetown Defence Flight a watan Yunin 1941, amma babu wani abin da ya faru na soja.[1]