[DOC] [TLE] French defeated at Dien Bien Phu - May 07, 1954 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The Viet Minh victory at Dien Bien Phu signaled the end of French colonial ... In 
1954, the Viet Minh army, under General Vo Nguyen Giap, moved against Dien 
Bien ... the Army of the Potomac, under the command of Union General Ulysses S
. ... Grant's forces had clashed with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of
... [DOC] [TLE] French fall to Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu - May 07, 1954 - HISTORY ... [PAR] On this day in History, French fall to Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu on May 07, 1954. 
... the Army of the Potomac, under the command of Union General Ulysses S. ... 
Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh forces decisively defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu,... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] After French forces occupied the Dien Bien Phu valley in late 1953, Viet Minh ... 
strong points beginning in March 1954, eliminating use of the French airfield. ... 
As Peking had hoped, the French commander in chief in Indochina, General 
Henri ... unable to evacuate their wounded, under constant artillery bombardment
, and... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Dien Bien Phu - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina 
War between ... The Viet Minh, however, under General V Nguyn Gip, 
surrounded and ... the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and the signing of the 1954 
Geneva Accords. ..... During this lull, the French suffered from a serious crisis of 
command. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Dien Bien Phu - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Aug 17, 2013 ... Instead, the Viet Minh, under General Vo Nguyen Giap, surrounded and 
besieged ..... The French came under sporadic Viet Minh artillery fire for the first 
time on ... The French disposition at Dien Bien Phu, as of March 1954. ... The 
French command on Beatrice was decimated at 6:15 p.m. when a shell hit... [DOC] [TLE] An Analysis Of The French Defeat At Dien Bien Phu [PAR] The Viet Minh defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu in a set-piece battle which, 
... Additionally, General Navarre was under no specific instructions to cover Laos. 
... a cavalryman, Colonel de Castries, to command the forces at Dien Bien Phu. ... 
(2:49) By 13 March 1954 the attack on Dien Bein Phu had begun, and the... [DOC] [TLE] The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960 [PAR] September 24, 1945 - In Saigon, Viet Minh successfully organize a general strike 
... 35,000 French soldiers under the command of World War II General Jacques ... 
October 1949 - Mao Zedong's Communist forces defeat Chiang Kai-shek's .... 
May 7, 1954 - At 5:30 p.m., 10,000 French soldiers surrender at Dien Bien Phu. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Dien Bien Phu | HistoryNet [PAR] When Viet Minh forces overran Dien Bien Phu on May 7, 1954, it was, ... of his 
command a chance to break out into the jungle under the cover of darkness, 
while .... To achieve this, the French commander in chief, General Henri Navarre, 
had to ... frustrating eight-year-long jungle war with something other than a total 
defeat. [DOC] [TLE] Dien Bien Phu - History Learning Site [PAR] The French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 signalled the end of French ... such 
was the impact of their defeat at the hands ofGeneral Giap's forces. ... The 
government of Laos was very much under the influence of the French though the 
Viet Minh had ... and that Colonel Langlais, a paratrooper, would assume 
command. [DOC] [TLE] Battle against oblivion: the defeat that ended French colonial rule in ... [PAR] Jul 1, 2014 ... Dien Bien Phu was a disaster for France but today little is left of the key ... On 7 
May 1954, after 57 days and nights of fierce fighting between Viet Minh troops ... 
the French forces under General Christian de Castries were itching for a fight. ... 
They had no idea the Viet Minh could command

Question: In 1954 Viet Minh forces under the commands of this general defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu
Answer: Vo Nguyen Giap