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The arrival of the 316th Viet Minh Division prompted Cogny to order the evacuation of the Lai Chau garrison to Điện Biên Phủ, exactly as Giáp had anticipated. En route, they were virtually annihilated by the Viet Minh. "Of the 2,100 men who left Lai Chau on 9 December, only 185 made it to Điện Biên Phủ on 22 December.
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 . The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ , which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France.
Title: Lao Ha Yen, Thanh Dong Bien Gioi Alias: Dong Trieu Le Thuy Infantry battalions 115, 542, 564 Infantry regiment 209 Title: Song Lo Hoang Cam Infantry battalions 130, 154, 166 Division 316 Alias: Biên Hòa Colonel Le Quang Ba Commissar Chu Huy Man Infantry regiment 98 Vu Lang Infantry battalions 215, 439, 938 Infantry regiment 174
In early 1954, Bảo Đại offered Diệm the position of Prime Minister in the new government in Vietnam. In May 1954, the French surrendered at Điện Biên Phủ and the Geneva Conference began in April 1954. On 16 June 1954, Diệm met with Bảo Đại in France and agreed to be the Prime Minister if Bảo Đại would give him military ...
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.
Điện Biên (listen ⓘ) is a district of Vietnam's Điện Biên province. As of 2019, it had a population of 93,850 people, covering an area of 1395.99 km², [1] making it the most populous district in the province. The district capital lies at Thanh Xương. [2]
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.
"Tiến Quân Ca" (lit. "The Song of the Marching Troops") is the national anthem of Vietnam.The march was written and composed by Văn Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1946 (as per the 1946 constitution) and subsequently the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 following the reunification of Vietnam.