Battle of Dien Bien Phu/Related Articles

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Vietnam War [r]: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. ^[e]
Viet Minh [r]: Add brief definition or description
Vo Nguyen Giap [r]: The most prominent general of the Viet-Minh, the People's Army of Viet Nam, and eventually Defense Minister and Politburo member of North Vietnam ^[e]

Vietnam War, First Indochina War [r]: The period, within the Vietnam War, between which France reasserted its colonial authority over Indochina in 1945, created a proto-state of Vietnam under a provisional government during which there was increasing insurgency, fought conventionally combat with the Viet-Minh starting in 1950, and ended in 1954. The end, militarily, involved the defeat of French forces at Dien Bien Phu and. politically, with the creation of North Vietnam and South Vietnam by the Geneva accords ^[e]
Christian de Castries [r]: French military officer who was the final commander of the base at Dien Bien Phu. A cavalry and tank specialist, it had been conceived that he might take the fight to the enemy, but instead became was put into a defensive role ^[e]
Charles Piroth [r]: French Army colonel who commanded the placement of artillery at Dien Bien Phu, promising it would make the base invulnerable. Committed suicide when the major attacks began, the French artillery were found to be inadequate, while the Communist artillery was decisive ^[e]