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Word: hochiminh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...Black River, the Reds were using their old shock tactics: waves of expendables in sleeveless, padded green jackets shouting "Hochiminh Muon Nam" (Ho Chi Minh lives 1,000 years), throwing themselves on the French wire with bamboo Bangalore torpedoes and blasting a path for later waves. On the Red River front, Communist resistance, which had faded before the armor, was now reappearing in the rear and extended flanks of the French column, but the French drive itself threatened Thai Nguyen, the reputed Red capital, 44 miles north of Hanoi. In the flat, flooded delta, the brunt of guerrilla attack, directed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF INDO-CHINA: Three-Front Fight | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

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