When you visit vietnam, Hue city the first choice. Nowaday Tourist Vietnam is developing and the friendly destination for everyone in the world The Viet Minh's final phase in the battle included the assaults against the French central positions at Dien Bien Phu. The two central outposts (Eliane 1 to 7 and Dominique 1 to 6), were under the control of five culturally mixed battalions – French-born, Foreign Legion, Vietnamese colonial, Africans, and Thais. Christian de Castries, French Commander-in-chief at Dien Bien Phu In the evening of March 30, under heavy rain, Division 312 captured Dominique 1 and Dominique 2. The French artillery regiment retaliated, firing directly at the Viet Minh. French troops also opened fire on the Viet Minh with anti-aircraft machine guns, forcing Giap to withdraw his troops. On the same day, the Viet Minh's Division 316 under Colonel Le Quang Ba, captured Eliane 1 and part of Eliane 2. On the west of Dien Bien Phu, Division 308 attacked Huguette 7 but failed to take it. Shortly after midnight on March 31, the French launched a counterattack and recaptured Eliane 2 and Dominique 2. Viet Minh troops suffered heavy losses on all fronts. The resistance of Eliane 2 (known to the Vietnamese as hill A1) presented a huge obstacle for Viet Minh troops and a big headache for Vo Nguyen Giap. Feeling distressed, he also feared that his troops would lose morale. He then fell ill and stayed in bed for several days, while thinking of new tactics to overcome the French at Eliane 2. On April 5, Giap decided to change his strategy and employed trench warfare. This was to reduce casualties for his troops from small arms fire and to slowly wear out the enemy. By April 11, the Viet Minh entrenchments entirely surrounded Huguette 1 and Huguette 6. Desperate for water and ammunition as parachute supplies were hampered, Claudine, a central outpost, came to the rescue. They fought with the Viet Minh for three consecutive nights, April 15, 16, and 17. The French had some success at Huguette 6 but in the end Colonel Langlais decided to abandon this outpost. On April 22, the Viet Minh took Huguette 1 and took control of most of the air strip. On the plain, the French had ten army tanks but couldn't mobilize them through the muddy fields. Thick bushes also entangled the armored vehicles. It was the monsoon season and the combination of bombardment and flooding had turned the terrain into swamps, now filled with corpses and debris. The battle of the five hills to gain final control of central Dien Bien Phu continued until May 6, with severe casualties on both sides. Many weeks before, the Viet Minh had discovered an underground tunnel going from Eliane 2 through Eliane 3, and reaching Nam Rom River. Dien Bien Phu had become a French stronghold years earlier, with the construction of this tunnel as an escape route. Giap ordered his troops to dig a tunnel crossing the French tunnel, separating the two outposts above. They also dug another tunnel below General De Castries' bunker. The group of 25 men and women had to cut into solid rocks manually, little by little. Without oxygen inside the earthen walls, they couldn't use torches during the first phase of tunnel work. Some died from lack of oxygen. Several were killed by air raids. Despite all hardship, they completed the two tunnels at the beginning of May. The morning of May 6, under clear sky, the French bombed the Viet Minh's controlled areas, mobilizing all its airpower available on site - with 47 B26 bombers, 18 Corsairs, 26 Bearcats, 16 Helivers and 5 Privateers. In retaliation, the Viet Minh unleashed all their weapons. The impact was like an earthquake. The entire French garrison was shaken by a series of explosion. French bunkers collapsed and trenches were flattened. The entire Dien Bien Phu camp was in flames. During the day on May 6, the Viet Minh had transported one ton of TNT in a mine shaft into the tunnel below Eliane 2 and set its timer. At 8:30 pm, a very loud explosion shook the center of Dien Bien Phu and completely destroyed Eliane 2. This was the last centre of French resistance. Viet Minh soldiers celebrated the victory with the following song: We are happily reunited underground and over the forest As we have the color of green leaves Our hearts are overwhelmed by the immense sky Humanity's glorious day will be our glorious victory And for our people, there will be no more pain and misery I salute Dien Bien Phu and all of you, men and women of brain and bravery As we are tightening the enemy with a steel belt We, the fervent soldiers, in defiance of gunfire, bombs and napalm And you, the barbarous aggressors, you will be defeated Our ploughshares destroy your blockhouses and barbed wires Flashes of shells lighting up the sky, our artillery Roaring like thunder, and merging with our songs, Songs of the suppressed people Not long from now, an everlasting spring smile of the liberated people Will be shining over these barren hills…. The next morning, a Viet Minh flag was flying over General Christian de Castries' bunker at the center of Dien Bien Phu.
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