"Dien Bien Phu - 1954" Topic
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| Warspite1 | 19 Nov 2023 11:47 a.m. PST |
All this was going on just before I was born in 1954.
The French disaster of Dien Bien Phu.
Given the outcome here, it makes the subsequent Vietnam War sadly inevitable in both extent and outcome. Even President Eisenhower feared deeper US involvement in the 'French' war in Vietnam. YouTube link A very interesting documentary. Barry |
| 14Bore | 19 Nov 2023 1:07 p.m. PST |
Interesting video
Maybe March next year should reread Hell in a Very Small Place |
| Warspite1 | 19 Nov 2023 2:18 p.m. PST |
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| D6Craig | 19 Nov 2023 7:56 p.m. PST |
I would also recommend Street Without Joy, also written by Bernard Fall. |
| Callsign 21 | 19 Nov 2023 9:25 p.m. PST |
Martin Windrow's 'The Last Valley' is a very good updated history, too. |
Dave Jackson  | 20 Nov 2023 7:56 a.m. PST |
Yep….second all of those suggestions |
| Major B | 23 Nov 2023 12:01 p.m. PST |
Valley of the Shadow & Valley of Death, are both good reads as well. Suggest you read Fall's book first. I also liked Howard Simpson's book. But will have to say that the one I enjoyed most after Fall is Windrow's The Last Valley. |
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