The Viet Minh, also spelled Viet-Minh, Viêt-Minh or Vietminh (contraction of Viet Nam Ðoc Lap Ðong Minh Hoi, in chu nôm, or in French League for the Independence of Vietnam), was a Vietnamese political and paramilitary organization , created in 1941 by the Indochinese Communist Party. The Viet Minh
The history of the chant “La Legion marches” is linked to the Condor Legion and the SS, German and French divisions. The Condor Legion was an air force formed from Nazi Germanys Luftwaffe personnel, which fought in Spain during the Civil War between January 1937 and April 1939. It was the first to s
The Dinnassaults The Dinnassé are units of the French Navy engaged on the inland waterways of the peninsula during the Indochina War. During the conflict ten units of this type will be born. History The Dinassault or naval assault divisions were created in 1947, thus succeeding the river flotillas
Võ Nguyên Giáp was born in 1911 or 1912 in An Xá (Vietnam). He was a Vietnamese general during the Vietnam War and the Indochina War, winner of the Battle of Ðiện Biên Phủ. At its simplest and shortest, General Vo Nguyên Giap entered military history and the military and strategic studies of poli
Born October 26, 1927 in Paris. He took an active part in the battles of the Second World War and was wounded by a mine on February 4, 1945 in the Vosges. Roger Vandenberghe After the end of the conflict, he left for Indochina and very quickly found himself at the heart of the toughest fighting
Roger Faulques was a maquisard in 1944 and took part in the last battles of the Second World War in the 1st Army, then a corporal he was cited and received the Croix de guerre at the age of 20. Noted for his ardor in combat and his sense of command, he was appointed to the Special Military School of
Pierre Segretain (1909 - October 8, 1950) was a French soldier, born in Saint-Mihiel, in the Meuse. He served in the Foreign Legion during World War II and the Indochina War. Born into a family with a military tradition, he spent two years in the Corniche at the Sainte Geneviève high school in Versa
Pierre Ponchardier the Ponch Pierre Ponchardier (October 4, 1909 - January 27, 1961) was a French admiral (rear-admiral) born in Saint-Étienne.Biography After the Naval School, he took courses at the Air Force Application School in Versailles. He joined the naval aviation and commanded 1B squadro
From Free France to the counter-revolutionary crusade. The man is entirely in his nom de guerre:“Conan”, which this Breton from Morlaix, son of a man killed in 1915, chose when he joined, among the first, General de Gaulle in London. Originally an artilleryman, then an aviation observer, he found
Marcel Bigeard, born February 14, 1916 in Toul and died June 18, 2010 in the same city, was a French soldier and politician. He has the distinction of having been called up as a non-commissioned man, 2nd class, in 1936 and of having ended his military career in 1976 as a four-star general officer (g
Functions Member of the Constitutional CouncilMarch 1968 – March 1977Minister of Veterans Affairs and War VictimsDecember 6, 1962 – January 8 1966Pompidou II government Deputy for the 2nd district of ParisNovember 25, 1962 – January 6, 1963Second Legislature (Fifth Republic) Birth name Jean Roger
Jean-Marie de Lattre de Tassigny was a Marshal of France (born February 2, 1889 in Mouilleron-en-Pareds in Vendée - died January 11, 1952 in Paris). Born into an old aristocratic family in French Flanders, and younger brother of Anne-Marie, he received a quality education at Saint Joseph College in
Hô Chi Minh, in Vietnamese Hồ Chí Minh (literally, one who enlightens) to listen, whose real name is Nguyễn Sinh Cung, born May 19, 1890 in the village of Huang Tru bordered by rice fields 360 km from Hué and 1442 from Saigon, is a Vietnamese statesman and founder of the Democratic Republic of Vietn
Jean Gilles (Perpignan October 14, 1904 - Mont-Louis August 10, 1961) was a general of the French army who notably commanded the French parachute troops during the Indochina War. He was also the head of the airborne operation during the Suez crisis. Family origins Jean Gilles (Jean, Marcellin, Jose
Admiral Thierry dArgenlieu (in religion:Father Louis de la Trinité O.C.D.), born and died in Brest (August 7, 1889 - September 7, 1964), was a sailor, Carmelite religious priest and French resistance fighter. Childhood, training and early career From a bourgeois Picardy family established in Argenl
Jean Decoux, born in Bordeaux on May 5, 1884 and died in Paris on October 21, 1963, was a French naval officer. Wing Vice-Admiral at the start of the Second World War, he was Commander-in-Chief of the naval forces in the Far East and Governor General of French Indochina from June 25, 1940 to March 9
Family origins Roger Trinquier was born on March 20, 1908 into a peasant family in La Beaume in the Hautes-Alpes. He studied at the municipal school of his native village where he obtained his certificate of studies in 1920. In 1925, he entered the normal school of Aix-en-Provence. Military career
Pierre Charles Albert Marie Langlais (born December 2, 1909 in Pontivy in Morbihan, died July 17, 1986 in Vannes) was a French officer who fought in the Second World War and the Indochina War. He is known for having commanded the centre sector of the Dien Bien Phu entrenched camp, replacing Colonel
Marcel Alessandri (1895-1968) was a French army officer, active during World War I, World War II and the Indochina War. Family origins He was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer on July 23, 1895. Military career First World War Admitted to the special military school of Saint-Cyr on July 1, 1914, he joined
Jean Louis Delayen, born March 16, 1921 in Saint-Raphaël (Var), and died October 3, 2002 in Virginia (United States), was a French general, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. His biography, published in 1979 by Georges Fleury, bears the title Le Baroudeur. The 4 Wars of General Delayen, in referen
Colonel Archibald David Stirling (born 15 November 1915 in the county of Perthshire – died 4 November 1990) was a Scottish nobleman, officer in the British Army during World War II and founder of the Special Air Service. His family originated from the village of Keir in central Scotland. His father
Christianity was mired in conflicts since its birth. This was a natural thing because the sophistication of a best institution, best idea, best creation or system can happen only after conflicts. The thought arising in the heart of man in relation to any subject, is not necessarily so superior that
Possibly the greatest terrorist act in history, the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war and showed the destructive capability of the new weapons. By Tales PintoThe World War II it was a scene of immense atrocities ordered by military and government leaders on both sides of the con
Historiographically, the year 476 AD is considered. like that of the end of the Western Roman Empire, being its last emperor Romulus Augustulus. It was not something that happened suddenly but rather as a result of an evolutionary process that began centuries ago, throughout which Rome suffered a pr