Around three million soldiers from the Empire served in the British armed forces in World War One and fought against German forces in East Africa, the Ottomans in the Middle East and some fought in Western Europe. They were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais and from the Bambara, a Mande ethnic group in West AfricaA patrol of Indian lancers near Amiens in France soon after the outbreak of war in autumn 1914. A year later Indian troops fought against the Ottoman Turks in Palestine and Mesopotamia  a region which now includes Iraq, Kuwait and parts of Iran, Syria and Turkey. A year later Indian troops fought against the Ottoman Turks in Palestine and Mesopotamia  a region which now includes Iraq, Kuwait and parts of Iran, Syria and Turkey. In Egypt, 330,000 labourers provided service in France and the Middle east.
The empire relied on forced labour.
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The empire relied on forced labour .
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