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    Episode 5

    5/5Julian Jackson focuses on the Algerian War, France's last great colonial crisis.

    Episode 4

    4/5Julian Jackson focuses on France's involvement in Indo-China - Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

    Episode 3

    3/5Julian Jackson discusses the imperial troops who fought for France in two world wars.

    Episode 2

    2/5Julian Jackson tells the story of France's involvement in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Episode 1

    1/5Julian Jackson explores France's first war of decolonisation: a slave rebellion in Haiti.