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The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam
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The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam

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In winter 1953-54, the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Gap’s Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and legionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were flown to the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu to build a fortress upon which Giap could smash his inexperienced regiments. The siege which followed became a Stalingrad in the jungle, and its outcome shocked the world.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Country
United Kingdom
Date
10 February 2005
Pages
752
ISBN
9780304366927

In winter 1953-54, the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Gap’s Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and legionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were flown to the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu to build a fortress upon which Giap could smash his inexperienced regiments. The siege which followed became a Stalingrad in the jungle, and its outcome shocked the world.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Country
United Kingdom
Date
10 February 2005
Pages
752
ISBN
9780304366927