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La guerre d'Indochine d嶵uta v廨itablement ?la fin de l'ann嶪 1946, lorsque H?Chi Minh, le chef du Vi皻-Minh, un front r憝olutionnaire d'ob嶮ience communiste qui avait proclam?l'ind廧endance de la r廧ublique d幦ocratique du Vietnam lors de la capitulation nippone de septembre 1945, d嶰lencha une insurrection g幯廨ale contre la pr廥ence fran蓷ise dans le pays. D鋊 les premiers jours de ce conflit, l'arm嶪 de l'air, en l'absence de toute menace a廨ienne adverse, fut engag嶪 dans l'appui au sol et dans le soutien des troupes fran蓷ises, un nombre non n嶲ligeable d'unit廥, aussi bien de chasse, de bombardement, de reconnaissance ou de transport 彋ant engag嶪s. Les difficiles conditions m彋廩 r嶲nant en Indochine, ainsi que le renforcement progressif des moyens antia廨iens adverses, firent payer un lourd tribut aux aviateurs fran蓷is jusqu'?#768; la chute dramatique de Di瘽 Bi瘽 Phu, le 7 mai 1954, date qui marqua le d嶵ut du d廥engagement de la France en Indochine.
Cet ouvrage de 200 pages relate cette p廨iode assez mal connue de l'histoire de l'arm嶪 de l'air, au moyen de plusieurs centaines de photographies, souvent in嶮ites car issues de collections particuli鋨es, toutes les unit廥 impliqu嶪s dans cette guerre 彋ant d嶰rites en d彋ail, y compris celles compos嶪s d'h幨icopt鋨es, un type d'a廨onef qui n'en 彋ait alors qu'?ses d嶵uts mais qui allait jouer un r犨e pr廧ond廨ant quelques ann嶪s plus tard au m瘱e endroit, lors de la guerre du Vietnam.
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The war in Indochina really began at the end of 1946, when Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the Viet-Minh, a revolutionary front of communist obedience which had proclaimed the independence of the democratic republic of Vietnam during the Japanese surrender in September 1945, triggered a general insurrection against the French presence in the country. From the first days of this conflict, the Air Force, in the absence of any adverse air threat, was engaged in ground support and support of French troops, a significant number of units, whether fighter, bombardment, reconnaissance or transport being engaged. The difficult weather conditions prevailing in Indochina, as well as the progressive reinforcement of the enemy anti-aircraft means, made French airmen pay a heavy price until the dramatic fall of Di瘽 Bi瘽 Phu, on May 7, 1954, date which marked the beginning of the disengagement of France in Indochina.
This 200-page book recounts this relatively unknown period in the history of the Air Force, using several hundred photographs, often unpublished because they come from private collections, all the units involved in this war being described in detail, including those composed of helicopters, a type of aircraft which was then only in its infancy but which would play a major role a few years later in the same place, during the Vietnam War.
