Another possibility:
France was one of the 'Free Powers', stet? An American ally. If it had been deemed neccessary by the French government that Indochina was a winning proposition in power terms, they would at least have tried to keep it. And the US would have helped, because, hey, stronger ally vs. Those Damned Filthy Commies.
Imagine how well that situation would go over with the peace movement.
Ja, -n
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"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."
France was one of the 'Free Powers', stet? An American ally. If it had been deemed neccessary by the French government that Indochina was a winning proposition in power terms, they would at least have tried to keep it. And the US would have helped, because, hey, stronger ally vs. Those Damned Filthy Commies.
Imagine how well that situation would go over with the peace movement.
Ja, -n
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"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."