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A souvenir with the famous picture  
   

A souvenir with the famous picture

The picture on this plate recorded a historical moment 17:30 on 7 May 1954 when Vietnamese soldiers were standing on the roof top of French headquarters of Colonel De Castries and raising Vietnam's flag.
Where the French war ended

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
Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Dien Bien » Dien Bien Phu

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 forc... ... read more
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