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Battle of Muong Khoua, the Glossary

The Battle of Muong Khoua took place between April 13 and May 18, 1953, in northern Laos during the First Upper Laos Campaign in the French Indochina War.^[1]

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Airstrike

An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft.

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Điện Biên Phủ (is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France. The region is a center of ethnic Thai culture.

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Battle of Dien Bien Phu

The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. Battle of Muong Khoua and Battle of Dien Bien Phu are Battles and operations of the First Indochina War, Battles involving France, Battles involving Vietnam and Vietnamese independence movement.

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Battle of Nà Sản

The Battle of Nà Sản was fought between French Union forces and the Nationalist forces of the Việt Minh at Nà Sản, Sơn La Province, during the First Indochina War for control of the T’ai region (Northwest territory). Battle of Muong Khoua and Battle of Nà Sản are Battles and operations of the First Indochina War, Battles involving France and Battles involving Vietnam.

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Bernard B. Fall

Bernard B. Fall (November 19, 1926 – February 21, 1967) was a prominent war correspondent, historian, political scientist, and expert on Indochina during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Black River (Asia)

The Black River, (from the Tai language Da meaning "dark-brown") also known upstream as the Lixian River in China, is a river located in China and northwestern Vietnam.

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Canoe

A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.

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Chen Jian (academic)

Chen Jian is Hu Shih Professor of History and China-US Relations emeritus at Cornell University.

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Coolie

Coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, khuli, khulie, cooli, cooly, or quli) is a pejorative term used for low-wage labourers, typically those of Indian or Chinese descent.

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Croix de Guerre

The Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) is a military decoration of France.

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Douglas A-26 Invader

The Douglas A-26 Invader (designated B-26 between 1948 and 1965) is an American twin-engined light bomber and ground attack aircraft.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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First Indochina War

The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vietnam), and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 20 July 1954. Battle of Muong Khoua and First Indochina War are Conflicts in 1953 and Vietnamese independence movement.

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Flag of France

The national flag of France (drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red.

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Flag of Laos

The flag of Laos (Lao: ທຸງຊາດລາວ; thungsad Lāo) consists of three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes.

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Fog

Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.

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French Foreign Legion

The French Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère) is an elite corps of the French Army that consists of several specialties: infantry, cavalry, engineers, and airborne troops.

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French Indochina

French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1946 as the French Union, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan (from 1898 until 1945), and the Vietnamese regions of Tonkin in the north, Annam in the centre, and Cochinchina in the south.

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French Union

The French Union was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français).

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Henri Navarre

Henri Eugène Navarre (31 July 189826 September 1983) was a French Army general.

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Kingdom of Laos

The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Lâm Quang Thi

Lâm Quang Thi (7 May 1932 – 19 January 2021) was a Lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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List of monarchs of Laos

The Lao People's Democratic Republic is the modern state derived from the final Kingdom of Laos.

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Luang Prabang

Luang Phabang, (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or Louangphabang (pronounced), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ.

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Martin Windrow

Martin C. Windrow (born 1944) is a British historian, editor and author of several hundredWindrow, Martin The Last Valley, preface books, articles and monographs, particularly those on organizational or physical details of military history, and the history of the post-war French Foreign Legion.

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Nam Ou

The Nam Ou (Laotian: ນ້ຳອູ, literally: "rice bowl river") is one of the most important rivers of Laos.

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Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who does not hold a commission.

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North Vietnam

North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa; chữ Nôm: 越南民主共和), was a socialist state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976, with formal sovereignty being fully recognized in 1954.

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Phongsali

Phongsali or Phongsaly (ຜົ້ງສາລີ) is the capital of Phongsaly Province, Laos.

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Phongsaly province

Phongsaly province (Lao ຜົ້ງສາລີ), also spelled Phôngsali, is a province of Laos in the extreme north of the country.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Raoul Salan

Raoul Albin Louis Salan (10 June 1899 – 3 July 1984) was a French Army general and the founder of the Organisation armée secrète, a clandestine terrorist organisation that sought to maintain French Algeria by preventing Algerian independence.

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Recoilless rifle

A recoilless rifle (rifled), recoilless launcher (smoothbore), or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "RR" or "RCL" (for ReCoilLess) is a type of lightweight artillery system or man-portable launcher that is designed to eject some form of countermass such as propellant gas from the rear of the weapon at the moment of firing, creating forward thrust that counteracts most of the weapon's recoil.

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Shoal

In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or above it, which poses a danger to navigation.

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Sisavang Vong

King Sisavangvong (ພຣະບາທສົມເດັຈພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາຊີວິຕສີສວ່າງວົງສ໌; born Prince Khao 14 July 1885 – 29 October 1959), known by his courtesy name Sisavangvong, was the last ruler of the Lao Kingdom of Luang Prabang and the founding king of the Kingdom of Laos.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Street Without Joy (book)

Street without Joy is a 1961 book about the First Indochina War (1946–1954); it was revised in 1964.

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Thái people (Vietnam)

Thái, Thai or Tai people (Vietnamese: Người Thái) is officially recognized by the Vietnamese government as one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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Upper Laos campaign

The Upper Laos campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Thượng Lào) was a military campaign of the People's Army of Vietnam military campaign aimed at spreading Vietnamese communist influence to Laos in support of the Pathet Lao. Battle of Muong Khoua and Upper Laos campaign are 1953 in French Indochina, 1953 in Laos, 1953 in Vietnam, April 1953 events in Asia, Battles and operations of the First Indochina War, Battles involving France, Battles involving Vietnam, Conflicts in 1953, may 1953 events in Asia and Vietnamese independence movement.

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Võ Nguyên Giáp

Võ Nguyên Giáp (25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a general of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), communist revolutionary and politician.

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Vientiane

Vientiane (ວຽງຈັນ, Viangchan) is the capital and largest city of Laos.

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Viet Minh

The Việt Minh (abbreviated from Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh, 越南獨立同盟; Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on 19 May 1941. Battle of Muong Khoua and Viet Minh are Vietnamese independence movement.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Muong_Khoua

Also known as Battle of Muong-Khoua, Siege of Muong Khoua.

Battle of Muong Khoua, the Glossary

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1953 in French Indochina

1953 in Laos

1953 in Vietnam

April 1953 events in Asia

Battles and operations of the First Indochina War

Conflicts in 1953

May 1953 events in Asia

Vietnamese independence movement

References