{"id":97317,"date":"2025-08-25T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=97317"},"modified":"2025-08-24T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T21:58:10","slug":"vietnam-1950-giap-crushes-france-on-route-coloniale-4-w2w-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/08\/25\/vietnam-1950-giap-crushes-france-on-route-coloniale-4-w2w-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam 1950: Gi\u00e1p Crushes France on <em>Route Coloniale<\/em> 4 &#8211; W2W 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xV4jpAI8lKQ?si=ipQxLBwFytmvGd4p\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TimeGhost History<br \/>\nPublished 24 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p>Viet Minh forces shift to the offensive, attacking French troops up and down the country. As guerilla war reigns in the southern half of Vietnam, more organised attacks begin in the north up near Hanoi. France cycles through multiple new commanders, trying to stem the tide. But do they truly have a hope of turning this around? Or are they just delaying the inevitable?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><br \/>\nArchive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCo-produced by: Sebastian Brandstetter<br \/>\nCreative Director: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Anna Deinhard &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nWritten by: Tom Aldis<br \/>\nResearch by: Tom Aldis<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nMap research by: Andreas Ollson<br \/>\nEdited by: \u0141ukasz Zo\u0144<br \/>\nColor grading by: \u0141ukasz Zo\u0144<br \/>\nArtwork by: Himanka Kalita<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<\/p>\n<p>Colorizations by: Himanka Kalita, Iryna Dulka, Mikolaj Uchman<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8220;When Tomorrow Comes&#8221; &#8211; Jon Bjork<br \/>\n&#8220;At All Costs&#8221; &#8211; Dream Cave<br \/>\n&#8220;On the Edge&#8221; &#8211; Jon Bjork<br \/>\n&#8220;Epithelium&#8221; &#8211; Jon Sumner<br \/>\n&#8220;Final Farewell&#8221; &#8211; Dream Cave<br \/>\n&#8220;Forever to Run&#8221; &#8211; Howard Harper-Barnes<br \/>\n&#8220;Hovering Above Oceans&#8221; &#8211; Reynard Seidel<br \/>\n&#8220;Odyssey of the Lost&#8221; &#8211; Jo Wandrini<br \/>\n&#8220;On the Edge&#8221; &#8211; Jon Bjork<br \/>\n&#8220;Only the Brave&#8221; &#8211; Bonnie Grace<br \/>\n&#8220;Somethin&#8217; to Talk About&#8221; &#8211; Booker and the Yeomans<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TimeGhost History Published 24 Aug 2025 Viet Minh forces shift to the offensive, attacking French troops up and down the country. 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