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Dien Bien Phu 1954 - The French Defeat that Lured America into Vietnam (Paperback)
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Dien Bien Phu 1954 - The French Defeat that Lured America into Vietnam (Paperback)
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A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the
56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining
French-led forces, this iconic battle provided the climax of the
First Indochina War. In late 1953, the seventh year of France's war
against the Viet Minh insurgency in its colony of Vietnam, the
C-in-C, General Navarre, was encouraged to plant an 'air-ground
base' in the Thai Highlands at Dien Bien Phu, to distract General
Giap's Vietnamese People's Army from both Annam and the French
northern heartland in the Red River Delta, and to protect the
Laotian border. Elite French paratroopers captured Dien Bien Phu,
which was reinforced between December 1953 and February 1954 with
infantry and artillery, a squadron of tanks and one of
fighter-bombers, to a strength of 10,000 men. Giap and the VPA
General Staff accepted the challenge of a major positional battle;
through a total mobilization of national resources, and with
Chinese logistical help, they assembled a siege army of 58,000
regular troops, equipped for the first time with 105mm artillery
and 37mm AA guns. Here, author Martin Windrow describes how from
their first assaults on 13 March 1954, the battle quickly developed
into a dramatic 56-day 'Stalingrad in the jungle' that drew the
attention of the world.
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