Monday, May 07, 2007
This Day in the Long History of French Defeats
On this day in 1954, the famous 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended when Vietnamese forces overran the last of the French forces, beginning the end of French involvement in Indochina. Although it was the little known destruction of Groupe Mobile 100 in the central highlands in June 1954 which actually sent the French packing.
Labels: First Viet Nam War history
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:39 AM 
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It may not be the best military decision to pick the place to defend where it is easy to parachute into. In fact, it might be wise to try to pick the places for defense where you can't parachute into.
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