Vietnam: President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap study plans for the Dien Bien Phu campaign with colleagues, Viet Minh headquarters, Viet Bac, 1953. The important Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between the Việt Minh (led by General Vo Nguyen Giap), and the French Union (led by General Henri Navarre, successor to General Raoul Salan). The siege of the French garrison lasted fifty-seven days, from 5:30PM on March 13 to 5:30PM on May 7, 1954. The southern outpost or fire base of the camp, Isabelle, did not follow the cease-fire order and fought until the next day at 01:00 AM.

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