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	Dien Bien Phu Tour, Dien Bien Phu Travel Guide, Dien Bien Phu Tours, Discount Dien Bien Phu Hotels by Asianventure ...
		Lai Chau Province is located in northwest Vietnam and shares borders with China, Laos, and Lao Cai and Son La. The centre of this province is now Dien Bien Phu, which is surrounded by mountains and lies in the Muong Thanh valley, a 20-km long and 6-km wide heart-shaped basin.
		Dien Bien Phu cost the Legion 1,500 dead and 4,000 wounded; it cost France Indo-China.
		Nowadays, Dien Bien Phu is a peaceful town, home to many hill tribe groups such as the Thai, the Hmong.
	www.vietnamventure.com /vietnam/sight/dienbienphu.html (892 words)

	Dien Bien Phu: A Battle to Remember
		On May 7, 1954, the end of the battle for the jungle fortress of Dien Bien Phu marked the end of French military influence in Asia, just as the sieges of Port Arthur, Corregidor and Singapore had, to a certain extent, broken the spell of Russian, American and British hegemony in Asia.
		Dien Bien Phu was to be the lock on the back door leading into Laos.
		Dien Bien Phu was also to be the test for a new theory of Navarre's.
	webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/Dien_Bien_Phu.htm (3561 words)

	Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot
		Howard Simpson's Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot is the personal story of a man who shared meals and went on patrols with the doomed soldiers.
		Dien Bien Phu is recognized as one of history's great battles and as a turning point for American policy: the French defeat led to the fateful U.S. commitment to Vietnam.
		Dien Bien Phu is being published on the fortieth anniversary of the French defeat and contains rare combat photos by the author and the French Foreign Legion.
	www.tuvy.com /resource/books/d/Dien_Bien_Phu.html (522 words)

	CNN Cold War - Spotlight: Dien Bien Phu
		Dien Bien Phu's main garrison also would be supported by a series of firebases -- strongpoints on nearby hills that could bring down fire on an attacker.
		The size of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu swelled to somewhere between 13,000 and 16,000 troops by March 1954.
		Dien Bien Phu fell to the Viet Minh on May 7.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/11/spotlight (883 words)

	Dien Bien Phu: a victory for all oppressed peoples
		The Dien Bien Phu victory was the first time in the history of the anti-colonialist movement that a nation, small in size and in population and subject to colonial and semi-feudal rule, could rise up and defeat the modern, aggressive army of a Western capitalist power.
		To create the momentum needed to defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu, under the clear-sighted leadership of Uncle Ho and the Party, we successfully mobilised the strength of soldiers and civilians across the country, from north to south, from the liberated areas to occupied zones.
		We are extremely proud of the Dien Bien Phu victory because it reinforced the age-old cultural traditions of the Vietnamese nation, which were again were taken to new heights during the war of resistance against US aggression.
	vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn /2004-04/30/Stories/22.htm (1788 words)

	Battle of Dien Bien Phu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Here was where the French stronghold of Dien Bien Phu fell to a peasant Vietnamese army of nationalists and communists, ending French colonial rule, setting the stage for the involvement of the United States in Vietnam, and ending Western--and white--domination of much of Southeast Asia.
		Dien Bien Phu propelled America into a full-scale war a decade later, boasting that its military and economic might would crush the poorly armed communists and maintain a balance of power in the Free World.
		Dien Bien Phu represents the glory of the old soldiers, an occasion to put on their tattered, mismatched uniforms with medals as they retrace the battlefield and pose for photos for reporters and tourists.
	www.vspa.com /k9/dienbienphu.htm (1963 words)

	Airlift's Role At Dien Bien Phu And Khe Sanh
		Both Khe Sanh and Dien Bien Phu were remote outposts that could be shelled by direct observation, would have to be resupplied by airlift, were manned by elite troops, and were attacked by Communist troops commanded by General Vo Nguyen Giab.
		Dien Bien Phu was a small village in a remote valley located 140 miles from Hanoi and 80 miles south of China.
		Unlike the French at Dien Bien Phu who had depended on airlift from the very beginning of their operation, the Marines at Khe Sanh were mainly supplied by trucks traveling Route 9 from bases at Dong Ha and Quantri.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1991/FRF.htm (4193 words)

	An Analysis Of The French Defeat At Dien Bien Phu
		Dien Bien Phu resulted in severe political consequences."(6:35) The French defeat was indeed an utter disaster for both France and America who, by 1954, was underwriting 80% of French expenditures in Indochina.
		Dien Bien Phu is located about 8 miles from the Laotian border, and Laos was then a member of the French Union.
		Dien Bien Phu could be used to tempt the Viet Minh into such a battle, and the French could then crush them.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1991/BHD.htm (4900 words)

	Dien Bien Phu
		Part of his difficulties at Dien Bien Phu was a result of him being given no clear strategic objectives.
		Another operational objective was to use a buildup at Dien Bien Phu to draw the Vietminh out into a set piece battle that the French had been successful at in the past.
		Dien Bein Phu was located in a remote, forest covered area in northwestern Vietnam.
	www.campbell.edu /faculty/Slattery/dien_bien_phu.htm (1106 words)

	Vietnam destination - Dien Bien Phu
		Dien Bien Phu is a comparatively new town established in the middle of the 19th century to help to rid the area of incursions by bandits from Siam, Laos and China.
		Recently, Dien Bien Phu has begun to expand rapidly following its designation as Lai Chau’s provincial capital and the Vietnam government’s policy of encouraging ethnic Vietnamese families to move to the area.
		Nevertheless, despite a boost from tourism stimulated by the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the town is still little visited.
	www.haivenu-vietnam.com /des-dien-bien-phu.htm (401 words)

	Military History Online - "Peace" in a Very Small Place: Dien Bien Phu 50 Years Later
		Dien Bien Phu was the greatest Airborne battle ever fought, a decisive event of the Cold War with international communism, a disaster that inevitably led to the demise of a colonial empire and to subsequent United States involvement in Southeast Asia.
		All main Dien Bien Phu battle positions are marked by Vietnamese Redstone Monuments, with hills and trench lines maintained in their semi-barren state by periodic maintenance and cutting of trees.
		I do not believe that Dien Bien Phu was won by the willing or unwilling Vietnamese peasant pushing his bicycle loaded with 90 pounds of rice to support the Viet Minh divisions, as per popular belief.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /20thcentury/articles/dienbienphu.aspx (3099 words)

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		The village of Dien Bien Phu was the junction of three highways, and by establishing an airhead there, the Viet Minh would be deprived of a prime resupply and reinforcement route from Laos.
		The arrival of a crack battalion, the 6th BPC and others by parachute into Dien Bien Phu was a real lift to their morale.
		It is ironic to note that if the French had pulled out of Dien Bien Phu in late December, they would have left most of the People's Army lodged in a distant and isolated valley in an obscure comer of Vietnam.
	members.lycos.co.uk /Indochine/ops/dbpwilde.html (4924 words)

	The Belmont Club: The Last Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As Martin Windrow pointed out in his wonderful history of Dien Bien Phu, The Last Valley, of the three Chinese Communist challenges to the West in the immediate postwar period, the other two being the Malayan Emergency and North Korea's invasion of the South, only the French were unambiguously driven from the field.
		The French high command's decision to garrison Dien Bien Phu was described by a US Army analyst as a violation of "nearly all of the principles of war at every level of war-- strategic, operational, and tactical", yet to a degree it made some sense.
		Although it may be plausibly argued that the fate of Dien Bien Phu had been strategically sealed by the loss of RC4, in tactical terms it was decisively lost at the logistical race between the French, with their single airfield supplying 16 battalions and Giap, with his 100,000 porters desperately sustaining 50 battalions.
	fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com /2005/06/last-valley.html (10544 words)

	Dien Bien Phu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In early 1954, the Vietminh took the French outpost at Dien Bien Phu, a huge French fortress 175 miles west of Hanoi.
		At Dien Bien Phu, there were hardly any villages nearbly, therefore the French thought there would be a lack of local support.
		The French concentrated much of their equipment and supplies at Dien Bien Phu, hoping to lure General Vo Nguyen Giap into attacking the fort, which they thought would result in a devastating Communist defeat.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0129380/events/dien_bien_phu.html (276 words)

	Dien Bien Phu City Hotels by SmartStays - Lowest room rates and hotel reservations
		Dien Bien Phu City is alive with colour as the Vietnamese, Thai, and H'Mong residents go about their daily affairs — carrying their wares into city, shopping in the crowded market, and holding xoe dancing parties in their stilt houses.
		Dien Bien Phu is a historic site and the natural scenery is stunning.
		Dien Bien Hotel is situated at the Center of the Town, it is very commodious, fresh and convenient for travel.
	www.vietnam-hotel.net /dien-bien-phu-city-vietnam (701 words)

	Air Force Magazine
		Several thousand French soldiers were trapped in the fortress at Dien Bien Phu, an isolated town in northern Vietnam, near the border with Laos.
		Throughout this period, the Dien Bien Phu garrison was bleeding.
		The attack that formally began the siege of Dien Bien Phu was launched March 13, 1954.
	www.afa.org /magazine/aug2004/0804dien.asp (3649 words)

	Vietnam marks French defeat - The Washington Times: World Briefings - May 07, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam — Atop a tranquil, sunlit hill, the raw memories of battle amid red-earth trenches and barbed wire are still vivid for the elderly men who make the pilgrimage here.
		The town of Dien Bien Phu, population 70,000, sprawls below, a patchwork of colorful blocks surrounded by emerald rice paddies.
		About 300 veterans still live in Dien Bien Phu, and for the anniversary of their battle, the old men dusted off their memories, some probably for the last time.
	www.washingtontimes.com /world/20040506-103659-5863r.htm (1049 words)

	Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Instead, the Viet Minh, under General Vo Nguyen Giap, surrounded and besieged the French, who were ignorant of the Viet Minh's possession of heavy artillery and their ability to move such weapons to the mountain crests overlooking the French encampment.
		At Dien Bien Phu, Giap amassed anti-aircraft batteries that quickly shut down the runway and made it extremely difficult and costly for the French to bring in reinforcements.
		In reality, Dien Bien Phu required someone adept at World War I-style static defense, something for which de Castries was not suited.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu (5502 words)

	America's 'Diên Biên Phu' Has Started in Iraq
		In a straight line, Diên Biên Phu lies some 600 miles north of Saigon, which at the time was the only resupply source of water, food, fuel and ammunition.
		Diên Biên Phu lies in a large bowl-shaped valley with a flat bottom, on which the French built two major airbases, and is surrounded by easily defendable hills.
		As casualties mounted in Diên Biên Phu, the French responded by parachuting in reinforcements, but found to their horror that they were being fired on by anti-aircraft guns hidden in the jungle.
	www.vialls.com /iraq/internment.html (3164 words)

	Dien Bien Phu travel guide for backpackers. Includes hotel and hostel reviews
		Dien Bien Phu is the wellspring of Vietnam's mythic rise to global prominence in the mid twentieth century.
		Despite the airfield and provincial capital status, Dien Bien Phu is yet to realise any great tourist potential.
		The modern town has grown progressively over the last decade yet the rise in Dien Bien Phu's fortunes is a slow burning one.
	www.travelfish.org /location/vietnam/northwest_vietnam/dien_bien/dien_bien_phu (424 words)

	Dien Bien Phu
		Vietnam is now engaged with celebrating the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, which is considered to be a monumental milestone in the struggle to free the country for invading colonizers.
		For a variety of reasons, the French established a headquarters at Dien Bien Phu, a town some distance away from Hanoi and comparatively isolated from it, which meant that their ability to bring in reinforcements and supplies was greatly hampered.
		The moment for such an attack was particularly propitious in that it coincided with a major international conference on the far east, to which China had been invited and which had brought the attention of the world to the region and its conflicts.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/east_asian_history/108185 (536 words)

	Dien Bien Phu - Vietnam Travel, Sinh Cafe Travel , Vietnam Tour Operator , Vietnam Budget Tours
		Dien Bien Phu valley is fertile due to the Nam
		Dien Bien Phu victory created a great echo in the world.
		Lai Chau’s historical vestiges are known worldwide as the site of the victory of Dien Bien Phu by the Vietnamese Army over the French enemy in 1954.
	www.sinhcafe.com /english_info/dien_bien_phu_infor.htm (278 words)

	Destinations - Dien Bien Phu- Vietnam Open Tour
		The Battle of Dien Bien Phu is a well-known historical event symbolizing the glorious victory of the
		Dien Bien Phu is surrounded by mountains and lies in the Muong Thanh valley, a 20-km-long and 6-km-wide
		Lai Chau is located in northwest Vietnam and shares borders with China, Laos, and Lao Cai and Son La. The population consists mainly of the Thai, Si La, and La Chi minority groups.
	www.vietnamopentour.com /english_info/dien_bien_phu_infor.htm (275 words)

	The Battle of Dien Bien Phu: A Vietnamese Perspective: Dien Bien Phu , Vietnam : People , Literature : ThingsAsian
		The Vietnamese viewpoint of Dien Bien Phu supplies some much needed balance to the accounts of the battle written by Western soldiers and historians.
		The battle of Dien Bien Phu began in 1953, when General Navarre fortified the valley of Dien Bien Phu, which lay in an isolated corner of northwestern Vietnam.
		After all, Dien Bien Phu was one of the key events in modern Vietnamese history, and it seems to me that there is no better way to learn about this decisive battle than through the words of General Giap himself.
	www.thingsasian.com /stories-photos/1129 (1073 words)

	Dacapo Books
		Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam
		In December 1953 the French army occupying Vietnam challenged the elusive Vietnamese army to engage in a decisive battle.
		When French paratroopers landed in the jungle on the border between Vietnam and Laos, the Vietnamese quickly isolated the French force and confronted them at their jungle base in a small place called Dien Bien Phu.
	www.perseusbooksgroup.com /dacapo/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0306813866 (230 words)

	Dien Bien Phu
		In December, 1953, General Navarre setup a defensive complex at Dien Bien Phu, which would block the route of the Vietminh forces trying to return to camps in neighbouring Laos.
		Navarre surmised that in an attempt to reestablish the route to Laos, General Giap would be forced to organise a mass-attack on the French forces at Dien Bien Phu.
		Employing recently obtained anti-aircraft guns and howitzers from China, Giap was able to restrict severely the ability of the French to supply their forces in Dien Bien Phu.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /VNdienbein.htm (470 words)

	Dien Bien Phu Vietnam - AccessVietnam Travel
		Dien Bien Phu is 35km from the Loas border and one of the remotest spots in Vietnam.
		It is also the site of the Viet Minh's decisive victory over the French when they defeated the 13,000 strong garrison at Dien Bien Phu, thus forcing the French government to abandon thier plans to re-establish control of Indochina.
		If you wish to telephone a hotel the area code for Dien Bien Phu is 023 (+8423 from outside Vietnam).
	www.accessvietnam.net /vietnamtravel/sonla_dienbienphu/dienbienphu.html (225 words)

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