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Valley of Death The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War


Free Download Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War by Ted Morgan
English | February 23, 2010 | ISBN: 1400066646 | True EPUB | 752 pages | 5.4 MB
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ted Morgan has now written a rich and definitive account of the fateful battle that ended French rule in Indochina-and led inexorably to America’s Vietnam War. Dien Bien Phu was a remote valley on the border of Laos along a simple rural trade route. But it would also be where a great European power fell to an underestimated insurgent army and lost control of a crucial colony. Valley of Death is the untold story of the 1954 battle that, in six weeks, changed the course of history.

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Dien Bien Phu 1954 The French Defeat that Lured America into Vietnam (Campaign, 366)


Free Download Dien Bien Phu 1954: The French Defeat that Lured America into Vietnam (Campaign, 366) by Martin Windrow, Peter Dennis
English | August 17, 2021 | ISBN: 1472844009 | 96 pages | MOBI | 23 Mb
A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the 56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining French-led forces, this iconic battle provided the climax of the First Indochina War.

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