THE BATTLE OF DIEN BIEN PHU To Huu written in “Acclaim to Dien Bien soldiers” “Chín năm làm một Điện Biên Nên vành hoa đỏ, nên thiên sử vàng” It means that a glorious Dien Bien that stood through the battle for 9 years, that made the great golden history. Not naturally, everyone in the world recognized victory of the battle of Dien Bien Phu is a victory shocked the globe. This is a victory with the contributions, struggles to stand up of Vietnamese; victory bear the historic and is an important victory for Viet Nam and the world. In this article, we learn The battle of Dien Bien Phu through the following sections: 1. Historical background 2. Evolution of the battle of Dien Bien Phu 3. Historical significance Historical background French colonial support of the imperialist forces of aggression back our country . On 12191946 the spirit would rather sacrifice all , but most refused to take the country and not be slaves the whole Party, people and army have gathered the most complete answer call national resistance of President Ho Chi Minh , bravely entered the prolonged resistance , arduous fight invaders .
Nguyen Thi Thuy Duong Hoang Thi Thu Ha English Compostion January 7,2014 THE BATTLE OF DIEN BIEN PHU To Huu written in “Acclaim to Dien Bien soldiers” “Chín năm làm Điện Biên Nên vành hoa đỏ, nên thiên sử vàng” It means that a glorious Dien Bien that stood through the battle for years, that made the great golden history Not naturally, everyone in the world recognized victory of the battle of Dien Bien Phu is a victory shocked the globe This is a victory with the contributions, struggles to stand up of Vietnamese; victory bear the historic and is an important victory for Viet Nam and the world In this article, we learn The battle of Dien Bien Phu through the following sections: Historical background Evolution of the battle of Dien Bien Phu Historical significance Historical background French colonial support of the imperialist forces of aggression back our country On 12/19/1946 the spirit " would rather sacrifice all , but most refused to take the country and not be slaves " the whole Party, people and army have gathered the most complete answer call national resistance of President Ho Chi Minh , bravely entered the prolonged resistance , arduous fight invaders Pursuing an all-people resistance , comprehensive , long-term , based on own strength , with rudimentary weapons and spirit " suicide for the country of birth " , our army and people in turn defeat strategy of the French military The more we beat Army , the stronger , the more wins , the French crusaders increasingly bogged down in the passive voice , awkward Expand the liberated areas , the government is the people's democratic consolidation By 1953 , the military people and all we have to on the battlefield, creating a comparative advantage for our forces To save the situation , step into Autumn - Winter 1953, French and U.S intervention has given birth plan Nava large reinforcements of troops and war costs , within 18 months of attempting to destroy part major in the regular army of one , controlling the territory of Vietnam and Indochina pacify the South Planning Nava is the general plan , the final attempt of the French and American intervention to regain the initiative decisive military on the battlefield, as the basis for a political solution to benefit them To achieve that goal , France and America were planning to force the French monarchy in 1954 has divisions with 27 strategic maneuver battalion as steel fists On our side , 9/ 1953, the Politburo meeting and decided to open the Strategic Winter with the motto : positive , proactive , mobility , flexibility , destroy the enemy , foster forces us , select and place where the enemy loopholes relatively weak but highly , choose the direction of the enemy can hit deep into the free zones , promoting guerrilla warfare , maintaining the initiative , determined to force the enemy to disperse forces Our army and people cooperated with the army and people of Laos , Cambodia and campaigned consecutive win in Lai Chau , Central Laos , Laos , Cambodia Eastern Highlands and Upper Laos , to destroy the enemy more , open wide liberated areas , bankrupted plot focus of enemy forces , forcing the French army to disperse forces to deal across the battlefields of Indochina, pushing them into passive strategies Upon detecting the direction of our strategic offensive in the North West , Lai Chau and Lao Shanghai , the headquarters for the French crusaders army paratrooper occupied Dien Bien Phu Under these circumstances , on 06.12.1953 , the Politburo was meeting and getting to Dien Bien Phu is strongly entrenched corporations but the enemy's weak spot is basically isolated On our side , the battle of Dien Bien Phu was the biggest event ever , took place on the rugged mountainous localities , roads difficult to maneuver the gun , time to prepare for higher campaigns But the Dien Bien Phu campaign meaningful military , political and diplomatic very important , our biggest challenge is providing logistical problems but we can overcome Politburo decided to open the Dien Bien Phu campaign and through combat plans , established Command campaign , the Party front by General Vo Nguyen Giap, Commander Party Committee Secretary cum campaign Government decided to establish the Council to provide front by Comrade Pham Van Dong as chairman With special meaning important campaign Politburo and Military Commission General has decided to focus on modern infantry , University artillery missions with a total of over 40,000 troops To abide by the decision of the Politburo , all preparatory work for the campaign is conducted expeditiously ; country gathered strength to face the battle of Dien Bien Phu with the slogan "All for the front line , all for war win " , the regular army units quickly rallied , forest canvas clock , mountains split open road , pulled guns , build battlefield , ready to attack the enemy , the 261 451 citizens , youth volunteers despite bomb Dien Bien bullets towards ensuring logistics serving campaign Evolution of the battle of Dien Bien Phu On 01/25/1954 , the unit of our soldiers in a position ready to fire combat the motto " fast review, fast settlement " But see enemy reinforcements solid defense , Command and Party campaign made the right decision : keep the group determined to destroy the Dien Bien Phu , the motto changed warfare to " beat make , make progress " This is the right decision but we also encountered difficulties That is , the longer time combat , typing and other things have to be prepared from scratch , especially in the organization , system layout firepower campaign With rugged terrain , we pull into the cannon of battle has focused on difficulties , this motto changes to combat the pull guns scattered the new battle on the high point arc enclosure formed corporation the Dien Bien Phu , to shoot at targets directly beneath the pan harder With heroic spirit did not mind the hardships and sacrifice , our army and people have to find ways to overcome challenging task excellently Battle of Dien Bien Phu strategic decision took place waves • Phase : From 13 to 03/17/1954 , our army was destroyed ingenious compact brave entrenched Him Lam and Doc Lap , every picture you drag any point , break the northern gate of the Dien group Bien Phu Following a four-hour cease fire on the morning of 14 March, Viet Minh artillery resumed pounding French positions The air strip, already closed since 16:00 the day before due to a light bombardment, was now put permanently out of commission Any further French supplies would have to be delivered by parachute That night, the Viet Minh launched an attack on "Gabrielle", held by an elite Algerian battalion The attack began with a concentrated artillery barrage at 5:00 pm Two regiments from the crack 308th Division attacked starting at 8:00 pm At 4:00 am the following morning, an artillery shell hit the battalion headquarters, severely wounding the battalion commander and most of his staff De Castries ordered a counterattack to relieve "Gabrielle" However, Colonel Pierre Langlais, in forming the counterattack, chose to rely on the 5th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion, which had jumped in the day before and was exhausted Although some elements of the counterattack reached "Gabrielle", most were paralyzed by Viet Minh artillery and took heavy losses At 08.00 the next day, the Algerian battalion fell back, abandoning "Gabrielle" to the Viet Minh The French lost around 1,000 men defending Gabrielle, and the Viet Minh between 1,000 and 2,000 attacking the strongpoint We was killing and capturing over 2,000 enemy soldiers , destroying 25 aircraft , regiment wiped out , threatened Muong Thanh airport ; Pi carrots, artillery commander of the French at Dien Bien Phu helpless before our artillery suicide grenade used Phase : from 30/ to 30/04/1954 , we simultaneously advancing troops entrenched subdivision east stranglehold center , divided and constantly advancing , Muong Thanh airport control limit of the enemy stronghold for the group Our troops were simultaneously advancing the eastern division entrenched Center as E1, D1, C1, C2, A1 We accounted for the majority of the enemy's stronghold, creating conditions for enclosure, divided, controlled enemies After this, U.S emergency aid to France and threatened atomic bombing of Dien Bien Phu We keep fresh overcome supply constraints, improve determination to win Very stubborn enemy , wants to extend This is the persistent attacks , the longest , most intense , most challenging , and the enemy we vied each inch of land , every piece of trenches Especially in the hill sideways C1 and another one to 20 days , pulling A1 hill next 30 days After 2nd attack the center of Dien Bien Phu was within easy range of our guns , enemies fall into a state of dynamic , highly demoralized Phase : From fifth to date 07/05/1954 , our army invaded the eastern outpost opening round of offensive and destroy the entire group the Dien Bien Phu On the night of 05/06/1954 , at A1 hill battle took place between us and the enemy fierce , heady our troops rushing to destroy bunkers and clearing explosives used underground bunkers From the names hill commanding 400 A1 and surviving enemy soldiers surrendered to ask 07/05/1954 day 17 hours 30 minutes , we occupied the headquarters of the enemy , the general clippers entire General Staff and troops entrenched corporations Dien Bien Phu to the customer Flag " to fight , to win ," our army flying on the roof of the enemy command bunker Even in the night that our troops continue to attack South division , beat the enemy fled to Upper Laos , to the entire 24 hours of the enemy were taken prisoner After 55 days and nights fighting brave , ingenious , creative people and army had smashed the whole group the Dien Bien Phu , killing and capturing 16,200 planes , shot down 62 aircraft , 64 automobiles and collection all weapons , ammunition , military supplies and equipment of the enemy The spring offensive strategy 1953 - 1954 with a peak of Dien Bien Phu campaign was a strategic battle fought , a battle to destroy the most typical , the first game defeating the U.S , directly led to the signing of the Agreement Geneva to stop the war on restoring peace in Indochina Create basis and conditions for our people towards gaining great victory in the war against America , southern liberation , national reunification Historical Significance The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was to be decisive of the French dominance in Indochina It was to reassure the French that they were doing the right thing by reaffirming their colonial power By losing the battle the French had to reevaluate their position The loss of Dien Bien Phu also had the repercussion of national humiliation The French had tried to reclaim their glory and failed through a nine-year war, culminating in a battle where they had underestimated their enemy and weakly thought through military tactics After this battle the French did not want to fight any more and slowly started pulling out their military The French citizens who had opposed the war after it began some nine years earlier, lost faith in their government and its ability to decide the direction of the nation This battle contributed to the downfall of the Fourth Republic in 1958 because of the national humiliation and lack of support for the government The battle for the Vietminh was a great victory It proved that with diligence and a strong leader a small country could gain independence from a western nation This battle raised Vietnamese national pride It proved to many that Ho Chi Minh was a great leader that would lead the Vietnamese to a bright new future As a direct result Ho gained more followers and strength as a leader which perpetuated his cause as a communist The fall of Dien Bien Phu signified to the anti-Communist nations that communism was a threat to the free world and democracy needed to be preserved The communist nations believed that the victory at Dien Bien Phu showed the emergence of communism and the power that it was and would be capable of possessing Conclusion In the history of national construction and defense of our national historic victory of Dien Bien Phu is one of the peak luminosity , a glorious period of the Ho Chi Minh era In the war against the French , the historic victory of Dien Bien Phu was the greatest victory , decided to blow landmark would change things between us and the enemy war directly led to the signing Geneva Agreement on ending the war , restoring peace in Indochina Historic victory of Dien Bien Phu victory ended the nine- year war of resistance against the French colonialists and American intervention ; completely eliminate the invasions of French colonialism in our country and the countries on the Indochinese peninsula ; protecting and developing the revolutionary achievements in August , half the country was liberated , and conditions form the basis of solid progress for our people to 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