BATTLE OF INDOCHINA
Viet Minh Communists, holed up in the bare limestone hills around the mouth of the Red River, looked down on the rice harvesters in the fertile, French-held delta, and decided they must fight for their food. The tactical plan: infiltrate guerrilla bands into the busy harvest land to extort grain from the peasants, carry it back into the hills at night. To cover their rice forays, they first launched a strong diversionary attack.
Some 40,000 Red soldiers launched their attack on a broad front along the Day River, a southern outlet...
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