Colonel Pierre-Noel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in the decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu during the final days of French military involvement in Indochina in 1954. After being taken prisoner, they are released and return to France, where Raspeguy receives command of a new airborne regiment bound for Algeria to prevent the country's full independence from France.
Lost Command
Colonel Raspeguy and his paratroopers engage in a series of intense battles against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and the Algerian guerrilla forces during the Algerian War.