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Điện Biên Phủ lies in Mường Thanh Valley, a 20 km (12 mi) long and 6 km (3.7 mi) wide basin sometimes described as "heart-shaped." It is on the western edge of Điện Biên Province, of which it is the capital, and is only about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the border with Laos .
Dien Bien Phu was a serious defeat for the French and was the decisive battle of the Indochina war. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] [ 98 ] The garrison constituted roughly one-tenth of the total French Union manpower in Indochina, [ 99 ] and the defeat seriously weakened the position and prestige of the French; it produced psychological repercussions both in the ...
Because of Dien Bien Phu's strategic importance, it was chosen as the stage for this attack. The siege of Dien Bien Phu began on March 13, 1954. By this date the Viet Minh had approximately 50,000 regular troops, 55,000 support troops in the area. They also had around 100,000 transport workers in Mường Thanh Valley area bringing in Chinese aid.
In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Lự in Mường Thanh were the most developed in the area and controlled Sìn Hồ, Mường Lay, and Tuần Giáo. In the 11th and 12th centuries, Tai people (not to be confused with the Thai people of Thailand) from Mường Ôm and Mường Ai occupied Mường Lò in Nghĩa Lộ and Mường Thanh in ...
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This is a list of units and commands that took part in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, with the major commands that took part in operations. Operational Group North-West (GONO)
From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu (Vietnamese: Từ Sài Gòn tới Điện Biên Phủ) All quiet on the Saigon front or Saigon out of war (Chinese: 西貢無戰事) is a 1967 Vietnamese 35mm Eastmancolor film directed by Lê Mộng Hoàng.
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).