Dien Bien Phu 1954
The French Defeat that Lured America into Vietnam
A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the 56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining French-led forces, this iconic battle provided the climax of the First Indochina War.In late 1953, the seventh year of France's war against the Viet Minh insurgency in its colony of Vietnam, the C-in-C, General Navarre, was encouraged to plant an 'air-ground base' in the Thai Highlands at Dien Bien Phu, to distract General Giap's Vietnamese People's Army from both Annam and the French northern heartland in the Red River Delta, and to protect the Laotian border. Elite French paratroopers captured Dien Bien Phu, whic…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Dennis, Peter (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4728-4400-2
- EAN: 9781472844002
- Produktnummer: 34227381
- Verlag: Bloomsbury
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Masse: H24.8 cm x B18.4 cm
- Reihenbandnummer: 366
Über den Autor
Martin Windrow, the long-time series editor of Osprey's Men-at-Arms and Elite series, is an Associate member of the FLA GB, the French Foreign Legion British old comrades' amicale. His own Osprey books include Men-at-Arms 509, French Foreign Legion 1831-1871; Men-at-Arms 461, French Foreign Legion 1872-1914; Men-at-Arms 325, French Foreign Legion 1914-45; Men-at-Arms 300, French Foreign Legion Infantry and Cavalry since 1945 (covering 1945-96); Men-at-Arms 322, The French Indochina War 1946-54; Men-at-Arms 312, The Algerian War 1954-62; Elite 6, French Foreign Legion Paratroops (covering 1948-85); Warrior 157, French Foreign Legionnaire 1890-1914; and Combat 36, French Foreign Légionnaire vs Viet Minh Insurgent 1948-52. He is also the author, for Weidenfeld & Nicolson, of the critically acclaimed The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam (2004); and Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870-1935 (2010).Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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