Kevin,

My mistake I overlooked this, or my memory is at fault.

I have read about the French First Indo-China War, partly as Bernard Fall's book 'Street Without Joy' was read over thirty years ago. The early part of the war is even more intriguing, the post-VJ return of first UK (in Saigon), Nationalist Chinese (in the north) and then French troops who tried to assert control - with lots of Japanese help. I have a couple of books on that episode on the bookshelves.