Gen. Marcel Bigeard, a decorated veteran who led France’s elite parachute forces in colonial wars in independence-seeking Indochina and Algeria after serving in the French Resistance in World War II, ...

PARIS – PARIS (AP) — Gen. Marcel Bigeard, who led France's elite parachute forces in colonial wars in independence-seeking Indochina and Algeria after serving in the French Resistance in World War II, ...

PARIS Gen. Marcel Bigeard, one of France’s most decorated veterans, who led troops in the French Resistance in World War II and in wars in Algeria and Indochina, died Friday in Toul, France, where he ...

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General Marcel Bigeard General Marcel Bigeard, who died on June 17 aged 94, was France's most decorated and popular soldier, a hero of Dien Bien Phu and the Battle of Algiers; but his reputation was ...

In English-speaking countries, the French armed forces have become a joke. Literally. Entire websites are devoted to one-liners like: “How many gears do French tanks have? Six: five reverse and one ...

French General Marcel Bigeard, a leading figure in France's defeat in Indochina as well as its failed campaign to hold on to Algeria, died on Friday at the age of 94. One of France's most decorated ...

French general Marcel Bigeard, known for his role in France's colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, died Friday aged 94. In a statement, French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Bigeard "the ...

In their frustrating and interminable war in Algeria, where cruelty answers cruelty, and heroism has its ugly necessities, the French have found one continuing source of solace: the dramatic exploits ...