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Soldiers of the French-Indochinese Union army return enemy fire on the shell-blasted battlefield around the garrison and fortress of Dien Bien Phu, on April 4, 1954.

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Bow group turrets of the main caliber of light cruiser of the La Galissonniere

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Units of the 1st Eger regiment and the 5th cuirassier regiment of the French army during tactical exercises at the French military base in the United Arab Emirates; September 2017.

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US, British, Canadian, and French servicemen in front of the World War I monument, Creully/June 1944

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French Marine dressed for service in Tonkin c.1883

With souvenirs.

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First Vietnam War / Indochina War (1945-1954), I feel sorry for what we did to the Vietnamese, colonisation ain’t a good thing. Respect to those who fought for their independance against the french and the americans during 30 years, and respect to the french soldiers (paratroopers) who landed in Dien Bien Phu while they knew that their lifes would end here, with their brothers in arms.

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Anything on the french foreign legion?

First Indochina War

Algeria

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A French M24 Chaffee crosses a bridge in French Indo-China

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1er REP, French-Algerian War. 

My French Foreign Legion Airborne impression. Final photo credit goes to drifting focus! 

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Prussian Army officers and Crown Prince Friedrich paying respects to the fallen French General Douay (August 4th, 1870).

Anton von Werner, c. 1888.

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A French Commando gathers his parachute after completing a training jump at Mont Saint-Michel Abbey in Normandy, France.

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An American officer and a French partisan with a Sten sub-machinegun crouched behind a car during a street fight in a French city, June 1944. http://wrhstol.com/2gZoXek

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THE BATTLE of AUSTERLITZ 1805: Also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, fought between Russia, Austria and France. It was one of the most important and decisive military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.

http://www.greatmilitarybattles.com/html/the_battle_of_austerlitz.html 

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The old and the new. A French veteran of the Franco Prussian War, 1870-1871, being helped by a young Australian trooper.

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Bertrand du Guesclin (c. 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed “The Eagle of Brittany” or “The Black Dog of Brocéliande”, was a Breton knight and French military commander during the Hundred Years’ War. He was Constable of France from 1370 to his death. Well known for his Fabian strategy, he took part in six pitched battles and won the four in which he held command.

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Henri IV the Great, King of France and Navarre.