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All the Latest Game Footage and Images from SGS Battle For: Dien Bien Phu The emblematic siege battle of Dien Bien Phu that ended French rule over Indochina in 1954. Fight for the defense of the ...
Vietnam won the Dien Bien Phu battle 70 years ago, forcing the French government to sign the Geneva Agreement in July 1954 and marking the end of the French military presence in the Indochina.
French General Henri Navarre believed that he could get rid of the Viet Minh Communist guerrilla if he concentrated his forces at the valley of Dien Bien Phu, an isolated location deep into enemy ...
In observance of the coming 50th anniversary of its conclusion, here are nine key moments that defined the Vietnam War.
War veterans, communist leaders and diplomats gathered in Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s seminal victory over French colonial forces. The bloody 56-day ...
Vietnam was a French colony when communist-led rebels defeated French troops at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. At that point, the country was divided between north and south, with communists in ...
Listen to the full series on BBC Sounds. In 1954, the French were finally defeated by the Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The French had tried to block a communist supply line and set up ...
Seven decades after the communist victory, memories have dimmed and the two nations have built a friendship atop the positive legacies of French rule.
In 1954, the French were finally defeated by the Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. This defeat was formalised in the Geneva Agreement and temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones ...