Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

This is chiefly an account of events in French Indochina following the Japanese occupation up to the fall of Dien Bien Phu and the Communist take-over in Northern Vietnam. The author served on the ...

Vietnamese families beside French army units on 11 March, 1954, waiting to reach the city of Qui Nhon. Operation Atlante-Phase-Axelle during the Indochina War. AFP - JENTILE ...

This actor wore the army uniform for real during the 1999 Kargil War, and he was none other than Bollywood’s veteran actor Nana Patekar.

Causes of Vietnam War 1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make up colonial empire French Indochina. 1946 ...

History Remembered Why a Gandhian social worker was deported by the French from Indochina The colonial authorities in Hanoi viewed P Kodanda Rao’s visit as a serious threat to their rule in ...

The French government is preparing a survival guide for French households to prepare them for an emergency such as an armed conflict. We take a look at what's in the pamphlet and what other ...

The film explores the French and Indian War, a pivotal conflict between France and England in the mid-18th century that determined control over North America. It discusses the initial military ...

ROUND TWO, 1946-49 The Local War Through 1947 and 1948 the Indo-China war indeed seemed to be little more than another colonial war. In February 1947, the French drove the Communists away from Hanoi.

What if our understanding of "modern" counter-insurgency is all wrong? This talk, based on extensive research in Cambodian, French, and Vietnamese archives and libraries, focuses on a neglected part ...