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) was fought between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vietnam), and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 21 July 1954. [21]

2015年5月11日 · The Battle of Dien Bien Phu is seen as the decisive battle of the First Indochina War between French troops and the Viet Minh movement of Ho Chi Minh. This major confrontation occurred at Dien Bien Phu, a large heart-shaped valley located in the northwestern part of Vietnam, near the border with Laos. The valley served as a French forward ...

Their mission is to disrupt the Viet Minh in their rear supply areas, far from cities and French-controlled zones. For more than three years, the battalion has run a highly successful and brutal guerrilla war against the insurgent Viet Minh across northern Indochina, Laos and southern China.

Throughout its long history since its inception on March 9, 1831, elements of the French Foreign Legion have engaged in combat on the behalf of France and its interests with distinction. The Foreign Legion has seen battle on five continents against numerous foes.

2006年6月12日 · Although best known as one of the finest light infantry forces in the world, the French Foreign Legion had many specialized units in Indochina. The underdeveloped nature of Indochina demanded a number of technical units to perform combat support and service support functions that were not easily duplicated among the locally recruited labor force.

2024年5月11日 · 75 years ago, in France’s North Africa in early July 1948, an airborne unit of the Foreign Legion was officially constituted to take part in the First Indochina War (1946-1954) in Southeast Asia. There, the resolute unit would become a legend, as the very first French airborne battalion lost in combat.

2022年12月4日 · In then French Indochina in late 1952, during a Viet Minh offensive targeting Laos, a French entrenched camp situated in a valley was placed in the path of the advancing enemy. Underestimating the strength of the garrison and expecting easy prey, the Viet Minh divisions encircled the camp and attacked it.

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 control the major cities, while the Viet Minh followed Giap’s …

2020年6月3日 · They were reinforced by the 2nd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (REI) that landed in February 1946, followed by the 13th Foreign Legion Demi Brigade in March and the 3rd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment between April and June. A 3,000-strong naval brigade was also deployed to patrol Indochina’s numerous waterways.

2022年2月26日 · A French soldier in Indochina takes aim at an enemy position in 1950, the year that a communist Viet Minh offensive forced the French to abandon a series of forts along Colonial Route 4 near the Chinese border.