Après la bataille de #DienBienPhu la semaine dernière, un peu de recul pour passer en revue la Guerre d'Indochine.
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Que diriez-vous d’une petite plongée dans une version alternative de la bataille de Diên Biên Phu ?
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#OnThisDay 25 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
A Viet Minh prisoner guarded by a soldier of the pro-French Vietnamese National Army, captured during a counterattack to reopen the road between the base camp and strongpoint Isabelle.
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March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Viet Minh prisoners, many wounded, captured during a raid, possibly the action from the previous post. These photos dated between 19-22 March 1954.
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#OnThisDay 22 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Assault on a Viet Minh position near "Isabelle" supported by M24 Chaffees of the 1er RCC. Original caption claims that a Viet Minh company was largely wiped out in the action.
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#OnThisDay 19-22 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Life in the trenches for French and Vietnamese colonial paras. Logistical and sanitary conditions grew increasingly miserable as the battle progressed.
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18 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Wounded French colonial troops are carried back to casualty collection points for triage.
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18 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
A Sikorsky S55 helicopter evacuates casualties from strongpoint "Isabelle" on the southern end of the Dien Bien Phu perimeter.
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#OnThisDay 18 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Jean Péraud, photographer for the Service Presse Information (SPI), first photo in a trench at "Isabelle," second near the primary airstrip.
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#OnThisDay 17-18 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. A Douglas C-47B Dakota air ambulance attempts to take off while under artillery fire.
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#OnThisDay 13-17 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Wounded troops are airlifted out by C-47 Dakotas.
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#OnThisDay 13-17 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Collection and evacuation of wounded.
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#OnThisDay 16 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The 6e Bataillon de Parachutistes Coloniaux drops into the valley, landing south of "Eliane 2" with the aim of reinforcing the link to resistance center "Isabelle."
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#OnThisDay 13-17 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Wounded paras being led to the rear- the most seriously injured would be airlifted out by C-47 Dakotas.
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#OnThisDay 13-17 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. French paras in combat.
The Viet Minh assault on Dien Bien Phu began on 13 March, and the fighting would drag on for the next 57 days.
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#OnThisDay 13-17 March 1954: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Paratroopers of the 8e Bataillon de Parachutistes de Choc in combat. The battalion was tasked with defending outpost Épervier on the south end of the airfield perimeter.
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I was sorting through a pile of books when I came across this magazine from 1988, containing my first paid for article. 1988! #OldGit Still, it was a subject I returned to years later and hopefully will again. #HistBookChat #DienBienPhu #FrenchIndochina
Amazing City Of The Future Da Nang Vietnam ! #danangcity #dienbienphu #frenchhistory
Our podcast, 'Behind the Departure Board,' is live! Get early intel on Laos & Dien Bien Phu history/cuisine – because planning is half the fun (or pain). Yes, videos are much later, but we'll remind you. 😉 Tune in! #Podcast #TravelPrep #Laos #DienBienPhu www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#OTD in 1954, the Battle for #DienBienPhu ended. A watershed moment in French colonial and Southeast Asian history; the long slow decline into the #VietnamWar can be traced back to it.
May 7, 1954 - The battle at Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu ended after 55 days with Viet Minh insurgents overrunning French colonial forces, and forcing their surrender.
May 7, 1954 - The battle at Vietnam’s Dien Bien Phu ended after 55 days with Viet Minh insurgents overrunning French colonial forces, and forcing their surrender. An agreement for complete French withdrawal was negotiated within two months in Geneva, Switzerland.
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📜#Histoire d'un jour - 7 mai 1954 : La longue chute de Diên Biên Phu www.election-politique.com/election.php...
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L'Anticapitaliste📣 D’un colonialisme à l’autre: Une fois la France défaite après la victoire vietnamienne de Dien Bien Phu (1954), les grandes puissances ont imposé au Vietminh les accords de Genève qui lui étaient très… 📣NPA-A #Histoire #Colonialisme #Vietnam #DienBienPhu #AccordsDeGenève
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Happy 99th birthday to French nurse Geneviève de Galard who spent her 29th birthday in #DienBienPhu