Search results
4 days ago · Philippe Pétain. Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain ( / peɪˈtæ̃ /, French: [filip petɛ̃]) or Marshal Pétain (French: Maréchal Pétain ), was a French general who commanded the French Army in World War I and became the head of the collaborationist regime of ...
1 day ago · French was the official language of the colony of French Indochina, comprising modern-day Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It continues to be an administrative language in Laos and Cambodia, although its influence has waned in recent decades.
1 day ago · t. e. Ngô Đình Diệm ( / djɛm /, [2] / ˈjiːəm / or / ziːm /; Vietnamese: [ŋō ɗìn jîəmˀ] ⓘ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam ( Republic of Vietnam) from 1955 until his ...
1 day ago · The M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1) is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that was issued to the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. [11] The M1 carbine was produced in several variants and was widely used by paramilitary and police forces around the world after World War II ...
1 day ago · Socialist Republic of Vietnam (official, English), An Nam (former name in other foreign languages and central Vietnam under French colonization), Champa (historical kingdom), Đại Việt (historical kingdom), Giao Chỉ (former Chinese province or vassal kingdom), French Indochina (former name under French colonization when united with Laos ...
2 days ago · The military history of Japan covers a vast time-period of over three millennia - from the Jōmon ( c. 1000 BC) to the present day. After a long period of clan warfare until the 12th century, there followed feudal wars that culminated in military governments known as the Shogunate. History of Japan records that a military class and the Shōgun ...
6 days ago · A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "C". 1894–1895. Presidential standard of Jean Casimir-Perier. A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1) with the golden "CP". 1895–1899. Presidential standard of Félix Faure.
