Word: vietminh
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...America would be quick to enter the war, they thought, if Red China were to take a large-scale role in the fighting. Up to now, Mao Tsc-Tung's forces have limited themselves to giving supplies to the Vietminh troops...
...loss of Dienbienphu, now under continual bombardment by the Vietminh troops, would not be a crucial military disaster for the anti-Communists, both men agreed. But, they said, it would be a serious psychological defeat for the French and Vietmanese...
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault issued a statement as the conference opened accusing the Vietminh of "violating the rules of war" by refusing to let the French fly out their many wounded from Dienbienphu...
...ideas and words is a real war. Certainly the Chinese Communists recognize this. In many Southeast Asian countries the Red Star and Mao Tse-tung's face are among the most familiar sights; bookstores overflow with Communist propaganda produced locally or imported from Russia, China and Vietminh. In areas where literacy rates are generally very low the Communists have accepted the great truth that the spoken word, the whispering campaign and the picture cartoon are far more potent weapons than the written word...
...President Truman promised aid against Vietminh forces here...