Documentary - This is the story of the Vietminh siege at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, and France's last great battle in Vietnam. - Peter Batty -Director, Bernard Archard -Actor ...

Thwarted many times in their quest for independence, the Vietnamese independence movement led by Ho Chi Minh finally decisively defeated Vietnam's French colonial overlords at Dien Bien Phu in May of ...

An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and surrender of the ...

At Dien Bien Phu, France attempted to force a decisive victory, only to face General Giáp’s surrounding trenches, heavy ...

Sixty years ago, French troops were crushed by Vietnamese fighters in a landmark battle that led to the country's independence, dented Paris's prestige and fuelled independence movements in other ...

A nurse, she tended to the wounded as the French were under fateful attack by Viet Minh forces in 1954. Hailed in France and the U.S., she was given a ticker-tape parade down Broadway. By Adam ...