http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battle-of-dien-bien-phu From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-781796 James Layman Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:33:11 +0000 #comment-781796 I have an original battle map. Also unclassified docs. between French and U. S. It is a piece of history that should shared with historians I have an original battle map. Also unclassified docs. between French and U. S. It is a piece of history that should shared with historians

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-780932 Bill Newhouse Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:10:33 +0000 #comment-780932 My father served in the following US conflict. He was not killed, however he came home a changed man and an alcoholic. Vietnam was a tragic waste, we learned nothing from the French who in essence left us holding the bag. What did we gain? My father died in 1986 from lung cancer from cigarrettes and alcohol addiction and was a broken man. I wonder what would have been different if he had never gone to Vietnam? Is democracy any safer today? Have we become too complacent and apathetic to participate in our own political process so as to let banks and politicians wreck the country as they did during this conflict? My father served in the following US conflict. He was not killed, however he came home a changed man and an alcoholic. Vietnam was a tragic waste, we learned nothing from the French who in essence left us holding the bag. What did we gain? My father died in 1986 from lung cancer from cigarrettes and alcohol addiction and was a broken man. I wonder what would have been different if he had never gone to Vietnam? Is democracy any safer today? Have we become too complacent and apathetic to participate in our own political process so as to let banks and politicians wreck the country as they did during this conflict?

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-686823 Karen Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:45:15 +0000 #comment-686823 ?????, ur sooo sad to Joonsuk, y do u say he has no life, or in the least imply that he has no life... In any case if u said that it would mean that u have no life, well jks ?????, ur sooo sad to Joonsuk, y do u say he has no life, or in the least imply that he has no life…
In any case if u said that it would mean that u have no life, well jks

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-686819 Anonymous Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:43:53 +0000 #comment-686819 Sorry then ?????, i didnt know that ur feelings would be from a little criticism. Geez calm down. Anyway, i was jst jking bout u guys having no life, cuz suprisingly this commenting thing is funny. Welllllll........ Have Fun!! Sorry then ?????, i didnt know that ur feelings would be from a little criticism. Geez calm down. Anyway, i was jst jking bout u guys having no life, cuz suprisingly this commenting thing is funny. Welllllll…….. Have Fun!!

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-686790 ????? Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:13:19 +0000 #comment-686790 We do have lives actually.... well dnt knw about Joonsuk... BUT I DOOOO!!!!! im just bored.. and this is surprisingly funnnnyyyy... you obvi dnt have a life if your just gonna tell us we dnt have a life ova and ova again We do have lives actually…. well dnt knw about Joonsuk… BUT I DOOOO!!!!! im just bored.. and this is surprisingly funnnnyyyy… you obvi dnt have a life if your just gonna tell us we dnt have a life ova and ova again

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-651836 Mark K Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:44:26 +0000 #comment-651836 Wow. Excellent summary. Dien Bien Phu was a bloodbath - and as good of a reason as any why not to fight an enemy, on their home turf, by your own standards. Wow. Excellent summary. Dien Bien Phu was a bloodbath – and as good of a reason as any why not to fight an enemy, on their home turf, by your own standards.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-456986 Stanley Kober: Dienbienphu, Afghanistan Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:33:21 +0000 #comment-456986 [...] victory. Instead, as Bernard Fall, one of the greatest chroniclers of the Vietnam conflicts, put it, their “totally stalemated situation required the French to create a military situation that [...] [...] victory. Instead, as Bernard Fall, one of the greatest chroniclers of the Vietnam conflicts, put it, their "totally stalemated situation required the French to create a military situation that [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-456735 Stanley Kober: Dienbienphu, Afghanistan » Grubbyhub Blog - Get Your Latest Info Here! Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:07:24 +0000 #comment-456735 [...] victory. Instead, as Bernard Fall, one of the greatest chroniclers of the Vietnam conflicts, put it, their “totally stalemated situation required the French to create a military situation that [...] [...] victory. Instead, as Bernard Fall, one of the greatest chroniclers of the Vietnam conflicts, put it, their "totally stalemated situation required the French to create a military situation that [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-361529 John B Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:40:44 +0000 #comment-361529 anyway, back to DBP. If the French had half a brain, they would have just pulled out before the Viets got in position. That would have proved that they could hit anywhere in the country, as they wanted to, and that the Viets couldn't do anything to stop them. This would have been a MASSIVE psychological victory for the French, and they would still have had all their paras. anyway, back to DBP. If the French had half a brain, they would have just pulled out before the Viets got in position.
That would have proved that they could hit anywhere in the country, as they wanted to, and that the Viets couldn't do anything to stop them.
This would have been a MASSIVE psychological victory for the French, and they would still have had all their paras.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm#comment-361526 John B Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:39:03 +0000 #comment-361526 and, Mr Crosby, the US never had colonial ambitions? Look up the Anglo-US war of 1812, (aka the Canadian-US war of 1812) the US invaded Canada, and any soldier they found fighting alongside the American Indians was murdered. Any American Indian they captured was murdered. The US has almost as much blood on it's hands from the Indians as Stalin with his purges. and, Mr Crosby, the US never had colonial ambitions?
Look up the Anglo-US war of 1812, (aka the Canadian-US war of 1812)
the US invaded Canada, and any soldier they found fighting alongside the American Indians was murdered. Any American Indian they captured was murdered. The US has almost as much blood on it's hands from the Indians as Stalin with his purges.

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