... made with the Viet Minh and the way was open for large scale support. In 1950, the war moved from the passive to the active stage. French troops were concentrated in fortresses in North Vietnam fighting a static war. During this year the Viet Minh swept along the frontier road with ... Vinh Yen, a "set-piece" battle fought along conventional lines that resulted in a decisive French victory. This forced the Viet Minh to revert to a passive stage of revolutionary warfare and gave the French a false sense of security that the Viet Minh could never match them in a "set-piece" battle. The Viet...

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... made with the Viet Minh and the way was open for large scale support. In 1950, the war moved from the passive to the active stage. French troops were concentrated in fortresses in North Vietnam fighting a static war. During this year the Viet Minh swept along the frontier road with ... Vinh Yen, a "set-piece" battle fought along conventional lines that resulted in a decisive French victory. This forced the Viet Minh to revert to a passive stage of revolutionary warfare and gave the French a false sense of security that the Viet Minh could never match them in a "set-piece" battle. The Viet...

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... Chi Minh. Nguyen Ai Quoc means "Nguyen the Patriot."" In Versailles, he signed a petition to the allied leaders asking about the concept of self-determination. 29. During WWII, the Vietminh Front was in control of Vietnam. The Vietnamese liked it, they proceeded in kicking out the French, and sent what French leaders that were still in Vietnam, running for the hills ... notice that it would seek to create an anti-Communist alliance among its western allies and friendly states in Southeast Asia to resist further Communist encroachment in the region. The stage was set for a new Cold War c...

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