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For the French army, Dien Bien Phu is a painful symbol. During
this battle (March 13-May 7 1954), the bloodiest since World War
II, thousands of French soldiers were killed, wounded or taken
prisoner. This terrible French defeat brought the First
Indochina War to a standstill and marked the beginning of
decolonisation. On the Vietnamese side, Dien Bien Phu means
victory.
More than 60 years later, the battlefield of Dien
Bien Phu has given way to a major city. Veterans of Dien Bien
Phu are slowly dying out and young Vietnamese seem to care
little about the past, despite government efforts to glorify
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