Vietnam's Stalingrad: The Battle for Dien Bien Phu. Little-known pages of the Indochina War. 1953-1954
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Vietnam's Stalingrad: The Battle for Dien Bien Phu. Little-known pages of the Indochina War. 1953-1954
6.99 €
5.59 €
The book by candidate of historical sciences V.V. Ivanov is devoted to the analysis of the main stages and results of one of the most large-scale battles of the French colonial war in Indochina in 1946-1954. - The battle for Dien Bien Phu, the completion of which was 70 years old. The author examined the process of preparation of the troops of the French Expeditionary Corps and the Vietnamese People's Army for the battle for control over Northwest Vietnam and Upper Laos. The main content of the work is devoted to characterizing the course of the confrontation with colonial troops during the winter of 1953/54, the stages of the battle for Dien Bien Phu (March-May 1954), and its results. The author paid attention to analyzing various aspects of manning, combat and political training of personnel and logistics of the Vietnamese People's Army. In addition, the book separately presents a comprehensive analysis of some aspects of the participation of the French Foreign Legion in the battle for Dien Bien Phu. The author pays special attention to international issues of the period under consideration. First of all, this refers to the US and British policy in Vietnam in the early 1950s, cooperation between the DRV and the PRC, and the impact of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu on the process of ending the colonial war in Indochina.
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