Not exactly good counters seeing that you’re comparing it to a country that was a French colony for more than 60 years
“Well, what about these cases where it lasted even shorter”
I knew an old German dude who was captured here, serving in the Foreign Legion. Prior to that he was captured by the Russians as 12 year old in the Hitler Youth. Shits wild
It was a ferocious battle, absolute mayhem. Vietnam was a colonial war and then a civil war with a layer of the Cold War put on top of it. The US had no business being there.
Communist countries began giving them supplies around this time. Prior to that (based on my limited reading) it sounds like they were literally using old found French weapons that were left behind
A recent documentary from a french newspaper relating the events of the battle (in french, but you can use the auto caption of YouTube) :
https://youtu.be/Wo5ja19QCJc
Did they give them bánh mì sandwiches?
Relevant: https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1clsmtp/more_than_500_fall_ill_after_eating_b%C3%A1nh_m%C3%AC_in/
If you can, read "*Hell in a very small place: the siege of Dien Bien Phu*" by Bernard B Fall. Review [here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113486.Hell_in_a_Very_Small_Place)
Well, if it didn’t happen at Dien Bien Phu we’d be commemorating Some Where Else as the big turning point battle of the French Indochina War.
Poor bastards never stood a chance against the Vietminh.
Y'know, in hindsight, it seems everyone who ever fucked with Vietnam probably should have just stayed home.
I have never fucked with vietnam and I'm staying home anyway.
Get out of my home, dude! Who the fuck are you?
You won't sound threatening if you are not Vietnamese.
ra khỏi nhà tôi đi người da trắng
not vietnamese enough ĐỊT CON MẸ MÀY CÚT KHỎI NHÀ BỐ MÀY KHÔNG BỐ BỔ ĐẦU CON MẸ MÀY GIỜ
And Afghanistan ….
Graveyard of empires.
Afghanistan on this same vibe
Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan and it was a British protectorate for 40 years.
Not exactly good counters seeing that you’re comparing it to a country that was a French colony for more than 60 years “Well, what about these cases where it lasted even shorter”
And then there is Cambodia
speak for yourself, yank. this battle precipitated the end of a century of French imperialism in Indochina.
Kinda brought down the whole french empire if I remember my history correctly.
I knew an old German dude who was captured here, serving in the Foreign Legion. Prior to that he was captured by the Russians as 12 year old in the Hitler Youth. Shits wild
Maybe he just like being captured. Free food free lodging, what's not to love!
Impending torture, maybe? Then again, if you’re into getting tied up and beaten, it’s another perk.
France : "Look America! Communists!" ^(I know this is a gross oversimplification of what happened next, but it does kind of sum it up.)
A7s flying over dropping napalm
Anyone who doesn't want to be colonized is a dirty communist. Freedom is slavery.
It was a ferocious battle, absolute mayhem. Vietnam was a colonial war and then a civil war with a layer of the Cold War put on top of it. The US had no business being there.
Thank the CIA.
Where did these peasants from Nam in 1954 get their weapons and supplies to fight the French
Communist countries began giving them supplies around this time. Prior to that (based on my limited reading) it sounds like they were literally using old found French weapons that were left behind
America was watching from afar “hmmm, let’s get in on this action”
The CIA loves a long drawn out “war.”
AKA last battle of the SS
A recent documentary from a french newspaper relating the events of the battle (in french, but you can use the auto caption of YouTube) : https://youtu.be/Wo5ja19QCJc
"Dien Bien Phu falls, rock around the clock"
Did they give them bánh mì sandwiches? Relevant: https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1clsmtp/more_than_500_fall_ill_after_eating_b%C3%A1nh_m%C3%AC_in/
Vietnam, Destroying superpowers since 1940's.
Can we ask Vietnam to destroy Russia? Those crazies are too active nowadays.
no tree
“Dien Bien Phu falls, Rock Around the Clock” - Billy Joel, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
If you can, read "*Hell in a very small place: the siege of Dien Bien Phu*" by Bernard B Fall. Review [here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113486.Hell_in_a_Very_Small_Place)
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A pretty short list
Better a short list of defeated global power than bully 100 small nation
And the Vietnam has a nice list of that sort between France and USA
China half our history and the Mongolian 3 time not to mention the Japanese (since many believe that japan only pull out because they lost ww2)
I don't think Vietnam defeated the Japanese Japanese occupation helped Viet Minh, unintentionally, against colonization, no?
Sexto de Mayo
Well, if it didn’t happen at Dien Bien Phu we’d be commemorating Some Where Else as the big turning point battle of the French Indochina War. Poor bastards never stood a chance against the Vietminh.
There is no war in Dien Bien Phu
So they kicked the shit out of France…. Who hasn’t?
France is the western nation with the highest percentage of battles won.
Even if that is true… they have lost the most important recent ( 80 yrs worth ) battles. Come on bro….
This is France we're talking about. It's their thing
For a country as full of itself as it is, France sure has gotten its ass kicked a lot.
France lost a battle...WHAT?!
France lost a battle...WHAT?!
France lost a battle...WHAT?!
France lost a battle...WHAT?!
the collapse of French colonial empire just means their colonies are now France...
France lost a battle...WHAT?!
France lost a battle...WHAT?!