Tonkin
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Tonkin, also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is an exonym referring to the area surrounding the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. During the 17th and 18th centuries, this term referred to the
Tonkin, 1880s
Tonkin, 1889
Tonkin, 1890
Tonkin, 1889–1895
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a defeat of the French Union forces by the Viet Minh forces in the First Indochina War. It took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954.
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…Indochina War. In 1949 it came under the authority of the State of Vietnam, a new associated state of the French Union. After the French defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in western Tonkin, and signature of Geneva accords in 1954, the communist nation of North Vietnam was formed, consisting of Tonkin and northern Annam…
Viet Minh troops planting their flag over the captured French headquarters at Dien Bien Phu
An aerial view of the Dien Bien Phu valley in 1953
Colonel Christian de Castries, French commander at Điện Biên Phủ
Viet Minh Hmong porters on their way to the battle; thousands were used to handle supplies, food, weapons and ammunition to the besiegers