A war of logistics parachutes and porters in Indochina, 1945-1954
"Following the French reoccupation of Indochina at the end of World War II, the pro-Communist Vietnamese nationalists, or Viet Minh, launched a grassroots insurgency that erupted into a full-fledged war in 1949. After nearly ten years of savage combat, the Western world was stunned when Viet Mi...
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Lexington, Kentucky
University Press of Kentucky
[2015]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Foreign military studies
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- A war of logistics
- French Union combat forces
- Viet Minh combat forces
- French logistical doctrine and organization
- Viet Minh logistical doctrine and organization
- The opposing transport systems
- French sources of supply
- Viet Minh sources of supply
- The shape of battles to come
- The campaign for the base areas
- The campaign for the lines of communication
- Planning and buildup for the battle of Dien Bien Phu
- The limits of aerial resupply
- The triumph of the porters
- Logistics and the war in Indochina, 1945-1954