Seems a long shot to me. The French military was a pretty professional orginization.
But it had been weakened by the WW2 occupation along with France itself economically.
But it wasn't just France fighting in Indochina... They got plenty of support. IMO, it doesn't matter if this Minh fellow lives or not, as long as France doesn't get help. That'd be plenty to get the rebels to win.
Hmm... well when the war of independence restarted in 1970s the French sort of lost... although of course they were by that point already discussing Indochina´s independence seriously.
Sort of lost, that is if we see it as a war and not a series of terrorist attacks.
How's any of that matter? The OP obviously refers to the original conflict, and what you quoted had nothing to do with what you replied.
OOC: Just chastising an annoying habit that people tend to do in DBWIs.
OCC: thats the point of a DBWI's to get a look at the DBWI world
IC: all the boy's saying is that the Indochinese could beat the French in general though it's hard to say if they could do so in the 1950's
if you want an independent Indochina in the 50s, you need either a) Indochinese independence isn't seen as a threat or danger, or b) France does something stupid earlier to lose the support it had.
How's any of that matter? The OP obviously refers to the original conflict, and what you quoted had nothing to do with what you replied.
OOC: Just chastising an annoying habit that people tend to do in DBWIs.
Don't forget the french victory was written in blood.
Had Ike refused to nuke Viet-minh troops in Dien Bien Phu... De Castries troops were badly mauled at the time, and probably wouldn't have lasted very long.
"instant sunshine " reverted the situation in some seconds, turning an incoming defeat into a victory.
OOC:After this, I've decided to leave the thread. Geez, you can never get a good, unruined-by-infodumping DBWI thread, can you.
To Fabilius: Sorry, I misunderstood what you had said.
OOC: are we running with this nuke idea?![]()