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The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
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1954 battle in the First Indochina War
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Vietnam's communist-led independence movement (1941-55)
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First Indochina War
1946–1954 French colonial war in Vietnam
The First Indochina War was fought between France and Việt Minh, and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 21 July 1954. Việt Minh was led by Võ Nguyên Giáp and Ho Chi Minh. Most of the fighting took place in Tonkin in Northern Vietnam, although the conflict…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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