The First Indochina War expanded into Laos as Cold War tensions, anti-colonial conflict, and fears of communist expansion ...

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the French-Indochina War, a colonial conflict in which many Moroccans were enlisted from 1947 to 1954, just as ...

April 21 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1509, Henry VIII became king of England after his father, Henry VII, died. In 1836, with the battle cry "Remember the Alamo!" Texas forces under Sam ...

Key point: Tokyo conquered French Indochina but ended up destroying the institutions and people who ran the colony. This left France to try to pick up the pieces after Imperial Japan surrendered. In ...

The First Indochina War evolved from guerrilla fighting into a deadly strategic gamble. French forces tried to cut food supplies and force open battles. Entire harvests were destroyed to weaken ...

Duration: Seven years, two months and three weeks to date. Battleground: An area about the size of Texas forming the Associated States of Viet Nam (pop. 23 million), Laos (1,100,000 ) and Cambodia ...

Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war of ...

In March 1954, French troops were in northern Vietnam for what commanders thought would be a decisive blow against the Viet Minh. By May, after weeks of brutal fighting, French forces surrendered, ...

Fibiger, Mattias. "Indonesia and the Third Indochina War: The End of Containment." Journal of American-East Asian Relations 29, no. 3 (2022): 240–270.

The busy British writer, whose 2012 book 'The Forgiven' is being adapted by John Michael McDonagh with Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain starring, has partnered with Indochina Productions to bring ...