I had lunch at the Fine Arts museum cafe and went to visit the "Army Museum". Again, I wanted to understand the VN better and gain an insight of who they are and why they are. Someone told me "we were able to dispatch the French and Americans in 80 years..we have been fighting the Chinese for over a 1000 years"...interesting. The Army Museum discusses and illustrates the evolution of wars in VN from a major victory against the Chinese in the 1200's to Dien Ben Phu (sic) to the American VN war.
The 1st picture depicts a famous VN general who lured the Chinese fleet into an area in which his troops had placed long pointed poles that were invisible at high tide. When the tide receded, the ships became immobile and the VN army was able to pound them with artillery and destroy them.
The next series of pictures depict the battle of Diem Bien Phu where the French Foreign Legion and Army were totally defeated...the Viet Min encircled the French defenses...tunneled underneath various critical positions...exploded a large amount of explosives and attacked the weaken position. As you watch the electric map,Viet Min in red and French in green, you see actual battle footage...very impressive.
Visited the Museum souvenir shop and found my jacket pins of VN, a red flag with a 5 pointed yellow star. I paid for them with $2 bills..see picture of happy recipients...they are considered lucky in VN
The American VN war displays mostly show war captured trophies and don't discuss tactical battles such as Tet, Danag, etc. Picture shows are boostful but not offensive. VN moved weapons on a bike.
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