creation of the province in 2004, Điện Biên Phủ was part of Lai Châu Province. The Vietnamese government elevated Điện Biên Phủ to town status in 1992, and...
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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...
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Diên Biên Phu (French for Điện Biên Phủ) is a French 1992 epic war film written and directed by French veteran Pierre Schoendoerffer. With its huge budget...
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people. The name "Điện Biên" means "stable frontier" (referring to Điện Biên's location on the border between Lan Xang and Vietnam). Điện Biên has various ancient...
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French bases, culminating in a decisive French defeat at the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ. An estimated 400,000 to 842,707 soldiers died during the war as well...
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Dien Bien Phu, subtitled "Strategic Game of Indochina 1950-55" is a board wargame published by Simulations Design Corporation (SDC) in 1973 that simulates...
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Dien Bien Airport (IATA: DIN, ICAO: VVDB) is located at Điện Biên Phủ in Vietnam. Điện Biên Phủ Airport was established in 1954 as Mường Thanh Airfield...
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military commander General Henri Navarre set up a defensive complex at Ðiện Biên Phủ in the Mường Thanh Valley, disrupting Việt Minh supply lines passing...
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of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, with the major commands that took part in operations. Bergot, Erwan. Les 170 jours de Dien Bien Phu. Presses...
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four enemy divisions closing on Điện Biên Phủ, Navarre issued instructions accepting battle and calling for Điện Biên Phủ to be held at all costs. By January...
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Charles Piroth (section Điện Biên Phủ)
of the artillery force at Điện Biên Phủ by its commander Colonel Christian de Castries. The French artillery at Điện Biên Phủ comprised only 30 medium...
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Allen Lawrence Pope (section Điện Biên Phủ)
forces besieged in the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ in French Indochina. On March 13, Việt Minh artillery disabled Điện Biên Phủ's airstrip, forcing the French...
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Saigon), Biên Hòa is connected to it via National Route 1. As a class-1 provincial city, it is the sixth largest city in Vietnam by population. Biên Hòa spans...
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu is a board wargame published by Game Designers Workshop (GDW) in 1977 that is a simulation of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu that marked...
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Thanh Bình is a ward (phường) of Điện Biên Phủ in Điện Biên Province in northwestern Vietnam. 21°23′59″N 103°00′35″E / 21.3997°N 103.0097°E / 21.3997;...
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Tân Thanh is a ward (phường) of Điện Biên Phủ in Điện Biên Province, northwestern Vietnam. 21°23′34″N 103°01′19″E / 21.3928°N 103.0219°E / 21.3928;...
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Điện Biên Phủ Bande Originale du Film (Dien Bien Phu Original Soundtrack) is the soundtrack for the 1992 war docudrama Diên Biên Phu by Pierre Schoendoerffer...
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Vietnam War (section Battle of Dien Bien Phu)
shouldering 80% of the cost of the war.: 35 During the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, US carriers sailed to the Gulf of Tonkin and the US conducted...
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Hoàng Văn Thái (section Battle of Dien Bien Phu)
after Hoàng Văn Thái are in Thanh Xuân District, Hanoi Điện Biên Phủ, Điện Biên Province Phú Thọ Province Thái Bình, Thái Bình Province Tiền Hải District...
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movie adaptation Go Tell the Spartans. "Có một Điện Biên Phủ ở Liên Khu 5" [There was another Dien Bien Phu in 5th Military Region]. baobinhdinh.com.vn (Bình...
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officer present at Dien Bien Phu. The unit suffered heavy casualties during fighting in March and April. On 14 April the Dien Bien Phu garrison reported...
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Phú Quốc (Vietnamese: [fǔ kǔə̯k]) is the largest island in Vietnam. Phú Quốc and nearby islands, along with the distant Thổ Chu Islands, are part of Kiên...
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Jules Gaucher (section Dien Bien Phu 1953–54)
known as 'the Old Man' to his troops. He was killed at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Gaucher graduated from the French military academy at Saint-Cyr...
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Pierre Langlais (section Dien Bien Phu)
facto commander of the French garrison in the midst of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Langlais was born at Pontivy, in Morbihan, Brittany. He attended St...
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Geneviève de Galard (section Dien Bien Phu)
May 2024) was a French nurse who was dubbed l'ange de Dien Bien Phu ("the Angel of Dien Bien Phu") during the French war in Indochina by the press in Hanoi...
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Public holidays in Vietnam (redirect from Dien Bien Phu Victory Day)
May 7 Dien Bien Phu Victory Day Ngày Chiến thắng Điện Biện Phủ Victory of the People's Armed Forces against France in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954)...
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Vương Thừa Vũ (section Dien Bien Phu)
became the main Viet Minh supply route into Dien Bien Phu.: 265 Vũ led his men into battle at Điện Biên Phủ, where they played a leading role. His regiments...
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of Điện Biên Phủ. One of the troopers in the relief column marching from Luang Prabang was a young Hmong named Vang Pao. The French loss at Điện Biên Phủ...
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Nam Thanh is a ward (phường) of Điện Biên Phủ in Điện Biên Province, northwestern Vietnam. 21°22′30″N 103°02′12″E / 21.3750°N 103.0367°E / 21.3750;...
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hostilities culminated in a decisive defeat for the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. This resulted in a French withdrawal and the Geneva conference. It...
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