May 7, 2024, marked the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when Vietnamese troops defeated the French colonial army, ending almost a century of French colonial rule. A commemoration ...

In addition to being a model of reconciliation after the war ... continue strongly promoting the spirit of 'being determined to fight and to win' of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, surmount difficulties ...

Geneviève de Galard, a French air force nurse in the 1950s Indochina war who became known as the “angel of Dien Bien Phu,” the only woman in an embattled garrison amid wounded and dying ...

DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, marking the ...

Vietnam Marks 70th Anniversary of the 'Historic' Dien Bien Phu Victory HANOI (Reuters) - War veterans, party leaders and diplomats gathered in Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu province on Tuesday for an ...

A French nurse dubbed the “angel of Dien Bien Phu” for her care of wounded and dying soldiers during the Indochina war in the 1950s has died at the age of 99. Geneviève de Galard became a ...

Soldiers participate in a parade commemorating the victory of Dien Bien Phu battle in Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Vietnam is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the battle of ...

By Adam Nossiter For almost two months, in the hell of the besieged French military base at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, Geneviève de Galard, a military nurse, tended to the wounded in a dark ...

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