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Thorn In The Heart

or dangerous positions. Also sometimes the strong wind blew
some paratroopers to another side of the Nam-Yum river. Those
soldiers had the hard time to hide their enemy and swam across
the river to reinforce at Alliance in the base. Some French
soldiers lost their lives by Vietminh or wild lives during the time
they cross the river or hiding in the forest for each time of bad
situation.

General Navarre understood United States government
supplied much more equipment and arms for French troops to
use in Dien-Bien-Phu battle. Also, he believed that the USA
force would enter the Vietnam war for profits, and help French
troops to win the war. He hoped France would grant
independence to all Indochina nations in France Union after the
war such as the USA, British and France's governments had
discussed the condition of agreements with the last Vietnam
King, Bao-Dai. Therefore General Navarre had a positive thing
for the victory of Dien-Bien-Phu battle, and he will go back his
homeland in the well-known name.

By the radio directed report from the battle and with the
knowledge, General Navarre understood it is the time for Giap
planning the big battle. Giap will use the people-sea tactic with
the full assault kill infantries to attack the camps after the
thunder waves of canons. He ordered Colonel De Castries to
hold up the camps in present positions, tried spreading and
dotted the troops around ten square miles in the valley to resist
Vietminh attack.

General Navarre thinks he gave Giap the advantage
positions on the surrounding hills and waited until the last
minute for Giap’s plan. He will use the French warplanes to
strike at Viet Minh's supply bases in Tuan-Giao, press Viet
Minh troops on Laos and Vietnam to make Vietminh worse. At
the same time US Air Force will bombardment Giap's troops
that appeared on the surrounding hills, destroy all the

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