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enjoyed only limited success. By
October 11, 1 BEP had lost 96 men against only 10 confirmed Viet Minh war dead, and despite French efforts between 5,000 and 7,000 of the Delta villages remained under Viet Minh control.
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The Last Valley. Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in
Vietnam
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686:(Second ed.). New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc.
609:"Indochina: The Last Year of the War. The Navarre Plan"
646:
Hell in a Very Small Place. The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
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The Two
Vietnams. A Political and Military Analysis
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Street
Without Joy. The French Debacle in Indochina
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695:. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers.
667:. New York: Stackpole Military History.
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479:, between August and October 1953. A
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714:. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
495:fighting against the 42nd and 50th
607:Fall, Bernard B. (December 1956).
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786:September 1953 events in Asia
791:History of Nam Định province
565:Windrow and Chappell, p. 39.
781:October 1953 events in Asia
693:The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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776:August 1953 events in Asia
493:Vietnamese National Armies
741:Battles involving Vietnam
682:Fall, Bernard B. (1967).
663:Fall, Bernard B. (1961).
648:. London: Da Capo Press.
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710:Windrow, Martin (2004).
517:Vietnamese National Army
475:took place during the
513:French Foreign Legion
163:Casualties and losses
52:August - October 1953
489:French Expeditionary
477:French Indochina War
691:Roy, Jules (1963).
616:The Military Review
358:Upper Laos campaign
210:First Indochina War
28:First Indochina War
756:Conflicts in 1953
721:978-0-304-36692-7
702:978-0-7867-0958-8
674:978-0-8117-3236-9
655:978-0-306-81157-9
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26:Part of the
483:operation,
363:Muong Khoua
735:Categories
629:2009-07-23
596:References
371:Hirondelle
497:Viet Minh
305:Đáy River
289:1951-1952
241:1946-1950
229:Masterdom
144:Viet Minh
378:Camargue
338:Bretagne
326:Lorraine
315:Hòa Bình
295:Vĩnh Yên
278:Đông Khê
272:Ceinture
258:Papillon
252:Cao Bằng
235:Haiphong
150:Strength
63:Nam Dinh
57:Location
638:Printed
523:Brochet
485:Brochet
439:Vulture
426:Đắk Đoa
420:Atlante
392:Mouette
385:Brochet
352:Adolphe
300:Mạo Khê
222:Prelude
171:10 dead
158:~10,000
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601:Online
505:Tonkin
446:Condor
406:Pollux
399:Castor
332:Nà Sản
119:France
78:Result
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612:(PDF)
530:Notes
503:near
247:Hanoi
61:near
716:ISBN
697:ISBN
669:ISBN
650:ISBN
491:and
413:1954
345:1953
49:Date
507:in
283:RC4
265:Léa
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