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Word: yenchau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Giap's Viet Minh forces, ignoring Operation Lorraine, suddenly swept south, swarmed across the Black River and swallowed the fortified French outposts Mocchau and Yenchau. Now they were advancing on the town of Sonla and the nearby airstrip of Nasan, where 12,000 French troops were cut off. There was another point of worry for General Linarés: What had become of Communist Giap's crack 308th Viet Minh division, which had suddenly vanished from the Black River front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF INDO-CHINA: Ambuscade | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

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