Chad (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

Alas SWC appeared a long time after the war and there is little here on a quick check. Always use the search feature!

It was very much a French issue, so perhaps this French news site can help, if behind a registration / paywall: http://thecroissant.com/index.html

Try some French military sites / journals.

One of the intriguing aspects were the complex international politics, Iraq supported the French as Libya then was an opponent. Didn't the USAF assist with transporting French supplies in?

[jmm99]

Try a PM to this guy, M-A Lagrange. Chad was one of his operational areas; now the South Sudan.

Welcome to the forum.

Bonne Chance

Mike

[davidbfpo]

Might be worthwhile looking at Foreign Legion memoirs by ex-members, there' s often a few on library and bookshop shelves. I have a recollection that some have chapters on this conflict.

[carl]

You might also try Mission Aviation Fellowship and Air Serv International. They may have had some aircraft based in Chad at the time and you could get some worms eye view stories from pilots or mechanics. I remember one guy telling me how he watched a Libyan jet get shot down over the airport.

[davidbfpo]

student2010,

Please consider posting your paper here at the end. Even submit for the SWJ Blog.

[M-A Lagrange]

Hello,

I will try to help.
What are you talking about first of all?
Are you talking about Operation Manta or Operation Epervier?
I believe we are here on Op Manta. But I might be wrong.
Some links with web sites and blogs about the subject.
http://www.7septembre.fr/index.php
A nice web site with a short film on the destruction of a Libyan bomber plane by French troops.
http://www.abebooks.fr/OPERATION-MAN.../1330480997/bd
A book in french on Operation Manta that preceded the operation epervier.
A blog from a Troupe de marine colonel on Operation Manta:
http://fncv-drome.over-blog.com/article-29446462.html
The site of the paratroopers Legionaires on operation Manta
http://paralegion.free.fr/manta.php
And the revue Heracles from the French Army:
http://www.cdef.terre.defense.gouv.f.../01H_retex.pdf

I hope this will help.

M-A

[student2010]

Yes, I am referring to Operation Mantra. Thanks guys! I can't express my appericiation enough. I will definitely post my paper after I finish it. Right now, I am trying to determine if I can find enough good quality primary sources so that I can write a Capstone thesis paper. I would love to also find primary Chadian sources, if possible.