Dien Bien Phu

Contents:
Foreword
Notice
President Ho Chi Minhs letter to the fighters on the Dien Bien Phu battlefront
President Ho Chi Minhs congratulatory letter
The most difficult decision
Dien Bien Phu
-The military situation in summer 1953
-The enermy s new scheme: the Navarre Millitary Plan
-Our strategic direction of the winter 1953- spring
1954 campaign: major attacks on the coordinated fronts before the Dien Bien Phu campaign
-The historic Dien Bien Phu campaign: The situation of the enermy and our strategic direction
-The historic Dien Bien Phu campaign: evolution of the military situation
-The paramount significance of the great Dien Bien Phu triumph and the winter- spring victories
Dien Bien Phu in Retrospect after forty years…
The lessons of the Dien Bien Phu campaign
Appendix