‘Over my dead body’ 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture During the last months of the First Indochina War in 1954 ...

During the Second World War, Japan occupied large parts of Indochina -- present-day Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.After the Japanese surrender in August 1945, the Vietnamese Viet Minh group attempted ...

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 ...

This course examines two major conflicts: the French Indochina War and the American war in Vietnam. We will study the long-term origins of these conflicts, their conduct and their significance to the ...

German World War I flying ace known as "The Red Baron," was killed by Allied fire over Vaux-sur-Somme, France. In 1954, U.S. Air Force planes began flying French troops to Indochina to reinforce ...

In the historical White Palace (Bach Dinh) in Vung Tau Town, southern Vietnam are kept three century-old artifacts from a shipwreck off Con Dao Island. Built in 1898 by the French, White Palace served ...

At the same time, it was beginning to deal with its colonial empire, including French Indochina and Algeria–among other potential “hotspots.” Prior to World War II, the French Army adopted ...

She flew more than 120 chopper missions in Indochina, often landing on jungle airstrips or near rice paddies amid enemy fire.