
Here, our soldiers and the French colonists fought for a single piece of land. A1 Hill is the most important camp of the French colonists in Dien Bien Phu. Nowadays, it becomes an immortal name sticked to the victory. View from top of A1 Hills to surrounding Dien Bien ValleyĪ1 Hill: A1 is a sign that our army gave to a hill. There is tank was destroyed on top of A1 hill in 1954 and still there The Dien Bien Phu victory left a number of precious historical relics. The Dien Bien Phu historical victory contributed to the success of the resistance war against the French colonists and the liberty of the Northern of Vietnam. At 5 p.m, May 7, 1954, the French General de Castries and his staff officers at this stronghold were captured alive, and it was the time when the flag "Quyet chien quyet thang" (determined to fight and win) was fluttered on the top of the commanding bunker of the enemy.Īt the end of the compaign, we killed and captured 16,200 enemies, shot at 62 planes of all kinds and confiscated all weapons of the enemy. The third stage (from May 1 to May 7, 1954): We won the rest positions in the East and wiped out the whole Dien Bien Phu stronghold. We had to fight for a single piece of land. The second stage (from March 30 to April 30, 1054): We attacked the strongholds in the Eastern of the central quarter at the same time. They are strong defence works obstructing the access from Tuan Giao and Lai Chau into Dien Bien Phu. The first stage (from March 13 to March 17, 1954): We held the Him Lam, Doc Lap, Ban Keo strongholds. The fight took place fiercely right at the beginning and it was divided into three stages. Dien Bien Phu Tours- Dien Bien Phu Highlightsĭien Bien Phu former battle in 1954 where the Vietminh defeated the French and captured 16.000 French surrenders to finish for the Indochina warĭien Bien Phu former battlefield, just one hour flying from Hanoi capitalĪt 5 p.m, March 13, 1954, we opened fire for starting the Dien Bien Phu campaign.
