<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chad">Chad</a> becomes the first French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colony">colony</a> to join the Allies under the administration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Félix_Éboué" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Félix Éboué">Félix Éboué</a>, France's first black colonial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor">governor</a>.