![]() ![]() ![]() Paradoxically, the call to arms to defend empire coexisted with the inferior status of non-white people within the imperial hierarchy. Empires could not prosecute a successful war without colonial troops. The colonies were critical to the war effort as a source of both labour and materials. But some 4 million non-white men were mobilised into the European and American armies during the war, in both combatant and non-combatant roles. Popular images of brave young white men dying for king and country dominate museum exhibits. The First World War is still widely perceived to be a white man’s war based on the Western front. ![]()
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