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But they will not be facing a guerilla force at the beginning. They could be very effective in any type of proto-blitz and I can't see any French or Vietnamese force going to guerilla tactics from the very beginning of any conflict due to no historical precedent to do so.
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Historically in the 1941 war the Thai used tanks in a somewhat succesful way versus the French in Cambodia and IMHO it should be something similar if this happens in WW. The French supply depots are too far away from the border areas and the Thais would have the initial advantage but the deeper they get into French Indochina the pendulum will swing in the other direction.
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The only concern of this force will be supply. As you stated they are road bound and their supply lines will be very fragile. They could be cutoff by any flanking attack that severs their supply lines or basically stopped just by severing their supply lines.
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Originally posted by AdmKuznetsov
The French are very aware of recent developments in the firepower of Siamese forces, and understand that these developments require adjustments to their tactics and strategy. The precedent they look to is Spain during the Napoleonic wars, where a combination of regular and irregular forces posed severe problems for the French.
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Why they will develop insurgency tactics when they fought three wars since them and not using those tactics?
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trusting the Vietnamese to actually do the fighting is hoping for a lot.
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Originally posted by AdmKuznetsov
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trusting the Vietnamese to actually do the fighting is hoping for a lot.
They are trusted to defend their prospective independence, and their homes, the mysterious Mr. "M" notwithstanding.
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