{"id":85018,"date":"2023-10-02T04:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=85018"},"modified":"2023-10-01T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T21:42:48","slug":"why-france-lost-vietnam-the-battle-of-dien-bien-phu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/10\/02\/why-france-lost-vietnam-the-battle-of-dien-bien-phu\/","title":{"rendered":"Why France Lost Vietnam: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZUmgavuC68?si=fx3pjFHcaMX4qWDs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 29 Sept 2023<\/p>\n<p>After the French success in the Battle of Na San, the battle of Dien Bien Phu is supposed to defeat the Viet Minh once and for all. But instead the weeks-long siege becomes a symbol of the French defeat in Vietnam.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Get Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> or get a lifetime membership: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0RlSWVtMFlPZm1DVENmWERGVi0yUHNhZnFDZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttcmVGcDNPVy05LThCc2IxN1pxeUI5M1NCZWpndENGdHhDTHB6U1d4NW8wRVJhaGhkRWZleTdCamhyLUJfVENBYko4RlozclVmRWtoNmJGRldraE14SVVjN0xHRGoySWx2X3paTzlXT0psMzZhV1Ffbw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.nebula.tv%2Flifetime%3Fref%3Drealtimehistory&#038;v=dZUmgavuC68\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/lifetime?ref=rea&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT US<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/realtimehistory<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/realtimehistory<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nKonstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. 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Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nLawrence Atwood, Mark &#038; Logevall, Fredrik (eds.), <em>The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis<\/em>, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007)<br \/>\nChen Jian, &#8220;China and the First Indo-China War, 1950-54&#8221;, <em>The China Quarterly<\/em>, No. 133 (March 1993)<br \/>\nDuiker, William J, &#8220;Ho Chi Min and the Strategy of People&#8217;s War&#8221; in Lawrence, Mark Atwood &#038; Logevall, Fredrik (eds.), <em>The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis<\/em>, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007)<br \/>\nFall, Bernard, <em>Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu<\/em>, (New York, N.Y: Da Capo Press, 1985)<br \/>\nFauroux, Pierre, &#8220;Night Jump into Dien Bien Phu: An Eyewitness Account from a French Paratrooper Captured by the Viet Minh&#8221;, <em>HistoryNet<\/em>, (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmhkUTJBb2NtaThRVnJWS1E2MzdRdXkwS2ZFZ3xBQ3Jtc0trU2stWng5UmRLVm5VRUNEckdPUTBucHI5VGlHX28xT01yb0U5SEIwZ3JFLTFxZ091bjl4TnZvTXVnU1ZXcEZNWHN2VFQ5Yjkya1pOQ1BFWVctRmp5ZDJwMVc0aDdzcWRiblA4MGY0cEFUQjlWYWFzTQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.historynet.com%2Fnight-jump-dien-bien-phu%2F&#038;v=dZUmgavuC68\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.historynet.com\/night-jump&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nIrving, Ronald E. 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