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re: ISIS now threatening US soldiers and embassy personnel
Posted on 8/11/14 at 11:15 am to teke184
Posted on 8/11/14 at 11:15 am to teke184
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Dien Bien Phu was at the bottom of a valley with mountains all around. The VC dug into the mountains and shot mortars at DBP, which the French weren't really able to take out due to the kind of cover the VC had.
You're using "VC" where you should be using "VM". The VC later grew out of remnants of the Viet Minh, which itself had evolved from a nationalist guerrilla group into the Vietnamese regular army at the time they defeated the French at DBP.
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Posted on 8/11/14 at 11:22 am to NHTIGER
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You're using "VC" where you should be using "VM". The VC later grew out of remnants of the Viet Minh, which itself had evolved from a nationalist guerrilla group into the Vietnamese regular army at the time they defeated the French at DBP.
It's been about 15 years since I've really had to be up on my Vietnam War history outside of debates on here.
I was more concerned with the story of DBP and why the French had chosen a really bad place to make a stand.
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