On this day in 1954, an epic battle ended in Vietnam. The French defeat at Dien Bien Phu was a game changer, ending French colonial rule in Southeast Asia and the setting the stage for U.S.

DIEN BIEN PHU, VietnamDIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, ...

Vietnam won the Dien Bien Phu battle 70 years ago, forcing the French government to sign the Geneva Agreement in July 1954 and marking the end of the French military presence in the Indochina. The ...

Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu will represent France at commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the battle next week. While French officials have previously visited memorials to the ...

The final rehearsal for the national-level celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Battle (May 7, 1954 - 2024) took place in the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien ...

In 1953, eight years after reinvading Indochina, despite having mobilised huge economic and military resources, the French colonialists failed to achieve their purpose of destroying the revolutionary ...

Vietnamese soldiers attacking a French stronghold on Eliane Hill, Dien Bien Phu, in May 1954. AFP / AFP Seventy years after the battle of Dien Bien Phu, which ended on May 7 and 8, 1954, the ground ...

This sadly unremarkable Associated Press story from Canton, Ohio appeared in the May 4, 1954 Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. I’ve included it to illustrate what law enforcement people have always known, ...

This video recreates the Battle of Dien Bien Phu using Google Earth to trace the terrain, fortifications, and troop movements that defined the decisive 1954 clash between French forces and the Viet ...

Genevieve de Galard, a nurse dubbed the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu" for treating wounded during the war in the French colony of Indochina in the 1950s, has died aged 99, with President Emmanuel Macron on ...