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French agency releases photo book on Dien Bien Phu campaign

The French Defense Audiovisual Agency (ECPAD) has made public a photo book on the Dien Bien Phu campaign in Vietnam, including never-before-seen images, on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
French agency releases photo book on Dien Bien Phu campaign ảnh 1The photo book is released on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu campaign. (Photo: VNA)
Paris (VNA) - The French Defense AudiovisualAgency (ECPAD) has made public a photo book on the Dien Bien Phu campaign inVietnam, including never-before-seen images, on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.

The 211-page book contains 162 photos, both colour andblack-and-white, re-creating the historic campaign, from March 13 to May 7,1954, said Marina Berthier, an ECPAD employee who played a role in publishing thebook, noting most of them taken by war photojournalists like Jean Péraud andDaniel Camus, or by soldiers themselves.

On this occasion, the agency, where many documents andphotos related to wars in Indochina are kept, has introduced the website featuringthe Dien Bien Phu campaign photos to the public, at imagesdefense.gouv.fr.

It has also participated in producing twodocumentaries on the wars in Indochina, including parts on the Dien Bien Phucampaign.  

French agency releases photo book on Dien Bien Phu campaign ảnh 2Marina Berthier from ECPAD introducing the book (Photo: VNA)
The ECPAD is keeping up to 2,500 photos on the campaigntaken by war journalists, and a number of documentaries produced during theperiod.

Exactly 70 years ago, on March 13, 1954, theVietnamese revolutionary army launched the first attack against the Frenchcolonialists’ heavily fortified base of Dien Bien Phu, starting a 56-dayhistoric campaign whose victory directly led to the signing of the GenevaAccords on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina.

During the 56 days of undaunted, brave, and creative fighting, the Vietnamese army and people created the Dien Bien Phu Victory that “resounded across the five continents and shook the globe”. The entire so-called “invincible” military base of Dien Bien Phu was completely eradicated by the Vietnamese army and people.

President Ho Chi Minh affirmed that the Dien Bien Phu Victory was a brilliant golden milestone in history that directly led to the signing of the Geneva Accords on ending the war and restoring peace in Indochina. It also created the foundation and conditions for the Vietnamese people to secure victory in the resistance war against the US, liberate the South, and reunify the country in 1975./.
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