The Last Valley
Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Published:10th Feb '05
Should be back in stock very soon
Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam
In winter 1953-54 the French army in Vietnam challenged its elusive enemy, General Giap's Viet Minh, to pitched battle. Ten thousand French paras and légionnaires, with artillery and tanks, were flown to the remote valley of Dien Bien Phu to build a fortress upon which Giap could smash his inexperienced regiments. The siege which followed became a Stalingrad in the jungle, and its outcome shocked the world.
ISBN: 9780304366927
Dimensions: 216mm x 141mm x 42mm
Weight: 902g
752 pages