Why the French Army thought it could win at Dien Bien Phu
More than a decade before the United States’ involvement in Vietnam, the country was controlled as a French colony. Even back then, the Vietnamese were fighting against outside forces in…
This French military officer was the real-life ‘Last Samurai’
Jules Brunet wasn’t really the “last” samurai anymore than Tom Cruise’s character in the movie of the same name was. But he was a military officer sent to Japan to…
The 5 fastest conquests of France in military history
The French, despite actually being very good in a war, take a beating as the butt of military history jokes. Most of this is due to the speed of the…
Learn about the French Foreign Legion from an American enlistee
How many military branches make you surrender your passport, catalog everything you brought to the recruitment center and give you a new identity, all before you sign your enlistment contract?
That’s the French Foreign Legion and that’s ex…