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The PAVN victory make history, the yellow star flag over the french CP was the symbol and the dream of all guerrilla armies in the World. Giap and most of the warriors of the battle are gone, but...

I've yet to read the campaign on the Tet Offensive (ordered it yesterday) and I'm sure it covers the VC assault on the US Embassy in Saigon but is there any mileage in covering this in more depth in t...

Regarding the price problem of the photos to a book on Dien Bien Phu, as mentioned by Mike @ Osprey, I wish to suggest a middle term solution. As I posted on the other topic, Osprey could make a diffe...

If your looking for some Anzac Day reading check out "Canister!Fire! Australian Tank Operations in Vietnam"(Bruce Cameron,Big Sky Publishing,)Book is detailed,lavishly illustrated,and tells a story li...

Vietnam was a combination of, at the time, modern and old infantry weapons , the M16 and the AK-47, of course, were the most common, but some rare weapons surface in the war. The most unique was ON...

I heard Vietnam subjects aren't famous, but I will give it a try anyway. - CAM Battle of Ia Drang 1965 I already mentioned this famous battle turned into a movie [with a crappy intro] would fit ...

See article in #11 May-Jun 2014 issue of "Modern War" by Joseph Miranda.One of the hardest fought coflicts within the Cold War occurred in what was then called French Indochina.It saw every type of co...

Introduction How does the advisor gives advice? Each person must find the methods, which will produce results. Varying circumstances and personalities make it impossible to establish a rigid set o...

What do members think about the idea of a COMBAT volume on French BEP vs Viet-Minh 305 Division, 1951-53 or something along those lines? It seems like a clear gap that could be well addressed by this ...

See article on Battle of Na San in issue #10 March-April 2014 of 'Modern War' by John Walker on the French air-ground base concept,which later failed so completely at Dien Bien Phu, which was first te...

What is your opinion of a campaign book on the chosin reservoir?

ITs a shame a dien bien phu campaign book has not been made. It is an important battle in the first indochina war that led to the decolinization of vietnam.

Just to keep this forum on-topic. Link to the original post: http://www.ospreypublishing.com/forum/vietnam_war/3890/ As a gift, here are some photos of the Legion paras in Kolwezi: http://...

Looking for any info on the US Army 37th Photo Recon unit in WW1. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tom

After finishing Porch's book I re-read the classic "French Foreign Legion Paratroops" and had one idea: Martin Windrow can make a double publishing for those troops like he did with the Legion in 1871...

Maybe up to one million people were killed by the pakistani army in 1971.

Short but bloody war that killed thousands of people. I think the chinese suffered thousands of casulaties in a very short period of time.

not that i want to revive the heated discussion on this fórum, only a few weeks ago on his person! i think, for better or worse, he is a historical figuer! . and now i just read he died today! ....

Check out the #8 Nov-Dec 2013 issue of "Modern War" for article "Centurion Tanks in Vietnam" by Christopher Miskimon.

Can anyone in the forum, especially author Peter Davies, provide me with additional information on the loss of VMCJ-1 RF-4B, Cotton Picker 53? My father, Capt. Dick Kane was the RSO. Richard Kane Jr.