French Army: Facts

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one method of torture used by the French Army in the Algerian War of Independence was to throw prisoners into the sea from helicopters in so-called death flights?
production of the French AMX-30 and its variants amounted to a total of 3,571 units?
Vinh Trang Temple in southern Vietnam has been severely damaged by both French military action and extreme weather?
Petelo Vikena, one of the three reigning traditional monarchs within Wallis and Futuna, previously served in the French Army?
Louis Didier Jousselin built a 3 km long bridge (pictured) in less than 3 months whilst the French occupied Hamburg?
Operation Resurrection was the planned take-over of Paris in May 1958 by French Army paratroopers and armored units to overthrow the French government and facilitate the return of Charles de Gaulle to power?
French Army soldiers killed between 15,000 and 45,000 Algerian civilians in the Setif massacre of May 8, 1945, the same day as V-E day in Europe?

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