There is a similar example of human courage against a much superior force. During the ethiopian - eritrean conflict of the early 90s the eritreans ( numerically a much inferior force, and without an airforce) were able to defeat a better armed and equipped ethiopian army.
The ethiopians levelled large parts of eritrea with a heavy aerial bombardment - so the eritreans went underground - and the town of Nakfa (the currency of eritrea was subsequently named after the place....) - there are extensive tunnel complexes with hospitals, schooles and churces underground in this town which became the frontline... In this case it could be said both sides were fighting for a cause they believed in (the ethiopians because they believed eritrea was a renegade province....and the eritreans believed they were fighting for independence.....)In the end the eritreans prevailed, because they had courageous men and women fighters who refused to give up.... (Of course, bravado is always followed by stupidity, as you know both countries have ....metaphorically speaking....to varying degrees poured petrol over themselves and lit a match....) On 12/5/06, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
On 12/5/06, Srini RamaKrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a rather > interesting book on the Tunnels of Chu-Chi (of the same name), which The missing references: http://www.amazon.com/Tunnels-Chi-Harrowing-Underground-Battlefields/dp/0891418695/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu_Chi_tunnels Cheeni
