the french came to the new world in the 16th century.
the french came to the new world in the 16th century.
when did the french come to the new world?
16th century
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the evening of january 29, 2013, two tiger helicopters, a gazelle and four puma reach kidal airport and disembark 30 french soldiers of the cpa-10 and the penfentenyo commando against mnla pick-ups. they are followed by three planes landing men of 1 rpima and commando de montfort. the officer in charge of the french special forces then meets colonel mohamed ag najem, commander-in-chief of the mnla's military wing. the french then settle in one of the two military camps of the city and begin their cohabitation with the tuareg rebels, but unlike gao, timbuktu , and the southern cities where they had been celebrated as liberators, in kidal the french are seen as the vanguard of the malian army and the reception of the population is much colder. but the goal of the french army, at that time, remains the tigharghar . from the end of january, the surroundings of the adrar are bombarded by rafale. then on the evening of february 2, a first mass air raid struck the interior of the mountain; four mirage and four rafale destroy twelve objectives, supported by three atlantic, a harfang drone, an awacs and tiger helicopters. the raid mainly targets the area known as the "garage", west of ametettai, where two bmp-1 armored vehicles have been located, as well as an anti-aircraft battery that was probably inoperative. on 1 february, a column of fifteen vehicles of the mnla and thirty men from the french special forces leave kidal to conduct a joint operation towards the adrar tigharghar . the night of 2 to 3, the french and the tuaregs separate. the first pursued towards the valley of assamalmal, targeted a few hours earlier by the air strikes. on the spot, the balance sheet is rather thin, no body nor destroyed vehicle is discovered, only a stock of gasoline and some motorcycles were swept by the bombs. the touareg rebels, meanwhile, take control of the town of aguelhok where the french come back from assamalmal to join them. the population, strongly hostile to jihadists, welcomes newcomers. the mnla captured some suspects and discovered several hundred kilos of ammunition, which he then handed over to the french forces as a sign of goodwill. france was also seeking the help of chad's president idriss déby. he agreed to deploy his army in the adrar of ifoghas. on february 3, the first chadian soldiers arrived in kidal. on the night of february 7 to 8, the french special forces lead operation takouba on tessalit. thirty men from the 13 th rdp, cpa-10, a marine ctlo and the esno are parachuted near the airport. they spot a piece of runway where two c-160 transall can land and land four vehicles and a few more men. from aguel'hoc, the 30 soldiers - mainly from the 1st rpima - who had led the reconnaissance mission in the assamalmal valley are also moving on tessalit. in the morning, the special forces make their junction and enter the city without encountering any resistance. a few hours later, from kidal, the chadians of general deby arrived on their turn after passing through aguel'hoc. then, 54 soldiers of the 1st rcp are deposited by a third plane. finally, a sub-gtia party from gao, consisting mainly of soldiers from 1 rima and forming a column of 90 vehicles, arrives at the scene and invests the military camp of amachach. on february 13, the special forces made a first foray into the tigharghar during operation tazidert, whose goal is to find a record of the western hostages held by aqim. they infiltrate the "camp of the sands" and the "camp of the rocks", but find no trace of the hostages, or - to their surprise - jihadists. the operation ends on february 16. at the same time, gtia 4 unfolds in the far north. 400 french soldiers are present in tessalit on february 12. the first patrols, dubbed panther 0 and panther i, take place between tessalit and the tigharghar, but they encounter nothing.
battle of ifoghas