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Martin Windrow & Martin Windrow
Last Valley [EPUB ebook]
Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam

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Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam In winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap’s Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and l gionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were flown to the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu to build a fortress upon which Giap could smash his inexperienced regiments. The siege which followed became a Stalingrad in the jungle, and its outcome shocked the world.

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语言英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9781780222479 ● 出版者 Orion ● 发布时间 2011 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2736585 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM

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