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📝 Field Note: Battle of Nghĩa Lộ, Tonkin, Sep-Oct 1951 – the hilltop positions at Ba Khe

April 2025. Ba Khe, near the village of Cát Thịnh, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam. I am exploring the old Route Coloniale 13 west of Yen Bai, retracing the ground fought over during the October 1951 battle

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📝 Field Note: Battle of Nà Sản, Vietnam, 23 Nov – 10 Dec 1952

April 2025. Nà Sản, Vietnam. Our next stop was at the old fortified ‘hedgehog’ of Nà Sản, just east of Son La. The French and Viet Minh fought a massive battle here in late 1952, the outcome of which

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📝 Field Note: Tu Lê, Vietnam, 11–24 October 1952 — A desperate fighting withdrawal

April 2025. Tu Lê Valley, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam. I am exploring the site of Major Marcel Bigeard and 6e Bataillon Colonial de Parachutistes (6e BPC) epic stand and fighting withdrawal from Tu Lê i

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📝 Field Note: 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion at Tu Lê, Vietnam, 11–24 October 1952

Exploring the site of Bigeard' and the 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion's legendary stand and fighting withdrawal from Tu Le in October 1952.

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⚔️ Operation HIRONDELLE, (Raid on Lạng Sơn), Vietnam, 17-21 July 1953

Walk the battlefield of Operation HIRONDELLE (1953) around Lang Son in northern Tonkin, site of a daring French raid deep behind enemy lines.

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