Valérie André, aviator and parachutist who became France's first female general, dies aged 102
Valérie André, a French aviator and parachutist who became the first woman to become a general officer in France, has died ...
‘Extraordinary life’: France’s first woman general Valerie Andre dies at 102
Her armed forces career saw her deployed as a doctor, parachutist and helicopter pilot. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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3200 soldiers: the French army secretly prepared to intervene in Ukraine?
Code name? “Perseus. Number of soldiers mobilized? 3200. According to the specialist website Intelligence Online, France has ...
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Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
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 ...
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KS4 / GCSE History: World War One - West African troops in the French army
Men brought over from the French colonies in North Africa and West Africa to fight and to die for France, the nation that had taken over their own countries by military force in the 19th century.
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Rochambeau’s march changed the course of the Revolutionary War. Now a larger-than life tribute will stand tall in Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY - French Army Gen. Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau and his troops marched directly through this area in the summer of 1781 on the way to join General George Washington in the siege at Yorktown, Va ...
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A Staunch Ally in Africa Says French Forces Will Withdraw
French troops will leave Ivory Coast this month after handing over a military camp in a suburb of the country’s economic capital, President Alassane Ouattara said in an address broadcast to the ...