Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Christian de Castries was born into a distinguished military family, the House of Castries, and enlisted in the army at the...

Starting in December, the French, under the command of Colonel Christian de Castries, began transforming their anchoring point into a fortress by setting...

Applegate Marcel Bigeard Christian de Castries Geneviève de Galard – nurse at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, honorary Légionnaire de 1ère classe. Ante Gotovina...

Bengal Brigade (1954) - Rajah Karam Jump Into Hell (1955) - General Christian De Castries Hell's Island (1955) - Paul Armand The 27th Day (1957) - the Alien...

fortifications. At the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1953–1954), General Christian de Castries said that the situation was "somewhat like Verdun". French forces...

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...

finalized the two famous wars in Vietnam: Tạ Quốc Luật, who captured Christian de Castries and raised the victory flag in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (the...

GM 2 and GM 3 took Lai Cac and established a camp under Colonel Christian de Castries, who would go on to command at Dien Bien Phu, and General Jean Gilles...

team captures a French soldier and forces him to point out Col Christian de Castries' command bunker, but French troops open fire and An is hit in the...

Paul Ély (1954–55) Pierre Jacquot (1955–56) Commander: General Christian de Castries (1954) Commander: General René Cogny (1954) Among the French ground...

house of la Croix de Castries (French pronunciation: [la kʁwa də kastʁ]) is a French noble family from Languedoc. The city of Castries in the Caribbean...

was first came to the French headquarters and captured general Christian de Castries marking the end of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. After the war, Lê...

Les 170 jours de Dien Bien Phu. Presses de la Cité, 1979 Brancion, Henri de. Dien Bien Phu: Artilleurs dans la fournaise. Presses de la Cité, 1993 Bruge...

advantage. On May 7, 1954, French troops at Điện Biên Phủ, under Christian de Castries, surrendered to the Viet Minh and in July 1954, the Geneva Accord...

radio calls from the commander of the garrison there, Colonel Christian de Castries. De Castries: "The Viets are everywhere. The situation is very grave. The...

academic and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911) 1991 – Christian de Castries, French general (b. 1902) 1992 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey...

Division was a critical part of the French 1st Army under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and came ashore with the U.S. 6th Army Group, under Lt. Gen...

Sernas) Kurt Kasznar as Captain Jean Calluox Arnold Moss as General Christian De Castries Peter van Eyck as Lieutenant Heinrich Heldman Marcel Dalio as Sergeant...

9 August – Zino Francescatti, violinist (died 1991) 11 August – Christian de Castries, military officer (died 1991) 16 August – Gilbert Gérintès, rugby...

an armed Bigeard, along with Langlais, took de facto command of the camp from General Christian de Castries in mid-March. The historian Jules Roy, however...

cyclist (d. 1986) 1902 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985) 1902 – Christian de Castries, French general (d. 1991) 1905 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American...

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Castriensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church...

(1936). María Antinea, 76, Spanish actress, vedette, and dancer. Christian de Castries, 88, French general. Yusuf Khattak, 73, Pakistani lawyer, politician...

of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, including: The bunker of General Christian de Castries. Military museum with assorted weaponry used by the French colonial...

children Castries 1903, p. 20. Castries 1903, p. 17 Castries 1903, p. 18 Castries 1903, p. 24. Castries 1903, p. 22. Castries 1903, p. 34. Castries 1903,...

27 July – Pierre Brunet, figure skater (born 1902). 29 July – Christian de Castries, military officer (born 1902). 5 August – Gaston Litaize, organist...

over 180,000 people as of 2018. The nation's capital and largest city is Castries. The first proven inhabitants of the island, the Arawaks, are believed...

by Louis XVI and by the Secretary of State of the Navy, the Marquis de Castries, to lead an expedition around the world. Many countries were initiating...

désespérant de la vérité, ne croyant même pas en Dieu. Aucune preuve ne me paraissait évidente" Letter from Charles de Foucauld to Marie de Castries on 17 April...

Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, marquis de MacMahon, duc de Magenta (French pronunciation: [patʁis də makma.ɔ̃]; 13 June 1808 – 17 October 1893)...