Dien Bien Phu Battle - VN
VIETNAMESE HISTORY AND CULTURE
DIEN BIEN PHU BATTLE
Outline:
1. Background
1.1. Military situation
1.2. Na San and the hedgehog concept
2. Battle
2.1. Attack wave 1
2.2. Attack wave 2
2.3. Attack wave 3
3. Aftermath
4. Cause victory
5. Significance
5.1 For our country
5.2 For our world
6. References
The Battle of Đien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations over the future of Indochina at Geneva. Military historian Martin Windrow wrote that Đien Bien Phu was "the first time that a non-European colonial independence movement had evolved through all the stages from guerrilla bands to a conventionally organized and equipped army able to defeat a modern Western occupier in pitched battle."
As a result of blunders in French decision-making, the French began an operation to support the soldiers at Dien Bien Phu, deep in the hills of northwestern Vietnam. Its purpose was to cut off Viet Minh supply lines into the neighboring Kingdom of Laos, a French ally, and tactically draw the Viet Minh into a major confrontation that would cripple them. The Viet Minh, however, under General Vo Nguyen Giap, surrounded and besieged the French, who were unaware of the Viet Minh 's possession of heavy artillery (including anti-aircraft guns) and their ability to move these weapons through difficult terrain, up the reverse slopes of the mountains surrounding the French positions, dig tunnels through the mountain, and position the artillery pieces overlooking the French encampment. This positioning of the artillery made it impervious to counter battery fire. When the Viet Minh opened fire, the one armed French artillery commander accepted responsibility for his failure and
DIEN BIEN PHU BATTLE
Outline:
1. Background
1.1. Military situation
1.2. Na San and the hedgehog concept
2. Battle
2.1. Attack wave 1
2.2. Attack wave 2
2.3. Attack wave 3
3. Aftermath
4. Cause victory
5. Significance
5.1 For our country
5.2 For our world
6. References
The Battle of Đien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union 's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations over the future of Indochina at Geneva. Military historian Martin Windrow wrote that Đien Bien Phu was "the first time that a non-European colonial independence movement had evolved through all the stages from guerrilla bands to a conventionally organized and equipped army able to defeat a modern Western occupier in pitched battle."
As a result of blunders in French decision-making, the French began an operation to support the soldiers at Dien Bien Phu, deep in the hills of northwestern Vietnam. Its purpose was to cut off Viet Minh supply lines into the neighboring Kingdom of Laos, a French ally, and tactically draw the Viet Minh into a major confrontation that would cripple them. The Viet Minh, however, under General Vo Nguyen Giap, surrounded and besieged the French, who were unaware of the Viet Minh 's possession of heavy artillery (including anti-aircraft guns) and their ability to move these weapons through difficult terrain, up the reverse slopes of the mountains surrounding the French positions, dig tunnels through the mountain, and position the artillery pieces overlooking the French encampment. This positioning of the artillery made it impervious to counter battery fire. When the Viet Minh opened fire, the one armed French artillery commander accepted responsibility for his failure and
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