Schlacht von Dien Bien Phu

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Map of Dien Bien Phu on 13 march 1954

Dien Bien Phu the 22nd november 1953 at the beginning of the "Castor operation"

An image of Viet Minh troops planting their flag over the captured French headquarters at Dien Bien Phu, 1954.

Army Museum, Hanoi. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

Army Museum, Hanoi. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

The Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi.

ARMY MUSEUM HA NOI VIETNAM FEB 2012

Vietnam artillery in Dien Bien Phu

Ausstattung und Bekleidung von Kriegsgefangenen in Dien Bien Phu

Positions initiales et premiers affrontements Carte issue de 3 livres

Plan de situation de la bataille de Dien Bien Phu (20 novembre 1953 - 7 mai 1954)

présenté lors de "Indochine, des territoires et des hommes, 1856-1956" au musée de l'armée.

Locations relevant to the battle of Dien Bien Phu. Self-made derivative version of LocationVietnamDienBien.png

Army Museum, Hanoi. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

Blason de la Promotion Dien Bien Phu

Bộ đội ăn cơm trong chiến hào

Contemporary Photo of Vietnminh Storming across Muong Thanh Bridge (May 7, 1954) - Dien Bien Phu Victory Museum - Dien Bien Phu - Vietnam

French Air Force Grumman F8F-1B Bearcat fighters of Groupe de Chasse 1/22 "Saintonge" at Muong Thanh airfield, Điện Biên Phủ, Indochina (Vietnam), about to take off for an attack Route 4, in 1954. GC 1/22 operated as Groupe Mixte 1/8 Saintonge in Indochina from 16 January 1951 to 1 November 1953, and as GC 1/22 until 27 July 1954.

Công binh mở đường vào chiến dịch

Captured French soldiers, escorted by Vietnamese troops, walk to a prisoner-of-war camp in Dien Bien Phu

News Magazine of the Screen, The (1954/05): French battle fiercely at Dien Bien Phu. (De-Interlaced using Richard Rosenman's Smart De-Interlacer plugin for Photoshop)

Dien Bien Phu map
Dien Bien Phu zoom

Col. Christian de Castries, French commander at Dien Bien Phu.
Historische Übersicht
Die entscheidende Niederlage Frankreichs; Ende der Kolonialherrschaft.
Fakten auf einen Blick
Việt Minh
- Befehlshaber: Võ Nguyên Giáp
- Truppenstärke: ca. 50.000
- Verluste: ca. 23.000
Frankreich (Heer)
- Befehlshaber: Christian de Castries
- Truppenstärke: ca. 15.000
- Verluste: ca. 12.000
Strategischer Kontext
Entscheidungsschlacht vor der Genfer Konferenz.
Weiterführende Literatur
Historische Orte
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