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The following year, the important Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was fought between the Việt Minh (led by General Võ Nguyên Giáp), and the French Union (led by General Henri Navarre, successor to General Raoul Salan). The siege of the French garrison lasted fifty-seven days, from 17:30, 13 March to 17:30, 7 May 1954.
Militarily there was no point in France fighting on, as the Viet Minh could repeat the strategy and tactics of the Dien Bien Phu campaign elsewhere, to which the French had no effective response. [95] News of Dien Bien Phu's fall was announced in France several hours after the surrender, around 16:45, by Prime Minister Joseph Laniel.
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Title: Thu Do (Capital) Alias: Ba Vi Nguyen Hung Sinh Infantry battalions 18, 59, 79 Division 312 Title: Chien Thang (Victory) Codename: 'Bến Tre' Colonel Lê Trọng Tấn Commissar Tran Do Infantry regiment 141 Title: Ba Vi Quang Tuyen Infantry battalions 11, 16, 428 Infantry regiment 165 Title: Lao Ha Yen, Thanh Dong Bien Gioi Alias: Dong ...
Operation Condor was an attempt to weaken the Viet Minh artillery's assaults against the besieged French Union garrison of Dien Bien Phu. On April 22 1954, General Cogny insisted with his superior General Navarre to take a decision about Condor. General Navarre approved the mission on April 27 and it was launched on April 30. [1]
Trung Thu is a commune (xã) and village of the Tủa Chùa District of Điện Biên Province, northwestern Vietnam This page was last edited ...
The division fought during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and prior to the battle, had successfully hauled 200 dismantled artillery pieces up the hills to the east of Dien Bien Phu's valley and established well-hidden fortified positions overlooking the French fortress and outlying small garrisons from there (the Viet Minh placed their heavy ...
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