Battle of Hanoi (1946)
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On December 19, 1946, Viet Minh soldiers detonated explosives in Hanoi, and the ensuing battle, known as the Battle of Hanoi marked the opening salvo of the First Indochina War.
Viet Minh soldier Nguyen Van Thieng holding a lunge mine at Hàng Đậu Street in December 1946
Viet Minh artillery in Hanoi
Document "The word of the National Assembly of War Resistance" handwritten by Hồ Chí Minh on December 19, 1946.
The youngest in the winter of 1946.
Haiphong incident
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The Haiphong Incident or the Haiphong Massacre occurred on November 23, 1946, when the French cruiser Suffren and several avisos bombarded the Vietnamese coastal city of Haiphong, killing between 2,00
Battle of Hanoi (1946)
…Instead, France landed reinforcements at Da Nang in violation of an accord signed on March 6, 1946. Then in November 1946, local disputes led to colonialist massacres at Haiphong, Langson and Tourane. The French had balked at granting the DRV independence, instead insisting on rebuilding their Indochinese Federation with a new…
The Dumont d'Urville in Dutch East Indies, 1930-1936