French Union forces included colonial troops from the whole former empire ( Moroccan , Algerian , Tunisian , Laotian , Cambodian , and Vietnamese ethnic minorities ) , French professional troops and units of the French Foreign Legion .
French Union forces included colonial troops from the whole former empire ( Moroccan , Algerian , Tunisian , Laotian , Cambodian , Vietnamese and Vietnamese ethnic minorities ) , French professional troops and units of the French Foreign Legion .