Guerrilla History: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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The Soviet Union and the Vianamis
Soviet support didn't really come in for the vianamis until 19 52. The us detam did not really want nam to to fight at all costs. There was, i think, 400 soviet trucks that were deployed in the battle of genbenfu itself. We also had something very similar in corea, where there was a proposedthe corea peninsula wide election that was due to take place. I widely understood that the communists were going to be victorious in the election between the north and the south. But that process was undermined that elect on never did take place.
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