The First Indochinese War, also known as the ‘Dirty War’, was a conflict that took place from 1946 to 1954 between French colonial forces and the Viet Minh, a communist-led nationalist movement in Vietnam. The war was characterised by fierce fighting, brutal tactics, and heavy casualties on both sides. The decisive Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 led to the French surrender and the end of French colonial rule in Vietnam. The war set the stage for the subsequent Vietnam War and had far-reaching consequences for the region.

Armies That Vanished looks further back in time than we normally do and this article includes Persian Kings, Romans and the disastrous First Afghan War as Elphinstone’s garrison at Kabul was massacred as it struggled to escape through the mountain passes into British India.

Behind Enemy Lines tells the remarkable story of Victor Hanks an RAF Pathfinder Navigator who was shot down over Magdeburg and his time as a POW forced to endure a Long March from East Prussia to his final liberation.