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French troops and communist fighters turned Indochina into a battlefield
The First Indochina War began as France attempted to reassert colonial control over Vietnam after World War II, but the conflict quickly escalated into a brutal Cold War battleground. Communist-led ...
April 21 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1509, Henry VIII became king of England after his father, Henry VII, died. In 1836, with the battle cry "Remember the Alamo!" Texas forces under Sam ...
The Cold War on MSN
The colonial war that created modern Vietnam’s nightmare
The First Indochina War began after France tried to reestablish colonial control over Vietnam following World War II.
The parade began at Hanoi's Ba Dinh Square, where communist leader Ho Chi Minh declared the country's independence from France in 1945. Hanoi is willing to let bygones be bygones, but many RVN ...
Valérie André, a French military officer, brain surgeon and licensed pilot who was believed to be the first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat zones — during the French-Indochina war of ...
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