French Mop Up Reds
French Mop Up Reds
Having halted the communist advance on Saigon, French colonial troops take the initiative and deal a crushing blow as they drive the reds from fortified villages after a land and aerial bombardment. Twelve hundred troops are killed or wounded in 12 days of blazing battle. CUS - Soldiers disembarking from a transport duck on to China's soil MCUS - French soldiers going through the Red River Delta carrying riffles and other weapons on their backs CUS - French soldiers firing machine guns MLS - French soldiers firing cannons Ground to Air Shot- French air force, bombing their targets MLS - French assault troops walking through burning village CUS - French soldiers going through the pockets of the dead Chinese soldiers CUS - Dead and wounded French soldiers CUS - A dead soldier with a cloth covering his face and another soldier sitting next to him wiping off the mud from his hand MCUS - French soldiers capture 3,000 prisoners in the Indo - China border war