May 11, 2015 · Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 1954. History and images of the well-known battle with the Viet Minh in then French Indochina. Well-ordered data, maps, photos, French and Foreign …

This included France's regular troops (notably elite paratrooper units, plus those of the artillery), French Foreign Legionnaires, Algerian and Moroccan tirailleurs (colonial troops from North …

In Vietnam, the Legion lost a large number of men in the catastrophic Battle of Dien Bien Phu against forces of the Viet Minh. Subsequent military campaigns included those during the …

The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) …

Feb 26, 2022 · After the Viet Minh withdrew from Dong Khe, the French commander in chief, Gen. Marcel Carpentier, a total stranger to Indochina, could have avoided another Viet Minh …

Jun 2, 2024 · The French Foreign Legion was involved in the decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu in then French Indochina 70 years ago. The battle occurred in a remote valley in northeastern …

The French garrison, made up of Frenchmen, Algerians, Moroccans, French Foreign Legionnaires, enlisted Vietnamese, T’ai tribal partisans, and a small unit of West Africans, had …

Dec 4, 2022 · Underestimating the strength of the garrison and expecting easy prey, the Viet Minh divisions encircled the camp and attacked it. The lesser known week battle, seen as “a …

Mar 8, 2022 · Fauroux returned to Indochina in 1952 as the executive officer of a parachute battalion and fought at Dien Bien Phu, a French defeat that set in motion a series of political …

French Foreign Legion soldiers during the First Indochina War. The first two years of the war (1947-48) was marked by sporadic fighting. The CEFEO was able to quickly capture and …