'Among the comments heard at French military HQ in Hanoi was that Giap 'was an NCO learning to handle regiments.' The leadership were contemptuous of NLF/VM mobility and logistics. Giap's staff officers believe that battle must be joined at Dien Bien Phu, but are uncertain how to provoke the French in an attack.'
The P-40, developed from the P-36, was America's foremost fighter in service when WWII began. P-40s engaged Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941.
'The B-25 medium bomber was one of America's most famous airplanes of WW II. It was the type used by General Doolittle for the Tokyo Raid on April 18, 1942.
'Leonidas, with a force of 7000, most of them helots, defended the pass at Thermopylae, allowing the other troops more time to prepare. Xerxes marched on, arrogantly, not believing so small a force would oppose him. Leonidas knew, though, that the pass was so narrow that Persian numbers would be negated. For two days, Leonidas and the Spartans blocked the pass, inflicting grievous losses on the tributary forces of Xerxes. '
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