INDOCHINA: INDO-CHINA STAND:

Record ID: 693647

  • Title: INDOCHINA: INDO-CHINA STAND:
  • Date: 12th April 1954
  • Summary: INDO-CHINA.. Dien Bien Phu against Viet Minh forces..French troops and supplies being dropped...bomb dropping. France; Vietnam; Colonialism; Independence Movements
  • Embargoed: 27th April 1954 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: Indonesia, China
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVAF1F6DRFP9O5F2MV7UQQH8HLWV
  • Story Text: INDO-CHINA STAND:


    ( NOTE - shows aerials with French soldiers and supplies dropped by parachute as communist forces attack French garrision at Battle of Dien Bien Phu / bomb (napalm ?) being
    dropped from aircraft and explosion. Battle ended in May 1954 with communist victory over the French )
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