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e. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China. It consists of four services — Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force —and four arms— Aerospace Force, Cyberspace Force, Information Support Force, and Joint Logistics Support Force.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu. France. United States. The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. It was fought between the French Union 's colonial Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries.
Võ Nguyên Giáp (Vietnamese pronunciation: [vɔ̌ˀ ŋʷīən jǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Regarded as one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century, [1][2] Giáp led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in wars against Japan, France, South ...
The Ming-Đại Việt[a] War of 1406–1428 was a conflict between the Ming dynasty of China and Vietnam (known as Đại Việt at the time). The Ming dynasty's objective was to annex Vietnam, and while they initially had some success, the Vietnamese ultimately defended their independence. The war was sparked by a change in the ruling dynasty ...
In April 1950, the Viet Minh formally requested military aid including equipment, advisors and training. The PRC began to send their advisors and later form the Chinese Military Advisory Group (CMAG) to assist the Viet Minh, led by General Wei Guoqing, [1]: 45 along with Senior General Chen Geng. This is the beginning of China’s assistance.
Vietnam. China. Laos. Cambodia. Đại Việt(大越, IPA:[ɗâjˀvìət]; literally Great Việt), was a Vietnamese monarchy in eastern Mainland Southeast Asiafrom the 10th century AD to the early 19th century, centered around the region of present-day Hanoi. Its early name, Đại Cồ Việt,[note 1]was established in 968 by the ruler Đinh ...
First Indochina War; Part of the Indochina Wars, the Cold War, and the decolonization of Asia: Clockwise from the top: After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, supporting Laotian troops fall back across the Mekong River into Laos; French Marine commandos wade ashore off the Annam coast in July 1950; M24 Chaffee American light tank used by the French in Vietnam; Geneva Conference on 21 July 1954; A ...
The Đại Việt–Lan Xang War of 1479–84, also known as the White Elephant War, [ 4 ] was a military conflict precipitated by the invasion of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang by the Vietnamese Đại Việt Empire. The Vietnamese invasion was a continuation of Emperor Lê Thánh Tông 's expansion, by which Đại Việt had conquered the ...