Word: thainguyen
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...cover the withdrawal they planned to attack Ho in his own "military capital," Thainguyen, a town 40 miles north of Hanoi. On Oct. 1 a combined French force of parachutists, infantry and naval units struck at Thainguyen. The operation was perfectly carried out in Western military style, but after a few skirmishes, the Viet Minh defenders melted away...
...soon as the news of the rout reached Hanoi, the French pulled out of Thainguyen. They took up positions on a line halfway between Thainguyen and Hanoi in the flat delta country where communications and supply lines would be shorter and where their artillery and tanks could be used to better advantage. One by one the remaining forts on Route Coloniale No. 4 were falling into Viet Minh hands. The border between Ho and Mao was wide open...
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