PM Modi to visit Mazargues War Cemetery: PM Modi, who is currently undertaking his France visit, will visit Mazargues War Cemetery along with French President Emmanuel Macron to pay homage to soldiers who died in the First and Second World Wars. Marseilles served as the base of the Indian troops in France during the 1914-18 war. According to the Commonwealth War Graves website, the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, and British troops, along with Labour units, worked in the port or passed through it, the report further adds.