Anne-Marie falls to Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu 60 years ago today (Mar 17 1954)


Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War 2of13 Dien Bien Phu' (Mar. 17, 1954, at 18:10)

(Wednesday, March 17, 1954; during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, part of the First Indochina War) — Strong point Anne-Marie fell to the Viet Minh today, the third French outpost silenced at Dien Bien Phu. The French estimate communist dead at 2,500. Indeed, with some hills covered with dead and dying, the Viet Minh pause.


Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Mar. 17, 1954, at 46:12)