Dien Bien Phu by Anthony Tucker-Jones

Author:Anthony Tucker-Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
ISBN: 9781526708007
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2017-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

In Tonkin, fighting continued along the Black River during December 1951, with the Viet Minh slowly closing in on Hoa Binh. Salan committed three mobile groups and an airborne group, but the guerrillas withdrew once more, only to return in January 1952. They managed to cut the river, leaving Route 6 as the only way to resupply the garrison. When the Viet Minh tried to cut the road by attacking Xom Pheo, they had to contend with the 2nd Battalion of the Foreign Legion’s 13th Demi-Brigade. The tough legionnaires resorted to repulsing them with a bayonet charge. It took a relief force eleven days to fight their way through to Hoa Binh. Reluctantly, Salan took the decision to evacuate rather than risk another encirclement. Under the codename ‘Amaranth’, this was successfully carried out between 22 and 24 February, under the cover of heavy artillery and air support.

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