The loss after just six hours of a position held by the Legion galvanized the French general staff in Hanoi. On the 14th, the 5th Bn. Para Vietnamese was dropped to reinforce the garrison. On the evening of the same day, at 6:00 p.m., the bombardment of the Gabrielle strongpoint, occupied by Algeria
On November 4, 1943, with a view to organizing a French presence in the fight against the Japanese in Indochina, General de Gaulle decided to create a Light Intervention Corps - an entirely European commando unit intended to reinforce the troops of the interior of Indochina, following a plan of resi
Classical Athens was the worlds first democracy. It was also the only police run by a city government in the Greek world, surrounded by powerful monarchies and oligarchies who were skeptical of their system. Despite its uniqueness, Athens became the richest and most powerful state in the Delian Le
The Charton column:a disparate convoyCao Bang, October 3, 6 am. The fifteen outposts of the hedgehog defending the city are abandoned one after the other. The last position evacuated, the 150 tons of ammunition stored in the Citadel jump. It is a disparate convoy that engages on the R.C.4. The troop