Op Serval: How France Fought a Lightning War in Mali
- Feb 14, 2022
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Updated: Apr 9
New video detailing the maneuver phase of Operation Serval, France's intervention in Mali in early 2013.
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U.S. Army Parachute RIfle Platoon Graphic (Feb 1944)
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