British and American missions visited Diên Biên Phu to complete an assessment, and then left. The fall of Diên Biên Phu was a disaster not just for France... 80 KB (9,805 words) - 19:43, 4 May 2024 |
siege at Dien Bien Phu, director Schoendoerffer published a behind-the-scenes book called "Diên Biên Phu - De la Bataille au Film" (Dien Bien Phu: From the... 11 KB (1,127 words) - 11:40, 23 January 2024 |
1954–2004: La Bataille de Dien Bien Phu, entre Histoire et Mémoire, Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer, 2004 Ban tổng kết-biên soạn lịch sử, BTTM... 30 KB (4,093 words) - 02:09, 21 June 2023 |
Maurice Schmitt (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni) the marshal: legend or reality), Presses de la Cité, 1996 De Diên Biên Phu à Koweït City (From Dien Bien Phu to Kuwait City), Grasset, 1992 « Torture :... 8 KB (614 words) - 07:16, 29 February 2024 |
Pierre Schoendoerffer (category Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners) L'Aile du papillon (The Butterfly Wing) 1994: Diên Biên Phu, 1954/1992 De la Bataille au Film (Dien Bien Phu: 1954–1992 From the battle to the movie) — based... 23 KB (2,778 words) - 18:36, 22 January 2024 |
1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (redirect from Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes) At Dien Bien Phu, the 1er BEP is destroyed as a fighting unit and along with the remnants of the 2ème BEP forms the Foreign Parachute Battalion de Marche... 26 KB (2,795 words) - 16:31, 25 November 2023 |
Battle of Dien Bien Phu. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7867-0958-8. Windrow, Martin (2011). The Last Valley Dien Bien Phu and the French... 5 KB (485 words) - 04:26, 13 April 2024 |
the regiment was still engaged in combat at Đông Khê, Bac Khan and Điện Biên Phủ in 1954. The regiment had already lost the equivalent of five battalions... 30 KB (2,775 words) - 21:07, 4 May 2024 |
André Lalande (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)) Foreign Infantry Regiment 3e REI and participated to the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. He was responsible then for the support point "Isabelle". Lalande... 6 KB (562 words) - 20:52, 18 April 2024 |
Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban (redirect from Sebastien de Vauban) principles were clearly identifiable in those used by the Việt Minh at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. His defensive fortifications dated far more quickly, partly... 34 KB (3,940 words) - 07:58, 3 May 2024 |
mortar company of the 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. He was taken prisoner and experienced the hell of the Viet Minh internment... 4 KB (588 words) - 12:56, 30 April 2023 |
The Legion lost a large number of men in the catastrophic Battle of Dien Bien Phu against forces of the Viet Minh. Subsequent military campaigns included... 168 KB (15,447 words) - 21:31, 4 May 2024 |
Battle of Camarón (category Articles with German-language sources (de)) The Battle of Camarón (French: Bataille de Camerone) which occurred over ten hours: 21 on 30 April 1863 between the Foreign Legion of the French Army... 17 KB (2,092 words) - 18:42, 28 April 2024 |
Pierre Jeanpierre (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)) (1er BEP, II Formation) after its second annihilation at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Reconstituted in a (1er BEP, III Formation) on 19 May 1954; Pierre... 23 KB (2,503 words) - 19:15, 25 February 2024 |
2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (redirect from 2e régiment étranger de parachutistes) Tunisia from January to June 1952. On May 4, 1954, as the Battle of Dien Bien Phu was underway, the battalion began travelling to Indochina. On May 25... 60 KB (5,112 words) - 01:38, 3 April 2024 |
Battle of Verdun (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18... 121 KB (16,741 words) - 21:45, 4 May 2024 |
Battle of Algiers (1956–1957) (redirect from Bataille d'Alger (1956–1957)) Abane Ramdane believed that such a campaign would be the "Algerian Dien Bien Phu" that would force the French out of Algeria. It was decided to deliberately... 32 KB (3,914 words) - 00:26, 1 May 2024 |
Battle of Bir Hakeim (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) Narvik, Bir-Hakeim, Diên Biên Phu. La 13e demi-brigade de Légion étrangère [The Legion in Battle: Narvik, Bir Hakeim, Dien Bien Phu. The 13th Demi-Brigade... 50 KB (6,301 words) - 19:59, 26 April 2024 |
Fighter Squadron 2/30 Normandie-Niemen (redirect from Groupe de Chasse III) film, Dien Bien Phu. Free French Air Forces Mongolian Arat squadron Eugene Bullard Frédéric Geille "Chiffres clés de l'Armée de l'air - L'Armée de l'air... 38 KB (4,589 words) - 03:11, 6 April 2024 |
Neua provinces. After the French withdrawal following the defeat of Dien Bien Phu, Trinquier's maquis was left behind and hunted down by Ho Chi Minh's... 16 KB (2,108 words) - 23:36, 24 February 2024 |
Alphonse Juin (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni) of that rank. After the French defeat in Indochina in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, Juin was again asked if he would take over command in Indochina... 55 KB (5,688 words) - 10:52, 7 April 2024 |