The French Army Thunder Run to Take Down a President

Battle Order
May 20, 2025
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New video on the Battle of Abidjan in Ivory Coast (2011), with a focus on the French Army's combined arms raid to enable the arrest of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo.

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