The Typhoon Truce 1970: Three Days in Vietnam when Nature Intervened in the War
Sometimes wars are suspended and fighting stops for a while. A holiday that both sides recognize might do it as happened in the Christmas truce during World War I. Weather might do it too as it did in Vietnam in October 1970. The typhoon truce was just as real and the war stopped for three days in northern I Corps--that area bordering the demilitarized zone separating South Vietnam from the North. The unofficial typhoon truce came because first Super Typhoon Joan arrived devastating all the coastal lowlands in I Corps and further up into North Vietnam. Then less than a week later came Super Typhoon Kate. Kate hit the same area with renewed fury leaving the entire countryside under water and the people there faced with both war and natural disaster at the same time.
Features
- 264 pages
- Photos and illustrations throughout
- Book dimensions are 6 x 9
Sometimes wars are suspended and fighting stops for a while. A holiday that both sides recognize might do it as happened in the Christmas truce during World War I. Weather might do it too as it did in Vietnam in October 1970. The typhoon truce was just as real and the war stopped for three days in northern I Corps--that area bordering the demilitarized zone separating South Vietnam from the North. The unofficial typhoon truce came because first Super Typhoon Joan arrived devastating all the coastal lowlands in I Corps and further up into North Vietnam. Then less than a week later came Super Typhoon Kate. Kate hit the same area with renewed fury leaving the entire countryside under water and the people there faced with both war and natural disaster at the same time.
