“Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory
VOV.VN - 44 years ago, following the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory, the US signed the Paris Agreement and withdrew its troops from Vietnam, leading to Vietnam’s eventual total liberation in 1975.
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The failure of the air raids forced the US and its henchmen to sit down at the negotiating table in 1973 and sign the Paris Peace Agreement, putting an end to the war in Vietnam. In the photo, Nguyen Thi Binh, Foreign Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, penned the agreement on January 27, 1973. |
Lieutenant General Pham Tuan said, “We were disadvantaged in terms of weapons and equipment. But we won, meaning that we were stronger. At the beginning, we identified and understood our enemy and then developed a political stance for our soldiers.
They needed to have strong determination and acquire military tactics, the two keys to our victory”.
The coordination and unity of all forces created a combined strength for Vietnam to win the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the air” victory in December, 1972.