French generals’ admission of defeat in Dien Bien Phu

Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 07:08 (GMT+7)
The battle of 1954 Dien Bien Phu took place 70 years ago, about which there have been a lot of books and articles by foreign generals, politicians, scholars and journalists. People around the world continue to wonder why Vietnam, a small, poor, low-tech country which had just successfully carried out the August Revolution with its nascent army, was able to defeat French colonialists. In order to answer this question, the article will briefly relate admissions by French generals who joined the war in Indochina in general, the battle of Dien Bien Phu in particular

The art of “striking at one point to destroy reinforcements” during Central – Lower Laos Campaign 1954

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10:56 (GMT+7)
In coordination with other theatres during the Winter – Spring Strategic Offensive of 1953 – 1954, we launched a surprise campaign in Central – Lower Laos, inflicting major losses to the enemy, forcing them to disperse their mobile reserve forces in multiple directions. This is a small-scale campaign conducted in a strategic area, far from our logistics bases; however, with the employment of the art of “striking at one point to destroy reinforcements”, we were able to achieve very high combat efficiency, contributing to the ultimate victory of our Resistance War against French Colonialism

Commanding strategic combat operations in Viet Bac Campaign - Autumn and Winter 1947

Saturday, October 07, 2017, 11:04 (GMT+7)
Late 1947, one year after National Resistance Day, our people and military won a stunning victory over the French in Viet Bac campaign, destroyed their strategic plan of “rapid fighting for rapid victory”. French forces had to engage in prolonged combat, getting bogged down and eventually being defeated. This was the first strategic victory of our armed forces, giving us invaluable lessons, with the work of commanding strategic combat mission as among the most important ones