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To this day this absolutely dumbfounds me.
In World War 1 Navarre served in Cavalry often in scouting roles. In World War 2, he was involved in the intel and planning espionage roles for Free France when he wasn't out leading armored divisions. In fact before the war he even drafted a plan to assassinate Hitler back when his main job was in the German intel of French general staff!
So as someone so affiliated with intel-gathering for much of his military career, why the heck couldn't he spot the defects of fighting in a location like Dien Bien Phu? I simply cannot believe the kind of mistakes made in the battle esp during preparation months before fighting considering the resume he had!
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