France's War in Indochina: Volume 2: Viet Minh goes on the Offensive, 1949-1953

The First Indochina War's early phase reveals the clash over Vietnam's independence and foreign rivalries.

If America’s attempt to push back communism in Vietnam is undoubtedly the most well-known of Asian wars, it was preceded by a conflict fought by French and Vietnamese forces that resulted in the death of over 75,000 members of France’s armed forces from December 1946 to July 1954. The First Indochina War being a particularly savage conflict, it was fought by the French for similar reaso...