70 years ago today,the French fortified position at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina,finally surrendered,after nearly two months under siege by the Vietnamese forces under command of the wily General Giap.
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Beginning just a few months after Dien Bien Phu,France faced conflict in another location - the war in Algeria produced political upheaval and civil disorder in France until 1962.
