Nigerians made up more than half of the total force of
90,000 West African soldiers deployed to South-East Asia after 1943, as part of
the British army’s 81st and 82nd (West Africa) Divisions.
Allied commander General William Slim did not mention the
African soldiers in his speech thanking the 14th army and seventy years on,
many remain bitter that their contribution was never recognised fully.
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