 After the liberation of France Prince Michel was deployed to Indochina in order to fight against the Viet Minh.Dropped on August 28, 1945, by parachute he was captured the same day by the Vietnamese resistance, who kept him for eleven months, during which his group of six captives attempted several escapes and were recaptured.They were led from camp to camp through the dense jungle, bound together with strips of bamboo.