Henri Martin affair
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The Henri Martin affair was a political-military scandal that occurred under the French Fourth Republic during the First Indochina War in the early 1950s. Henri Martin, a French communist activist, wa
Front page of the Supplément to L'Humanité Dimanche of August 2, 1953, on the release of Henri Martin
Haiphong incident
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The Haiphong Incident or the Haiphong Massacre occurred on November 23, 1946, when the French cruiser Suffren and several avisos bombarded the Vietnamese coastal city of Haiphong, killing between 2,00
Henri Martin affair
…to fight against the Japanese occupation, but Japanese forces had already been disarmed by the time he arrived. Martin witnessed the French Navy's shelling of Haiphong on November 23, 1946. Martin submitted his resignation, which was refused, and he eventually returned to Toulon. There, in contact with local communists…
The Dumont d'Urville in Dutch East Indies, 1930-1936