Rats of Nam Yum
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Rats of Nam Yum
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The Rats of Nam Yum were internal deserters from the French forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War. The "Rats" consisted of French, Foreign Legion, African, Vietnamese, and Thai tribal troops who were unable or unwilling to defect to the Viet Minh opposing the French, but reluctant to continue to fight as part of the French forces. Reportedly the majority were locally recruited Indochinese, plus Algerian and Moroccan tirailleurs. Estimated to have numbered about one
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