Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

June 20, 1940

This photo shows captured Senegalese soldiers in service with the French army shortly before they were massacred by the Germans at Chasselay near Lyon. German troops that invaded France that year committed a number of widespread atrocities, especially against Black African colonial troops.

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