Vo Nguyen Giap13 March 1954
Battle begins with a heavy Viet Minh artillery bombardment
Vietnam · Warfare / First Indochina War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Battle begins with a heavy Viet Minh artillery bombardment
Viet Minh capture the Beatrice strongpoint
Viet Minh capture the Gabrielle strongpoint
Viet Minh take the French garrison before the Geneva settlement
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