Asia Pacific 65 years ago today: First Indochina War (06 May 1954) https://buff.ly/2VgyTq7 In Indochina, France had been struggling with Vietnamese communist-nationalists, the Viet Minh, since 1946. When the Viet Minh invaded Laos in 1953, the French tried to cut their supply lines by setting up a base at Dien Bien Phu. But the French had underestimated their opponents, instead suffering a humiliating defeat which forced them to abandon the war. #asiapacific #history #welovemaps #map #1950s #1954 #allies #indochinawar #vietnamwar #chinesehistory #coldwar #frenchindochina #indochina #indochine #vietnamesehistory #laos #may #may6 #pathetlao #vietminh #vietnam #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #militaryhistory #colonialism (at Hanoi, Vietnam) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxHSte5AtK4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xfubq0fztuxi
