A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel at one of France's last military bases in Africa which is now "shared" with the host nation and focused on training.

But what about the Polish paratroopers? This video tells the forgotten story of the First Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, led by General Sosabowski, who landed at Driel in September 1944.

A thousand paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade parachuted into Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq under the cover of darkness early Thursda ...