Dien Bien Phu: Hell Rains Down in the Land of Heaven

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  @geographicstravel · 6 years ago · pinned

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  @Taistelukalkkuna · 6 years ago

  <b>Giap</b> :&quot;I´m bored of teaching history. Time to make it.&quot;

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  @benmoran431 · 6 years ago

  I want a biographic on Simon&apos;s life

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  @VapidToast · 6 years ago (edited)

  I work as a machinist with a few Vietnamese guys. And the stories they tell from Vietnam are some of the scariest things I have ever heard. What a tough, fascinating culture and history these people have.

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  @robertmeheula9555 · 6 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m a US Army vet. &nbsp;I never understand why people make fun of the French military. &nbsp;Their commanders have let them down but the bravery of the regular soldier cannot be questioned. &nbsp;But the Vietnamese had a right to fight for their independence. &nbsp;They fought hard and won. &nbsp;Colonialism is not ok.

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  @Bethelaine1 · 6 years ago

  After the Vietnamese helped defeat the Japanese in WW II we turned them back over to the French, and then wondered why they objected.

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  @garrick3727 · 5 years ago

  &quot;Who should rule Vietnam?&quot;<br>French, British, Chinese, Soviets: Well, not the Vietnamese, obviously.

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  @interferis6252 · 6 years ago

  Yall must agree Simon has the smoothest head EVER

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  @Frenchylikeshikes · 6 years ago

  I am French, and Dien Bien Phu is one of our worst military defeat of all time, usually very little known from the rest of the world. I want to thank you and give you a lot of credit for presenting that History to the world and just knowing about it. Pretty amazing.

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  @markhough1027 · 6 years ago

  I love to see one on the Siege of jadotville

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  @jimmynickelz · 6 years ago

  “I don’t want any damn Dien Bien Phu,”- Lyndon B. Johnson

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  @donbrashsux · 6 years ago

  Just love Vietnam..the country it’s people..I travelled through &nbsp;here in 2018 and &nbsp;all of Vietnam ..top to bottom..It’s such a beautiful country and that’s from &nbsp;Sapa far north all the way to Ca Mau in the Mekong Delta..Learnig a lot about the Vietnamese you soon realise how determined as a people &nbsp;they are when it comes to defending their amazing &nbsp;country..they would never give it up..and if I was Vietnamese I wouldnt have never given it up either..

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