The First Indochina War began as France attempted to reassert colonial control over Vietnam after World War II, but the conflict quickly escalated into a brutal Cold War battleground. Communist-led ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Le Tuan Binh, the son of a Moroccan man who served in the French army, is nicknamed 'the foreigner' in the Vietnamese village where he lives - Copyright AFP Nhac ...