At which battle did the Vietminh defeat French forces in 1954?
French colonial empire Ramadier's (SFIO) cabinet repressed the Malagasy Uprising in Madagascar in 1947. French officials estimated the number of Malagasy killed from a low of 11,000 to a French Army estimate of 89,000. In Asia, Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh declared Vietnam's independence, starting the First Indochina War. The French Union's struggle against the independence movement, which was backed by the Soviet Union and China. The war dragged on until 1954 after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam and became the last major battle between the French and the Vietnamese in the First Indochina War. Following the Vietnamese victory Dien
Battle of Vĩnh Yên Battle of Vĩnh Yên The Battle of Vĩnh Yên (), also called Tran Hung Dao Campaign by Vietminh, which occurred from 13 to 17 January 1951, was a major engagement in the First Indochina War between the French Union and the Việt Minh. The French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflicted a decisive defeat on the Việt Minh forces, which were commanded by Võ Nguyên Giáp. The victory marked a turn in the tide of the war, which was previously characterized by a number of Việt Minh victories. By October 1950, the