Within the dedicated space of the Reagan Conference Center, the Airborne Museum sets up temporary exhibitions that generally remain in place for one year, renewable for a second year as required.
Following the exhibition “Eisenhower-De Gaulle: from friendship to alliance, in war and in peace”, installed especially for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, the Airborne Museum will unveil its new temporary exhibition on April 10, entitled “Indochina: French paratroopers from 1944 to 1954”.
Often described as a forgotten war, the Indochina War was nonetheless a major conflict in our contemporary history. A precursor to decolonization, this conflict divided the country into those for whom the war was a struggle against communist totalitarianism and barbarism, and those for whom it was merely an imperialist and colonial war. Some of the war’s roots lie in the geopolitical upheavals of the Second World War, which began with a confrontation between French and Japanese forces.
The exhibition examines the conflict through the eyes and actions of French paratroopers, and brings together a large number of exceptional, rare and named objects, highlighting the unique nature of the various items of equipment used by these soldiers throughout the decade-long Indochina War.
Access to this exhibition, which will remain on view until November 30, is as usual included in the museum admission ticket.
