As noted, this argument is in a great French tradition. It is important to note that the soldiers in The Centurions are members of the professional Army, the paratroops (or les paras, as the ...

“To protect itself from any attack and to defend its interests, the French army is preparing for even the toughest engagements,” he said. He quoted the Latin adage “si vis pacem, para ...

It has been the home of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment, the only regiment of its kind in the French Army, since 1974.

But now cost cutting means the Paras will no longer be trained to use ... arguing that recent operations by French and US forces have proved the value of paratroops. On January 29 this year ...

I've always been interested in the French army's ability to speed elite forces ... images of Muslim fighters being killed by French Paras or Legionnaires. What is also extraordinary about the ...

A French military spokesman told FRANCE 24: “Since deploying in Afghanistan, the French army has become increasingly adept at working closely with our English-speaking allies, and relations ...

The two-week exercise at an urban warfare training centre in north-east France saw 3 Para train with the tanks ... the standard weapon of the French Army, and learnt French tactics and techniques ...

The French army is to create a "red team" of sci-fi writers to imagine possible future threats. A new report by the Defence Innovation Agency (DIA) said the visionaries will "propose scenarios of ...

"To protect itself from any attack and to defend its interests, the French army is preparing for even the toughest engagements," he said. He quoted the Latin adage "si vis pacem, para bellum ...