Bordel militaire de campagne

According to tradition he was so shocked by the extent of sodomy and rapes committed by the Crusaders that he arranged for a full boat of "girls of joy" to be sent from France.

The military command did not want Indigenous soldiers to have sex with local women for racist and classist reasons,[11] but also to prevent the troops from getting infected by venereal diseases, such as syphilis, which was not curable at the time (penicillin was only available from 1944).

[11] During the colonial wars, the organisation and attendance of BMC was public knowledge and encouraged by the army, especially in Indochina and Algeria ("the candy box").

[11] BMCs were generally mobile and temporary and should be distinguished from "reserved areas" close to permanent garrisons, such as Bousbir de Casablanca.

[citation needed] French literature has several times mentioned the "Buffalo Park", a BMC in Saigon.

[12] BMCs were known to have a significant role in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases[4] and were an avenue of attack by female Viet Minh sympathizers.