Invasion of Algeria The French invasion of Algeria was one of the major events that eventually drove the European colonization[…]
Category: French Military
Brutal Firsthand Account of the French Foreign Legion’s Assault On An Algerian City (1837)
French Army assaulted the city of Constantine in Algeria In 1837 the French Army assaulted the city of Constantine in[…]
French Soldiers In Heavy Combat Operations in The Central African Republic
French Soldiers in Heavy Combat Video footage shows French Soldiers in heavy combat with African rebels in the Central African[…]
French 68th African Artillery Regiment fire 120mm Mortars in Support of Exercise Dynamic
French 68th African Artillery Regiment Soldiers from the French 68th African Artillery Regiment fire 120mm mortars March 6, 2018 during[…]
French Air Force • Joined NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission Estonia
French Air Force In May 2020, the French Air Force started flying NATO’s Air Policing missions in Estonia, contributing four[…]
French Soldiers Fire a CAESAR 155MM • Self-Propelled Howitzer
French Soldiers Fire a CAESAR 155MM • Self-Propelled Howitzer French Soldiers assigned to the 40th Field Artillery Regiment prepare to[…]
French Forces Conduct Amphibious Operations During Trident Juncture
Here is footage of French forces training in amphibious operations during Trident Juncture 2018. NATO and Norway are having the[…]
The History of the French Foreign Legion’s Wooden Hand
Legion’s Wooden Hand The History Guy remembers the forgotten history of Jean Danjou’s wooden hand and the French Foreign Legion.[…]
Commando Hubert & the Burkina Faso Mission – May 2019
The Burkina Faso Mission On the 9 May 2019, French Special Forces conducted an operation to free two French hostages[…]
The French Revolution – OverSimplified (Part 2)
The French Revolution The French Revolution was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies[…]