THE THANH-NGHE-TINH REAR’S AID TO THE NORTHERN VIETNAM BATTLEFIELD FROM 1950 TO 1954

Abstract

In the period of 1950-1954, taking advantage of their active status gained in the Northern main front-line, the Vietnamese army launched a great number of big military campaigns to rotate the battlefield order for a successful end. The Thanh-Nghe-Tinh area, which was a strategic rear considered to be a storage of wealth and human power contiguous to the main battlefield, played an important role in supporting the front-lines and contributed decisively to the victory of the anti-French resistance (1946-1954). This paper studies the Thanh-Nghe-Tinh rear and its assistance to the Northern main battlefield during the period of 1950-1954 whereby confirming the great role of the Thanh-Nghe-Tinh area in the anti-French resistance as well as the power of the people’s war under the leadership of the Vietnamese Communist Party.