Description: In late 1953, the seventh year of France's war against the Viet Minh insurgency in its colony of Vietnam, the C-in-C, General Navarre, was encouraged to plant an 'air-ground base' in the Thai Highlands at Dien Bien Phu, to distract General Giap's Vietnamese People's Army from both Annam and the French northern heartland in the Red River Delta, and to protect the Laotian border. Elite French paratroopers captured Dien Bien Phu, which was reinforced between December 1953 and February 1954 with infantry and artillery, a squadron of tanks and one of fighter-bombers, to a strength of 10,000 men. Giap and the VPA General Staff accepted the challenge of a major positional battle; through a total mobilization of national resources, and with Chinese logistical help, they assembled a siege army of 58,000 regular troops, equipped for the first time with 105mm artillery and 37mm AA guns. Here, author Martin Windrow describes how from their first assaults on 13 March 1954, the battle quickly developed into a dramatic 56-day 'Stalingrad in the jungle' that drew the attention of the world.
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Publication Name: Dien Bien Phu 1954
Title: Dien Bien Phu 1954
Contributor: Peter Dennis (Illustrated by)
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Edition: First Edition
Subtitle: The French Defeat that Lured America into Vietnam
Series: Campaign
EAN: 9781472844002
ISBN: 9781472844002
Release Year: 2021
Illustrator: Peter Dennis
ISBN-10: 1472844009
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Release Date: 08/19/2021
Book Title: Dien Bien Phu 1954 : the French Defeat That Lured America Into Vietnam
Item Length: 9.6in
Item Height: 0.2in
Item Width: 7.3in
Author: Martin Windrow
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / France, Asia / General
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: History
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
