On 7 May 1954 the battle of Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends with a french defeat after 57 days of fighting between the French Union’s French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. Viet Minh troops plant their flag over the captured French headquarters. [620×349]

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What_CanBe

Une défaite qui marque la fin d’une guerre, mais le déclenchement d’une autre.

A defeat that marked the end of one war, but sparked the start of another one.

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