Un exemple d’adaptation réussie : l’arme du génie pendant la guerre d’Indochine

Just after the Second World War the French Engineer Corps has been reconstructed following the US model. Corps and Combat engineers are both tailored to support a modern motorized and mechanized army.Yet, the sappers sent to Indochina from 1945 discover a particularly difficult physical environment...

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Hlavní autor: Cadeau, Ivan
Médium: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:Français
Vydáno: 2016
On-line přístup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Shrnutí:Just after the Second World War the French Engineer Corps has been reconstructed following the US model. Corps and Combat engineers are both tailored to support a modern motorized and mechanized army.Yet, the sappers sent to Indochina from 1945 discover a particularly difficult physical environment and the Viet-Minh’s combat methods are baffling them. Confronted, furthermore, with the shortage of staff, the Far East Expeditionary Corps’ engineer has to adapt itself : modify its recruitment and set-up, but also adapt its units in order to fulfill the missions entrusted by the command.