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Christian de Castries was born into a distinguished military family, the House of Castries, and enlisted in the army at the age of 19. He was sent to the Saumur Cavalry School. In 1926 de Castries was commissioned as a cavalry officer but later resigned to devote himself to equestrian sports. After rejoining the army at the start of World War ...
Christian de Castries (1902–1991), general, who commanded the defeated French army at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. René de La Croix de Castries (1908–1986), marquis, called duc de Castries, (1908–1986), historian and member of the Académie française. Henri de La Croix de Castries (born 1954), president of the board of directors ...
Starting in December, the French, under the command of Colonel Christian de Castries, began transforming their anchoring point into a fortress by setting up seven satellite positions. (Each was said to be named after a former mistress of de Castries, although the allegation is probably unfounded, as the eight names begin with letters from the ...
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In late 1953, Piroth was given command of the artillery force at Điện Biên Phủ by its commander Colonel Christian de Castries.The French artillery at Điện Biên Phủ comprised only 30 medium and heavy guns, although large stocks of shells were airlifted into the zone before the siege began.
Christian de Castries; Geneviève de Galard – nurse at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, honorary Légionnaire de 1ère classe. Ante Gotovina - Croatian General; Pierre Langlais; Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. Honorary Caporal (Corporal)
Operation Mouette was an operation in 1953 by the French Union Army in Northern Vietnam during the First Indochina War. [2] It was launched on October 15 in an attempt to locate and destroy Viet-Minh Chu Luc troops operating under the command of Võ Nguyên Giáp around the area of Phu Nho Quan, south of the Red River Delta.
Historian Bernard Fall asserts that an armed Bigeard, along with Langlais, took de facto command of the camp from General Christian de Castries in mid-March. [13] The historian Jules Roy, however, makes no mention of this event, and Martin Windrow argues that the 'paratrooper putsch' is unlikely to have happened. Both Langlais and Bigeard were ...