16.05.2009, 10:16
FIRST INDOCHINA WAR 1946-1954
19 Dec 46 30,000 Viet Minh under Giap initiate the eight-year Indochina War with an attack on French troops at Haiphong. The attack fails under superior French firepower but it takes the French a week to clear Haiphong of the Communist forces. By seizing control of several cities, the French Expeditionary Army force the Viet Minh to conduct guerrilla warfare. "If these [people] want a fight, they'll get it," French military commander Gen. Etrienne Valluy states.
Just a start of what all went on at the end of 45
19 Dec 46 30,000 Viet Minh under Giap initiate the eight-year Indochina War with an attack on French troops at Haiphong. The attack fails under superior French firepower but it takes the French a week to clear Haiphong of the Communist forces. By seizing control of several cities, the French Expeditionary Army force the Viet Minh to conduct guerrilla warfare. "If these [people] want a fight, they'll get it," French military commander Gen. Etrienne Valluy states.
Just a start of what all went on at the end of 45