Tirailleur Annamite, meaning Shooting-Skirmisher from Annam, a French colonial soldier from Indochina, in Salonika Front, Greece, during World War I, September 1918. (Tétart/ ECPAD) [530×700]
Annamites, as the Vietnamese were called, also served on the battlefield in combat battalions. While figures aren’t exact, and the numbers often conflicting, it is estimated that upwards of 100,000 Vietnamese enlisted and served in WWI. Even though 1,374 Vietnamese officially died in the conflict, as per the Ministère De La Défense Français, estimates are often cited up to 30,000 killed.
![Tirailleur Annamite, meaning Shooting-Skirmisher from Annam, a French colonial soldier from Indochina, in Salonika Front, Greece, during World War I, September 1918. (Tétart/ ECPAD) [530x700]](https://i.redd.it/ggb1b59wm7161.jpg)
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Annamites, as the Vietnamese were called, also served on the battlefield in combat battalions. While figures aren’t exact, and the numbers often conflicting, it is estimated that upwards of 100,000 Vietnamese enlisted and served in WWI. Even though 1,374 Vietnamese officially died in the conflict, as per the Ministère De La Défense Français, estimates are often cited up to 30,000 killed.
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