Round 3: Tossup 18

One of this country’s colonies sparred with the guerilla “Black Flag Army.” This country won the (15[1])Battle of Day River during a war where it dropped paratroopers into a valley as part of Operation Castor. The Béatrice ("bay-uh-TREES") stronghold operated by this country was allegedly (15[1])named after one of Colonel de Castries’s mistresses. This country’s (15[1])C•E•F•E•O withdrew from a colony as part of the (*) Geneva Accords. (10[1])Provinces of one of this country’s colonies included Cochinchina and Tonkin. (10[2])Vo (10[1])Nguyen Giap’s ("voh nu-win zyahp’s") Viet Minh (10[1]-5[1])defeated this country at the battle of Dien Bien Phu. For 10 points, Indochina was ruled by what European country’s Third Republic? ■END■

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