After 56 days and nights of "digging mountains, sleeping in tunnels, eating rice balls in the pouring rain", fighting bravely, intelligently and creatively, our army and people destroyed the entire Dien Bien Phu stronghold.
On March 13, 1954, after preparations were completed, our army opened fire, opening the Dien Bien Phu campaign. The campaign took place in three phases.
After 56 days and nights of "digging mountains, sleeping in tunnels, eating rice balls in the pouring rain", fighting bravely, intelligently and creatively, our army and people destroyed the entire Dien Bien Phu stronghold.
On May 7, 1954, the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign was completely victorious, a heroic epic of a miraculous people's war, worthy of being "recorded in national history as a Bach Dang, a Chi Lang or a Dong Da in the 20th century and going down in world history as a brilliant feat, breaking through the stronghold of the colonial slavery system of imperialism".
TB (according to VNA)