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Dien Bien Phu was a serious defeat for the French and was the decisive battle of the Indochina war. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] [ 97 ] The garrison constituted roughly one-tenth of the total French Union manpower in Indochina, [ 98 ] and the defeat seriously weakened the position and prestige of the French; it produced psychological repercussions both in the ...
Điện Biên Phủ (Vietnamese: [ɗîənˀ ɓīən fû] ⓘ, chữ Hán: 奠 邊 府) is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam.It is the capital of Điện Biên Province.
Nguyễn Trung Trực (1838 [b] – 27 October 1868), born Nguyễn Văn Lịch, was a Vietnamese fisherman who organized and led village militia forces which fought against French colonial forces in the Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam in the 1860s.
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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)
Điện Biên (chữ Hán: 奠 邊) is a province in the Northwest region of Vietnam.It is bordered by Lai Châu to the northeast, Sơn La to the southeast, Pu'er City, Yunnan, China, to the northwest, and Phongsaly province in Laos to the west.
The district lies in the southeastern part of Điện Biên Province, to the immediate southeast of Điện Biên Phủ City, south of Tuần Giáo district, east of Điện Biên district, north/northwest of Sốp Cộp district and west of Sông Mã district and Thuận Châu district in Sơn La province.
Contains inland provinces in the west of Vietnam's northern region. Two of them are along Vietnam's border with Laos, and three border China (Dien Bien borders both China and Laos). Northeast (Đông Bắc Bộ) Bắc Giang; Bắc Kạn; Cao Bằng; Hà Giang; Lạng Sơn; Phú Thọ; Quảng Ninh; Thái Nguyên; Tuyên Quang; 50,684.1 ...