Daily Quiz for March 25, 2012

Vo Nguyen Giap. Without tractors or other equipment, his Vietmihn hauled heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns onto the crests of the mountains overlooking the French encampment of Dien Bien Phu to limit access to the base by air and to support land attacks against the French’s prepared positions. The French surrendered after 54 days. The battle demonstrated a small, "third-world" country could defeat a technologically superior European world power – albeit a declining one.