Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien PhuThe 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu ranks with Stalingrad and Tet for what it ended (imperial ambitions), what it foretold (American involvement), and what it symbolized: A guerrilla force of Viet Minh destroyed a technologically superior French army, convincing the Viet Minh that similar tactics might prevail in battle with the U.S. |
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1st BEP 2nd Company 5th BPVN 6th BPC airborne aircraft airfield airstrip Algerian American ammunition Anne-Marie April artillery fire assault attack battalion battle of Dien Beatrice began Bigeard bombers bunker camp Capt Castries Chau Claudine Cogny Cogny's combat command post Communist Communist artillery counterattack crews defense Dien Bien Phu Dominique dugout Eliane enemy evacuation fighting flak Foreign Legion Foreign Legionnaires fortress French Air Force Gabrielle garrison Giap Grauwin Group guns Hanoi headquarters heavy hill howitzers Huguette II/1 RCP Indochina Indochina War infantry Isabelle jungle Lai Chau Langlais Laos later Lieutenant main position March military mission Moroccans mortars Muong Na-San Navarre Navarre's night North officers operation parachuted paratroopers People's Army pilots platoon Pouget prisoners radio reconnaissance Red River Delta Regiment reinforcements rifles Road 41 shells strongpoint supply T'ai tanks tribesmen troops units valley Viet Viet-Minh Viet-Nam Vietnamese Wieme wounded