it went on to become one of the bloodiest missions for the french army with 129 llodra killed.ther operations include lebanon, where 140 one died. 85 were killed in afghanistan. in lebanon, one of the events that most scarred the french memory was the attack on a building in beirut where french paratroopers were living. french peacekeepers selling yugoslavia where their headquarters were under fire for three years. soldiers diedench during a taliban ambush. today, the french army is still deployed in two major foreign missions. 1000 french soldiers are deployed alongside an international coalition to fight the islamic state in syria and iraq. in 2011, 128 died, the number of french troopss killed fighting is now falling. spoke to aay, i historian of france at the university in the u.k.. he told us about what armistice day means here in france. a moment always been whwhich combines different peris of history. it is never about the past or present. it is about h how we see oursels gogoing forwd. there are a lot of things s that speak to that moment. it is something that has been