"Dien Bien Phu: Digging Into History" Topic
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Tango01 | 01 Nov 2016 2:52 p.m. PST |
"The French strong-points at Dien Bien Phu in northwest Vietnam are falling again. Not, as in 1954, to Viet-Minh attacks, but rather to the bulldozers of progress. The entrenched ‘air-land' camp of Dien Bien Phu was established by parachute drop in November 1953. The flat river-valley floor, perhaps five kilometers wide, is overlooked on all sides by mountain ranges. Small hillocks, typically 50 to 100 metres high, pepper the valley floor. By March of 1954 the central base camp and the airfield were protected by a ring of strong-points on some of these hillocks. These were designated with women's names: Beatrice, Gabrielle and Anne-Marie protected the northern end of the airfield. Today Beatrice, a group of interconnected hillocks, is a battle-buffs playground, with trenches and block-houses reconstructed and steps to help visitors up the forbiddingly steep slopes. But progress is catching up with the battlefield. In 1954 this was farmland with isolated small hamlets. Today, Dien Bien Phu is a large city, with ten-story buildings and endless shopping streets…" More here link Amicalement Armand |
Virginia Tory | 03 Nov 2016 3:37 a.m. PST |
Interesting piece! Thanks for posting. |
Tango01 | 03 Nov 2016 10:44 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
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Rhino Co | 05 Nov 2016 6:55 p.m. PST |
Glad I was able to walk the ground back in 2005. |
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