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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu — The fifty-six days that lost Indochina, 13 March – 7 May 1954
Fifty-six days of siege in the basin: the hills fell one by one under Giáp’s artillery, and on 7 May the camp went silent — eleven thousand prisoners took the trails, few returned. The Geneva accords, in July, closed French Indochina; Bernard de Lattre, the marshal’s only son, had fallen there as early as 1951. (Editorial synthesis)
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu began on 13 March 1954. (source: Ministère des Armées)
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended on 7 May 1954. (source: Ministère des Armées, Encyclopædia Britannica, and Office of the Historian (Département d’État))
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu took place in Dien Bien Phu. (source: Ministère des Armées and Office of the Historian (Département d’État))
2 commanders are recorded for the Battle of Dien Bien Phu: Christian de Castries (French expeditionary corps) and Võ Nguyên Giáp (Việt Minh People’s Army). (source: Ministère des Armées and Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ended in the basin fallen after fifty-six days — the end of French Indochina. (source: Ministère des Armées)
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