Days of Glory

1943. More than 100,000 “indigenous” soldiers leave the French colonies of Algeria, Morocco and Senegal to liberate their “fatherland” from the Nazi enemy. Among these volunteers, Said – who enlisted mainly to escape poverty – leaves his home town in Algeria to fight for the French in the Second World War where he soon discovers the cultural and hierarchical hurdles he must overcome in order to succeed, indeed survive, in this brutal environment.

Joining ranks with other North African soldiers, Said is sent into numerous battles where the outcome is less than certain and it becomes clear preferential treatment is given to the mainlanders over the hard working Arabs.

Captain Martinez, Yassir, Messaoud, Abdelkader and Said are sent into dangerous territory with the promise of great reward. They must rely on each others strengths and support the members in need in order to survive with the hope to prosper from their courageous efforts. They fight in Italy, in Provence, in the Vosges mountains, until they find themselves being the only survivors of their unit to defend a small Alsacian village.

Their greatest fears become reality: can they depend on the word of their colonist superiors?

A tale of forgotten heroes, a moment in French and North African history that was long kept away from public attention.