Tank near the French headquarters Tank near the French headquarters

Tank near the French headquarters

This tank was to defend the French headquarters (Xe tăng Ettlingen Chaffee 24 bảo vệ Sở chỉ huy tập đoàn cứ điểm Điện Biên Phủ, bị đạn pháo của Đại đoàn công pháo 351 bắn cháy vào hồi 16:30 ngày 7/5/1954.)


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Vietnamese  Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist for... [read more]
Blog: Where the French war ended
Date: June 30th 2009

Điện Biên Phủ is a remote city inside the Mường Thanh valley in the north west of Vietnam, only 36.5km from the Lao border. The ethnic minority people living in this area are the Thai and H'mong. The city is famous for the site of the battle, where the French troops were defeated by Việt Minh (the League for the Independence of Vietnam - Việt Nam độc lập đồng minh hội) force ... read more




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