In a historic step, France’s lower house of parliament has voted unanimously to recognise the suffering of people repatriated ...

The Indochina War was one of the bloodiest ... The ensuing battles between the Viet Minh and the French forces, including local soldiers fighting on the side of the French, were marked by extreme ...

"As a military nurse, Genevieve de Galard showed exemplary devotion to the courage and suffering of 15,000 French soldiers during the worst hours of the Indochina war." Galard told AFP in 2014 ...

Most were French soldiers, but there were also many enemy ... of women helicopter pilots that Phelan co-founded in 1955. After Indochina, where she earned the French Croix de Guerre, the Grand ...

Those who remain unnamed would be laid to rest in a cemetery for soldiers who lost their lives in the 1946-1954 Indochina war. Vietnam’s victory over the French in Dien Bien Phu led to the ...

The French Foreign Legion is regarded as the toughest army corps in the world. Its soldiers fight on the ... Morocco and Indochina. And they were often associated with the dubious reputation ...

She flew 128 missions and rescued 168 soldiers during the French-Indochina War. Those missions took her to the most dangerous combat zones imaginable. Despite red crosses painted prominently on ...