Watch Battle for Dien Bien Phu

In the spring of 1954, the Viet Minh rebels under General Vo Nguyen Giap launched an attack on the French stronghold of Dien Bien Phu. What resulted was a desperate two month battle, the outcome of which would have serious repercussions not only for the First Indochina War, but for all of Vietnam for decades to come.

Battle for Dien Bien Phu is a 1985 documentary with a runtime of 48 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.1.