French involvement Battle of N'Djamena (2008)
french soldiers guarding hotel m2 machine gun at beginning of 2008 battle, french soldiers evacuated hundreds of french citizens , other foreigners libreville in gabon, while hundreds more came under french military protection @ 5 assembly points in n djamena. included 103 un aid workers, 150 have left in total. according french military, had evacuated 580 foreign nationals february 3, leaving 320 airlifted on february 4. in total, 1,300 foreigners evacuated france during battle. france volunteered evacuate president déby on february 3, offer rejected. there brief exchange of fire on february 2 between rebels , french soldiers guarding international airport, used french evacuate people, housed 4 chadian army helicopters. french mirage f1 fighters conducted reconnaissance flights on rebel positions, february 3 6 aircraft operating n djamena moved libreville safety. on february 4 2 mirage fighters returned , continued reconnaissance flights. rebels accused these planes of opening fire, r...